Recent Obituaries

Dec 6, 2008

Albert Duane Ross, 59, of Brenham, husband of Holly Ross, died December 6, 2008 in Brenham. Mr. Ross was born December 16, 1948 to Albert Clifford and Willa Jeanette Roark Ross in Okmulgee, OK. He was baptized August 20, 1997 in Westside Foursqaure Church in Albuquerque. On October 8, 1992, he married Holly Bullard in Carson City, Nevada. Mr....

Dec 5, 2008

Rita D.Lange, 86, widow of Otto Lange, died in Trinity Care Center Friday afternoon, December, 5. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 7, 2008, at St. Peter''s Lutheran Church Cemetery. Services are entrusted to Memorial Oaks Chapel, 1306 W. Main, Brenham, Texas.

Dec 4, 2008

Hilda Tegeler, 91, widow of Benhard Tegeler, died December 4, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Tegeler was born December 24, 1916 to Herman and Lydia Wehring Ahrens. She was baptized and later confirmed in Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin. On November 30, 1939, she married Benhard Herman Tegeler in Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin. Mr. and...

Dec 2, 2008

Milton "Butch" Eckermann, Jr., 58, of Brenham, husband of Doris Eckermann, passed away December 2, 2008 at his residence on the evening of their 36th wedding anniversary. Butch was born May 14, 1950 in Brenham to Milton, Sr. and Helen Thiel Eckermann. He was baptized July 23, 1950 in Industry Methodist Church in Industry, and confirmed February 9, 1964...

Dec 2, 2008

Robert Lee Donnell, 86, of the Zionsville community near Brenham, passed away December 2, 2008 in Houston.

Mr. Donnell was born February 16, 1922 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Alfred Henry and Lettie Ann Davis Donnell. He attended Blinn College and received training in the military. He married Hedwig Heidi Hermine Wenz in Kitzingen, Germany, and they...

Nov 29, 2008

James Robert McSherry, Jr., age 50, of Brenham, husband of Paula Ramirez McSherry, passed away November 29, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center. Mr. McSherry was born December 31, 1957 to James Robert and Arlene Gorman McSherry, Sr., in El Paso, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves, and was employed as a Senior Service Operation Technician for Prosec....

Nov 26, 2008

Gone is a husband, father, father-in-law, brother, cousin, friend, democrat, writer, student, paperboy, KA, police officer, dry cleaner, gardener, fireman, beekeeper, dog lover, arborist, cattleman, chicken farmer, travel agent, Lion, soldier, government worker, art collector, traveler, wind rancher, bird watcher, Redskin, Astro, Longhorn, storyteller, listener, alderman and a man. William Deming Hornaday II, passed away November 25, 2008 in...

Nov 24, 2008

William G. Eldred, Jr., 84, of Brenham, died November 24, 2008, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. He was born January 29, 1924, to William G. Eldred and Anita Felscher Eldred. Mr. Eldred served in the U. S. Army in W.W.II, during which time he met and married Rose Anderson in Seattle, WA in 1945. After returning to Brenham, he...

Nov 23, 2008

Dorothy Frances Phillips, 65, of Brenham, passed away at her home in Brenham. Dorothy was born May 21, 1943 to James Roy and Frances Johnson Hightower in Holtville, CA. She was most recently employed at an area nursing home. Survivors include sons Darrell Gandy of Navasota; Rodney Sue Grandy of Brenham; Chad Gandy Nicole of Brenham; Robert Gandy Donna...

Nov 18, 2008

Anita Quebe Dallmeyer, 90, widow of Walter Dallmeyer, died November 18, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center. Mrs. Dallmeyer was born April 23, 1918 in Buckholts, Milam County, Texas to Charlie and Olga Kuehn Quebe. She was baptized June 18, 1918 in Hope Lutheran Church of Buckholtz by Rev. H. E. Daude, and confirmed April 9, 1923 in St. John...

Nov 14, 2008

Alma Wood Ferguson, affectionately known as Woodie, was born in Brenham, Texas on August 27, 1924. She left this life November 14, 2008. Woodie was preceded in death by her parents, Harry E. Ferguson and Mattie Reeves Wood Ferguson, by her beloved grandmother, Alma Wood, and by her sister Ellen Ferguson Van de Mark. She is survived by two...

Nov 8, 2008

Dorothy Kott Goode, 88, of Temple, died November 8, 2008 of a short illness. Mrs. Goode was born May 18, 1920 to Ernest H. and Lillian Frederich Ammons in Chicago, Il. She is survived by her loving husband of 23 years, J. Curtis Goode. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Rudolph L. Kott, Jr.,...

Nov 6, 2008

Bruno O. Zwahr, 83, husband of An Nell Haevischer Zwahr, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008 in Brenham. Mr. Zwahr was born June 13, 1925 to Kurt and Alma Franke Zwahr in the Klump Community of Washington County. He was baptized September 14, 1925 by Pastor Wm. Utesch in Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, and confirmed there on...

Nov 4, 2008

Elsie Schneider, 91, of Brenham, died November 4, 2008, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Schneider was born April 1, 1917, in the Zionsville community of Washington County, Texas, to Louis and Ida Lorenz Grimm. She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville and was confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg. She attended Wonder...

Nov 1, 2008

Mrs. Olivia Scheu, age 88, former resident of Brenham, died November 1, 2008 in Nassau Bay. She was the widow of Otto Scheu. Mrs. Scheu was born November 23, 1919 in Needville, Texas to Henry and Mary Hafer Hendrickson, Sr. She was baptized in Needville on Feb. 20, 1920, and confirmed at St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1934...

Nov 1, 2008

Sarah Marie Sally Bridie, 77 the widow of Jack Bridie, died November 1, 2008 in St Joseph Health Care in Bryan Texas. Sally was born in Houston, Texas on November 2, 1930 to Hugo and Iva Brown Meyer. Sally was a homemaker and a former Mayor of Carmine. She was a member of Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine,...

Oct 30, 2008

Irene Hardan Tegeler, 92, widow of Ernest Tegeler, died October 30, 2008 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center. Irene was born in the Gay Hill Community of Washington County on November 27, 1915 to William and Elizabeth Klatt Hardan. She was baptized January 5, 1916 by Pastor C. Stadler at St. Peter''s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill, and confirmed December...

Oct 27, 2008

Leo Strom, 80, of Brenham, Texas, joined his Lord and Savior on October 27, 2008. He was born in his grandmother''s boarding house in Dickinson, Texas, on February 26, 1928, to Fred and Della Strom. He graduated from Dickinson High School in 1945 and was salutatorian of his class. He attended Rice University for three semesters but dropped out...

Oct 26, 2008

Ida Bell Light Rauch passed away Sunday October 26, 2008 at Trinity Care Center. She was born January 4, 1921 to Ed and Ida Mertz Light. Ida Bell grew up in Carmine. She was baptized and confirmed on Palm Sunday March 4, 1934 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church by Rev. H. Brunotte. She attended Carmine School and graduated from...

Oct 25, 2008

Colonel Austin W. Roberts ret. was born September 13, 1916 in Hockley, Texas and passed away October 25, 2008 in Bryan, Texas. The youngest of three children, Austin was born to Austin and John Alice Binford Roberts, and grew up in Woodland Heights of Houston. He graduated from Reagan High School, where he met his future wife of 62...