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Billie Haas

Billie Haas

Jul 23, 2009

Billie Richard Haas, 73, of Brenham, died July 23, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center. Billie was born June 15, 1936 in Washington County to John W. Haas and Frieda Witt Haas. He was baptized July 19, 1936 at St. John''s Lutheran Church in Prairie Hill by Pastor P. Gogolin and was confirmed April 2, 1950. On December 23, 1956...

Wilburn Dickerson

Wilburn Dickerson

Jul 20, 2009

Wilburn "Snooky" Dickerson, 83, of Brenham, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. Mr. Dickerson was born August 26, 1925, in Brenham, Texas, to Leroy and Irene Helen Lands Dickerson. He attended Brenham schools and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. On June 6, 1953, he was married to Dorothy Neinast...

Bradley Fischer

Bradley Fischer

Jul 20, 2009

Bradley Wyatt Fischer, 53, of Brenham, died Monday, July 20, 2009, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Fischer was born July 14, 1956, in Brenham, Texas, to Bill and Marjorie Look Fischer. He was a graduate of Brenham High School and attended Blinn College. Mr. Fischer was employed at Entec Pest Control and was a member...

Elisa Timm

Elisa Timm

Jul 18, 2009

Elisa Sue Timm, 41, of Brenham, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, in Montgomery County, Texas. Miss Timm was born April 27, 1968, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Pastor Daniel E. "Gene" and M. Gail Tackitt Timm. She was baptized June 9, 1968 in Faith Lutheran Church in Hazard, Nebraska and was confirmed April 4, 1982, in First American Lutheran Church...

Oliver Wagner

Oliver Wagner

Jul 17, 2009

Oliver Wagner, 87, of Brenham, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Wagner was born October 7, 1921, in Round Top, Texas, to Alfred, Sr. and Lina Spies Wagner. He was admitted to Texas A&M College at age 16 and graduated four years later in 1942, with a degree in electrical engineering. Because of...

James Flick

James Flick

Jul 16, 2009

James Adolph Flick, 74, of Washington, died July 16, 2009, in Bryan. Mr. Flick was born May 14, 1935, in Houston, Texas, to Adolph and Gladys Burke Flick. On August 27, 1954, he was married to Kathleen Peebles. Mr. Flick retired in 1995 as a park ranger at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park. He was a member of the Independence Baptist...

Rufus Cone

Rufus Cone

Jul 15, 2009

RUFUS PETER CONE, 82, of Chappell Hill, Texas, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on July 15. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 18, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Friday in Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Mary Lorenz

Mary Lorenz

Jul 14, 2009

Mary Jo Ann Wehmeyer Lorenz, widow of Harold Lorenz, passed away on July 14, 2009 at the age of 69. One of seven children, she was born November 2, 1939 to Willie and Lillian Mueller Wehmeyer in Brenham, Texas. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Harold Lorenz, son Russell Lorenz, her oldest brother, Willie Wehmeyer, Jr.,...

Thekla Lueckmeyer

Thekla Lueckmeyer

Jul 11, 2009

Thekla Gaskamp Lueckemeyer, 92, widow of Edwin Lueckemeyer, died July 11, 2009 at Kruse Village. Thekla Lueckemeyer was born August 25, 1916 in William Penn, Texas to Otto and Emma Rosenbaum Gaskamp. She was baptized August 25, 1916 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church and confirmed in the same church on March 20, 1932. She was educated at William Penn School....

Nina Ellermann

Nina Ellermann

Jul 9, 2009

Nina Frances Rothermel Ellermann, 71, wife of Henry Al Ellermann, died July 9, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Ellermann was born January 29, 1938 in Burton to Carl N. and Erma Broesche Rothermel. She was baptized July 2, 1939 at St. John''s United Church of Christ in Burton by Pastor Eiben and confirmed in the same church on Palm...

Dorceil Mceachern

Dorceil Mceachern

Jul 8, 2009

Dorceil Kramer McEachern, 84, of Brenham, died July 8, 2009, near Brenham. Mrs. McEachern was born December 23, 1924, in Brenham, to Otto and Matilda Hauck Kramer. She married William Franklin McEachern in Houston on May 6, 1944 and was a retired salesperson at Foley s in Houston. Mrs. McEachern was preceded in death by her husband and her...

Lonie Murski

Lonie Murski

Jul 2, 2009

Lonie Mae Eickenhorst Murski, 75, widow of Julian C. Murski, died July 2, 2009 at Trinity Care Center. Mrs. Murski was born November 2, 1933 to Ben and Laura Loesch Eickenhorst in the William Penn Community of Washington County, and was both baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On April 8, 1956, she married Julian C. Murski in...

Nelda Schmidt

Nelda Schmidt

Jul 1, 2009

Nelda "Faye" Schmidt, wife of Hilmer Schmidt, died July 1, 2009 in Methodist Hospital in Houston. She was born November 16, 1926 in Drumright, OK and grew up in Stinette, Texas. From the early 40''s to 1968, she resided in Houston, and from1969 to 1994, in Ocala, FL. In 1994, she moved to Brenham, the place she loved the...

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Jun 27, 2009

Our precious Emma Catherine Grace Thompson, age 4, left this earth to be with her God on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Emma was a happy little girl who brought joy to her family and friends. She was born in Houston, Texas on March 29, 2009 to Benjamin Randolph and Abigail Young Thompson. Emma is survived by her parents, Ben...

Virginia Wagner

Virginia Wagner

Jun 26, 2009

Virginia Rose Wagner, 78, of Brenham, died June 26, 2009, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mrs. Wagner was born February 18, 1931, in Breckenridge, Texas, to Bernard Frank and Anna Marie Jarvis Kleinfelder. She graduated from Breckenridge High School in Breckenridge, Texas. She also graduated from Texas Woman''s University in Denton, Texas, where she earned a...

James Lowery

James Lowery

Jun 26, 2009

James Dean Lowery, 79, of Brenham, husband of Evva Irene Smith Lowery, died June 26, 2009 in College Station. Mr. Lowery was born November 23, 1929 in Houston, Texas to M. O. Lowery and Lenna Grace Holt Lowery. He was married to Evva Irene Smith on October 12, 1957 in Big Spring, Texas, He attended Cy-Fair area schools, and...

Dorothy Hannath

Dorothy Hannath

Jun 25, 2009

Dorothy Faye Dorman-Westerfeld Hannath, widow of Edwin Hannath, died June 25, 2009 in Trinity Care Center. Mrs. Hannath was born in Waco, Texas on March 30, 1922 to Francis Joseph and Nannie Elizabeth Collins Dorman. She graduated from Brenham High School, and on December 23, 1942, she was married to Edwin Hannath in Waco, Texas. Mrs. Hannath was a...

Mary Odom

Mary Odom

Jun 23, 2009

Mary J. Odom, 78, of Brenham, widow of Willie E. Odom, died June 23, 2009 in St. Joseph Health Care Center in Bryan. Mrs. Odom was born September 20, 1930 to Joe and Mary McClintock Smith in Copeland, Texas. She attended Bastrop area schools. On April 1, 1950, she married Willie E. Odom, and enjoyed being a homemaker. Survivors...

Clarence Mills

Clarence Mills

Jun 21, 2009

Clarence Edward "Buck" Mills, 71, of Brenham, died June 21, 2009, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Mills was born February 27, 1938, in Macomb, Oklahoma, to Clarice and Rose Spray Mills. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. On December 4, 1976, he was married to Janet Heidemann in Brenham. Mr. Mills was a retired...

Gary Hinze

Gary Hinze

Jun 21, 2009

Gary D. Hinze, 52, husband of Donna Bethke Hinze, died June 21, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Born in Brenham on July 30, 1956 to Oscar and Lois Simank Hinze, he was baptized in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by Pastor H. G. Scholz on August 26, 1956, and confirmed there by Pastor Paul Hartfield on March 15,...