Recent Obituaries
Esther Hermann
Sep 7, 2008
Esther Hermann, 87, of Brenham, widow of Edward Hermann, passed away September 7, 2008 in Brenham Rest Home. Esther was born in Washington County on April 16, 1921 to Fritz Schroeder and Martha Neumann Schroeder. She was educated in the Kuykendall School, and was a homemaker. She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. Survivors include...
Ronald Knipstein
Sep 7, 2008
Ronald Doyle Knipstein, Sr., 49, husband of Ranell Puckett Knipstein, passed away September 7, 2008 near Caldwell, Texas. Ronald was born April 10, 1959 to Willie Jr. and Delores Lorenz Knipstein in Houston, Texas. He was baptized at St. Peter''s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill, and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Houston. He was a graduate of...
Birdie Borchardt
Sep 5, 2008
Birdie Mae Boehnemann Borchardt, 79, wife of William O. Borchardt, passed away peacefully, in her home, Friday evening, September 5, 2008. Birdie was born January 2, 1929, in Burton, Texas, to Otto and Ida KoerthBoehnemann. She was a graduate of Burton High School. Birdie was baptized February 17, 1929 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine by Rev. Carl Ziehe...
Mary Pahmiyer
Aug 31, 2008
Affectionately known to many as "Ms. Mary," Mary Lampe Gerke Pahmiyer was born on February 7, 1914 to Charlie & Emma Engel Lampe in the William Penn Community of Washington County, Texas. Baptized on March 22, 1914 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church at William Penn, Mary later confirmed her faith on March 29, 1929, in that same church. She received...
Anna Mohr
Aug 26, 2008
Anna Gertrude Burton Mohr, 75, wife of Roger Mohr, of Washington, Texas passed away August 26, 2008 in College Station Medical Center in College Station. Mrs. Mohr was born July 17, 1933 in Holly Corner, Virginia to Archie Lee and Mary Margaret Remmuls Burton. She was baptized in the Baptist faith in 1949. She married Roger Mohr in Frieden...
Elton Knebel
Aug 23, 2008
Elton Elmo Knebel, 85, of Burton, died Saturday, August 23, 2008, at St. David Hospital in Austin. Mr. Knebel was born October 28, 1922, in the LaBahia Community to Emil and Marie Jahnz Knebel. He attended Boundary School. Elton was a dairy farmer, and a member of Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine where he was baptized and confirmed...
A. Smith
Aug 19, 2008
A. W. Smith, 92, or Burton, passed away August 19, 2008 at his residence. A.W. was born in Refugio, Texas to Leroy and Genivia Kring Smith on November 14, 1915. He was president of Nowsco, Inc. of Houston, where he invented a patent for high pressure liquid nitrogen for oil well production, which is still in use today. A....
Minnie Zorn
Aug 17, 2008
Minnie Zorn, widow of Max Zorn, passed away peacefully at her residence on Sunday, August 17, 2008. She was 93. Minnie Ojemann Zorn was born May 25, 1915 to Charles and Birdie Bingle Ojemann in Spring Branch. In 1931, she married Max Zorn. Their union was blessed with five children. The family moved to Burton in 1957 to run...
Charles Smith Jr.
Aug 16, 2008
Charles Kenneth Smith, Jr., 84, passed away August 16, 2008 at his residence in Brenham, surrounded by his family. Mr. Smith was born November 23, 1923 in Houston, Texas to Charles K. Smith Sr. and Louise Hawkins. He was baptized in 1935 at the West End Baptist Church in Houston and educated in Sam Houston High School in Houston....
Arthur Glaser
Aug 13, 2008
Arthur Henry Glaser, 89, went home to be with his Lord Wednesday, August 13, 2008 in Houston. He was born September 20, 1918 in Kenney, Texas to Walter and Hedwig Engelholm Glaser. He was baptized November 17, 1918 and confirmed March 25, 1934 at St Paul Lutheran Church in Phillipsburg, Texas. Arthur married Addie Mae Perkins on February 2,...
Elroy Schroeder
Aug 13, 2008
Elroy Schroeder, 71, of Brenham, husband of Nelda Frenzel Schroeder passed away August 13, 2008 in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Schroeder was born January 19, 1937 in White Hall, Texas to Herman and Bertha Wehmeier Schroeder. He was baptized February, 1937 in Salem Lutheran Church of White Hall, and confirmed there on June 11, 1950....
Irene Kettler
Aug 11, 2008
Irene Kettler, 86, of Brenham, passed away August 11, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center. Ms. Kettler was born August 10, 1922 in William Penn, Texas to Ernest and Minnie Lampe Kettler. She was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn, and continued to be a member there throughout her life. Irene was a retired babysitter. Survivors...
Edwin Lueckemeyer
Aug 11, 2008
Edwin John Lueckemeyer, 96 of Brenham, died August 11, 2008 at Burleson St. Joseph Manor in Caldwell, TX. He was born April 27, 1912 in Austin County, Texas to Theo & Lottie Chernosky Lueckemeyer. He was baptized on December 5, 1912 in St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem and later confirmed on January 26, 1927 in the same...
David Allan
Aug 9, 2008
David John Allan, of Brenham, passed away August 9, 2008 at the age of 56, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. David Allan was born December 9, 1951 in Roseburg, OR. to Perry Harold Allan and Winifred Betty Pereira Allan of Sutherlin OR. He received a degree in B.S. Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University and served...
Sandra Bentke
Aug 7, 2008
Sandra Bentke, 66, of Brenham, died Aug. 7, 2008, in Scott and White Hospital in Temple. Mrs. Bentke was born April 24, 1942, in Brenham, Texas, to Melvin and Lorine Richter Winkelmann. She was baptized May 31, 1942 in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville and was confirmed March 25, 1956, in the same church. Mrs. Bentke was a graduate...
Mildred Bernhardt
Aug 7, 2008
Mildred Bernhardt, 85, of Brenham, died August 7, 2008, in Brenham. Mrs. Bernhardt was born Nov. 2, 1922, in Prairie Hill, Texas, to Bill and Selma Schmidt Finke. She attended Prairie Hill School. On June 27, 1942, she was married to Walter Bernhardt in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill by Pastor Paul Gogolin. Mrs. Bernhardt was a...
Tyler Mcdonald
Aug 2, 2008
Tyler David McDonald, 22, was killed in a tragic car accident on August 2, 2008. Tyler was born on Easter Sunday, March 30, 1986 in Houston, Texas. He attended Blinn College after he graduated from Burton High School in 2004, and then graduated with honors in 2007 from Texas State Technical College where he studied Diesel Equipment Technology. He...
Johnny Hightower
Aug 2, 2008
Johnny Hightower, 79, widower of Dolories Hodde Hightower, passed away August 2, 2008 at Trinity Care Center. Mr. Hightower was born July 15, 1929 in Dublin, Texas in Erath County to Johnny Edgar and Vella B. Daniel Hightower. He was baptized March 1, 1941 in First Baptist Church in Dublin, Tx. and confirmed March 1, 1961 in Christ Lutheran...
Norma Burrous
Aug 1, 2008
Norma Jean Burrous, 70, of Brenham, widow of Robert Burrous, passed away August 1, 2008 in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Burrous was born January 2, 1938 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to George Milton and Mary Walker Stewart. She was baptized in the Baptist faith in Texas City, Texas, and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown. Norma was...
Vernon Yoakum
Jul 31, 2008
Long-time Texas house mover Vernon Russell Yoakum, husband of Betty Yoakum, died in Brenham Rest Home on Thursday, July 31, 2008. Mr. Yoakum was the former owner/operator of Yoakum Housemoving, Inc. in Brenham, Texas. Vernon was born September 1, 1923 in Milam County, Texas to George and Bessie Leeper Yoakum. He was educated in the Rockdale schools, and served...
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