Recent Obituaries

George Hiebeler
Mar 27, 2009
George Edward Hiebeler, passed away on March 27, 2009, at age 87. He was born Sept. 15, 1921, in Chatham, New York, to George Sr. and Evelyn Osborne Hiebeler. He is survived by his wife, Lillian. They were married on Feb. 12, 1944. They had 65 loving years of marriage. He is also survived by his son Robert Hiebeler...
Erwin Schmidt
Mar 26, 2009
Erwin Ernest Schmidt, 95, the husband of Tillie Broz Schmidt, died Thursday, March 26, 2009 in College Station Medical Center, College Station, Texas. Erwin was born August 9, 1913 in Welcome, Texas to Henry and Ella Platte Schmidt. He was baptized September 6, 1914 and confirmed April 4, 1928 at Welcome Lutheran Church of Welcome, Texas. Erwin was married...
Oliver Neutzler
Mar 26, 2009
Oliver Adolph Neutzler , 88, of Carmine, died March 26, 2009 at Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Oliver was born March 20, 1921 in the Burton community to Charles and Ella Menn Neutzler. On September 15, 1951, he married Vinita Logan. Mr. Neutzler was a member of Carmine Hall, La Bahia Hall, and Greenvine Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Mr. Neutzler...
Dr. Weaver
Mar 23, 2009
Dr. Cecil Don Weaver, 57, of Burton, owner of Brenham Veterinary Hospital, husband of Kathy O''Brien Weaver, passed away March 23, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Born July 11, 1951 in Abilene, Texas to Cecil C. and Margaret Alice Donnell Weaver, he was baptized in Albany, Texas. Dr. Weaver completed undergraduate studies at Texas Tech University and received a...
Louise Loesch
Mar 20, 2009
Louise Bertha Loesch, 97, of Brenham, died March 20, 2009, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Loesch was born January 9, 1912, in the Zionsville community of Washington County, Texas, to Richard and Louise Stegmann Hahn. She was baptized beside the casket of her mother, who died in childbirth. When she was 2 days old, Mrs. Loesch...
Nelda Kankel
Mar 19, 2009
Nelda Zuehlke Kankel, 88, of Brenham, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Hearthstone Health Care Center in Round Rock. Mrs. Kankel was born September 16, 1920, in Washington, Texas, to Paul Sr. and Olga Albrecht Zuehlke. She was baptized November 4, 1920, at Friedens Church of Washington and was confirmed January 1, 1936, at the same church....

Mary Derkowski
Mar 17, 2009
Mary Januszewski Skweres Derkowski, 104, of Brenham, died March 17, 2009 in the Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Derkowski was born August 1, 1904, to John and Magdalena Januszewski. She was part of the orphan train that arrived from New York. At a young age, she married Steven Skweres. They had five children, Dorothy, Valeria, Freddie, Edward and Johnnie C....

Matthew Casto
Mar 15, 2009
Matthew Tripp Casto, the 2-month-old son of Christopher Alan and Kiya Nicole Phares Casto, died March 15, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 at Grace Community Fellowship, 107...

Oleta Mertins
Mar 14, 2009
Oleta Mertins, 91, of Brenham, died March 14, 2009, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Mertins was born April 24, 1917, in William Penn, Texas, to Henry and Meta Becker Schroeder. She was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. She was educated at William Penn School. She was married to Willie Mertins in Bethlehem...
Banjamin Marburger
Mar 2, 2009
Benjamin H. Marburger, 94, widower of Meta Alaminsky Marburger, passed away March 2, 2009 in Trinity Care Center. Born in Waldeck, Texas on April 5, 1914 to Edward and Lena Quant Marburger, he was baptized at home and confirmed in Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine. He was educated in the Hills School and La Bahia School. On October...

Lydia Gaskamkp
Feb 22, 2009
Lydia Buck Gaskamp, 95, of Brenham, widow of Delmus Gaskamp, died February 22, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center. Born in Salem to Henry and Augusta Lehmann Buck, on November 11, 1913, she was baptized January 1, 1914, also in Salem, and confirmed on September 2, 1928 in Berlin. Lydia attended school in Hohenwalde and worked in the Witte Rest...
Montie Cole, Jr.
Feb 18, 2009
Montie Ray Cole, Jr., 71, husband of Mary Lee Rosenbaum Cole, passed away February 18, 2009 in Brenham. Montie was born in Brenham on June 10, 1937 to Montie Ray, Sr. and Katie Edna Lanford Cole. He was baptized April 17, 1949 in the First Christian Church of Brenham and confirmed in Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville in 1956....

Charlie Kubeczka
Feb 5, 2009
Charlie Clement Kubeczka, 87, of Houston, widower of Stella Wesolek Kubeczka, died February 5, 2009 in Houston. Mr. Kubeczka was born April 5, 1921 in Chappell Hill, Texas to Willie and Peggy Wozniak Kubeczka. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill. Charlie was employed for 37 years by National Steel Co. as a...

Betty Heald
Feb 4, 2009
Betty Irene Heald, 85, of Brenham, wife of Charles Dean Heald, died February 4, 2009 at Kruse Memorial Village. Mrs. Heald was born April 12, 1923 in Middlegrove, Illinois, to Clifford and Jesse Wheeler Jacobus. She was a clerical employee in the U. S. Patent Office. Mrs. Heald was a long-time member of the Northwood Presbyterian Church of San...
Clifford Klingsporn
Feb 4, 2009
Clifford Charles Klingsporn, 83, of Brenham, died February 4, 2009, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Klingsporn was born December 12, 1925, in Washington County, Texas, the son of Paul Robert and Laura Ising Klingsporn. He was a graduate of Brenham High School. He served his country in the U.S. Army as a Master Sergeant during the Korean...

Melvin Henske
Jan 25, 2009
Melvin Charles "Sonny" Henske, 89, of Brenham, died January 25, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center. He was born June 29, 1919 to Otto Henske and Frieda Hohlt Henske in the New Wehdem community of Austin County, Texas. He was baptized and confirmed at St James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem. He was educated at New Wehdem School in Austin...
Edgar Lentz
Jan 21, 2009
Edgar Edward Lentz, 84, of Brenham, husband of Ruby Makowsky Lentz, 84, died January 21, 2009. He was born on November 11, 1924 in Burton, Texas to Fritz and Emma Meyer Lentz, and was baptized January 30, 1925 in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg by Pastor H. Weber. On September 3, 1939, he was confirmed in the same...
Adeline Loesch
Jan 20, 2009
Adeline Loesch, 98, of Kenney, died at St. Joseph''s Hospital in Bryan, Texas January 20, 2009. She was born in the Hoddeville Community on April 1, 1910 to Adolph and Minnie Knuppel Sternberg. On June 12, 1910 she was baptized at EbenEzer Lutheran Church of Berlin by Rev. Johannes Mgelsoff and confirmed April 5, 1925 by Rev. Karl Mueller...

Mary Smith
Jan 17, 2009
Mary Jane Smith, 71, of Brenham died on January 17, 2009 at St. Josephs Regional Health Center in Bryan. She was born on July 24, 1937 to Orville "Red" Cullum and Lois Purvis Cullum in Shaw, Mississippi. Mary Jane married Charles Smith on December 24, 1955 in Greenville, Mississippi. Survivors are: son and daughter-in-law Harry Daniel and Rhonda Smith...