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Minnie Ellermann

Minnie Ellermann

Feb 12, 2008

Minnie Wehring Ellermann, 86, of Brenham, passed away February 12, 2008 in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Ellermann was born May 1, 1921 in William Penn to Henry and Minnie Loesch Wehring. She was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn. Mrs. Ellermann was educated in William Penn schools and was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church,...

Florence Harmel

Florence Harmel

Feb 11, 2008

Florence B. Harmel, 88, of Brenham, died February 11, 2008, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Florence was born on August 14, 1919 in Washington County, Texas to William and Louise Landua Korthauer. Florence was a lifelong member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg. She became a child of God through the sacrament of Holy Baptism on November...

Wanda Schmidt

Wanda Schmidt

Feb 6, 2008

Wanda Kenjura Schmidt, 92, of Brenham, passed away February 6, 2008 in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Schmidt was born August 18, 1915 in Anderson, Texas to Joe and Kathryn Warchesik Kenjura. She was baptized in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church of Anderson, and later confirmed at St. Mary''s Catholic Church of Brenham. Mrs. Schmidt attended Wiedeville School and...

Edward Ruemke

Edward Ruemke

Feb 5, 2008

Edward Louis Ruemke, 69, of Brenham, husband of Dorothy Bosse Ruemke, died February 5, 2008 in Tomball Regional Hospital in Tomball. Mr. Ruemke was born September 16, 1938 in Washington County to Louis H. and Ida C. Peters Ruemke. He was baptized November 6, 1938 in Greenvine by Pastor Carl L. Ziehe and confirmed on April 6, 1952 in...

Nelda Schlottmann

Nelda Schlottmann

Jan 31, 2008

Nelda Spinn Schlottmann, 92, of Brenham, died Jan. 31, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Schlottmann was born Nov. 17, 1915, in the Cedar Hill community of Washington County, Texas, to Gus and Louisa Gindorf Spinn. She was baptized Jan. 9, 1916, at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was confirmed April 13, 1930, in the same church....

Louise Derrick

Louise Derrick

Jan 30, 2008

Louise Derrick, 97, of Burton, widow of Hugh A. Derrick, passed away January 30, 2008 in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Derrick was born January 1, 1911 in Burton, Texas to Julius Edward and Pauline Wolters Felder. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul''s Lutheran Church of Rehburg Rev. H. Weber. She was educated in the Burton schools. On...

Pauline Foley

Pauline Foley

Jan 27, 2008

Pauline Walton Loesch Foley, 85, widow of John Thomas Foley, passed away January 26, 2008 in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Foley was born December 18, 1922 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Allen Lee Walton and Cora Lee Walton. She was baptized, as an infant, into the Baptist faith and converted to Catholicism in 1968. In 1942 Pauline married...

Charles Smith

Charles Smith

Jan 26, 2008

Charles Donald Smith, 74, husband of Mary Jane Cullum Smith, passed away January 26. 2008, in Trinity Care Center, in Brenham. Mr. Smith was born June 17, 1933 in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Thomas Richard Smith and Mary Josephine Brunini. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and in the Army Reserves, he was decorated with...

Pearlie Weiss

Pearlie Weiss

Jan 24, 2008

Pearlie Helma Drews Weiss, 88, wife of Gilbert Weiss, passed away January 24, 2008 in Kruse Village in Brenham. Mrs. Weiss was born March 10, 1919 in the Latium Community of Washington County. She was baptized in Greenvine Lutheran Church of Greenvine, and later confirmed there. On January 26, 1941, she was married to Gilbert Weiss by Rev. Hartmann....

Ben Schroeder

Ben Schroeder

Jan 23, 2008

Bernhard Ben Christian Schroeder was born in Phillipsburg, Texas on June 9, 1910. He went home to be with the Lord on January 23, 2008, in Franklin, Texas. He lived 97 years, 7 months, and 14 days. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7. Ben grew up...

Amanda Glaesmann

Amanda Glaesmann

Jan 23, 2008

Amanda Glaesmann, 86, of Brenham, died January 23, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Glaesmann was born June 25, 1921, in William Penn, Texas, to Martin and Henrietta Boenker Klussmann. She was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn and attended William Penn School. On Nov. 11, 1942, she was married to Erwin Glaesmann in Bethlehem Lutheran...

Mary Brown

Mary Brown

Jan 20, 2008

Mary E. Brown, 88, of Chappell Hill, died January 20, 2008, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mrs. Brown was born March 30, 1919, in Detroit, Michigan, to Peter Burns and Edith Marion Harrison Wilson. She earned a bachelor of commercial science degree from Detroit Business University. On April 23, 1940, she was married to Theodore Roger Brown...

Eleanor Hall

Eleanor Hall

Jan 20, 2008

On Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Scott/White Hospital in Temple, Texas, Jean Hall entered into eternal rest. Eleanor Jean Hall was born August 29, 1931 to Alma and Hershel Wilson, in Chandlerville, IL. Jean attended Woodruff High School and Peoria Business College in Peoria, Illinois, and subsequently worked for Caterpillar Tractor Company. While working for Caterpillar, she met Ron...

Annie Hahn

Annie Hahn

Jan 20, 2008

Mrs. Annie Mae Shelburne Hahn passed away on January 20, 2008 in Brenham, Texas. Annie Mae Shelburne was born on May 15, 1919 in Somerville, Texas to George Bell Shelburne and Miley Christenek Shelburne Eickenhorst. Annie Mae was raised in the Methodist faith, but after marriage she joined St. Paul’s Evangelical Church in Brenham. Annie Mae kept mindful the...

Rebecca Moehlmann

Rebecca Moehlmann

Jan 19, 2008

Rebecca Becky Lynn Moehlmann, 51, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 at her home surrounded by her family. Becky was born July 31, 1956 to Clarence and Shirley A. Moehlmann in Houston. She was baptized Oct. 17, 1956 in St. John’s Lutheran Church in Houston and confirmed June 7, 1970 in the same church. She graduated from Brenham High School...

Betty Hutson

Betty Hutson

Jan 18, 2008

Betty J. Hutson, 62, of Texas City, widow of Curtis Lee Hutson, passed away January 18, 2008 in Mainland Medical Center in Texas City. Mrs. Hutson was born February 26, 1945 in Orange, Texas to Ora Otto and Varona Ennis. On April 5, 1958, she married Curtis Lee Hutson in Houston. She was a homemaker. Survivors include sons Rocky...

Cecil Knight

Cecil Knight

Jan 17, 2008

Cecil Fae Knight, 92, of Kenney, Texas, wife of William Knight, departed this world on January 17, 2008 in Brenham, Texas. Mrs. Knight was born May 6, 1915 in Alief, Texas to Franklin David and Willie Kilpatrick Lown. She married William Elliot Knight on July 13, 1962 in Freeport, Texas. She was a dedicated schoolteacher for 36 years and...

Flora Weinert

Flora Weinert

Jan 16, 2008

Flora W. Weinert, widow of Alvin Weinert, died January 16, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Weinert was born February 23, 1919 to Otto and Annie Nichter Meyer in Rehburg, Texas. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg on April 6, 1919 by Pastor H. Weber and was later confirmed in the same church...

William Kellogg

William Kellogg

Jan 15, 2008

William Lawrence Kellogg, 82, of Burton, husband of Benita Helm Kellogg, died January 15, 2008 in Burton. Mr. Kellogg was born April 29, 1925 in South Haven, Michigan to Lawrence Wheeler and Madalyn Guy Kellogg. He was confirmed March 29, 1953 at Zion Lutheran Church. On September 7, 1952, he married Benita Helm in Zion Lutheran Church. He served...

Betty Elkins

Betty Elkins

Jan 13, 2008

Betty Jo Peacock Elkins, 81, of Houston, widow of Curtis Lee Elkins, Jr., died January 13, 2008 in Seven Acres Senior Care Services in Houston. Mrs. Elkins was born on February 2, 1926 in Corsicana, Texas to Edmon Albert Peacock and Etta Lee Draper Peacock. She was employed as a medical secretary. Survivors include a son Randall Elkins and...