Recent Obituaries
Donald Eason
Dec 4, 2007
Donald Everette Eason, 77, of Brenham, died Dec. 4, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Eason was born Sept. 19, 1930, in Brenham, Texas, to Don E. and Marguerite Fischer Eason. He attended the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore, Oklahoma and Blinn College in Brenham. Mr. Eason served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He...
Gloria Plagens
Dec 1, 2007
Gloria Fay Schaper Plagens, 75, of Brenham, died December 1, 2007 at Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Plagens was born September 21, 1932 to Louis and Elsie Braun Schaper at Rockhouse in Austin County. She graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1950, and married Willie Bill Plagens on October 11, 1950 at St. John s Catholic Church in...
Esther Patrick
Nov 28, 2007
Funeral services for Esther Henze Carter Patrick, 82, of Brenham, are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1212 W. Jefferson St. in Brenham. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Coupland, and passed away Nov. 28, 2007, in Brenham. Mrs. Patrick spent her entire adult life in Brenham where she was a long-time member...

Duane Davis
Nov 24, 2007
Duane Newton Davis, 78, of Brenham, died Nov. 24, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Davis was born Jan. 21, 1929, in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, to Dwight Newton and Nevera Refinal Rupe Davis. He was a 1946 graduate of Giddings High School in Giddings, a 1952 graduate of Baylor University BA degree and a 1959 graduate...

Billy Starnes, Sr.
Nov 24, 2007
Billy D. Starnes Sr., 89, of Houston, died Nov. 24, 2007, in Argent Court Assisted Living in Brenham. Mr. Starnes was born Feb. 14, 1918 in Lindale, Texas, and served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Shriners and Masonic Lodge in Houston and a charter member of the Houston-Harris County Fair. Mr. Starnes also served...

Andy Tran
Nov 19, 2007
Andy Tran, 40, husband of Diep Nguyen, passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 in Brenham. He was born in Saigon on October 13, 1967 to Dong Q. Tran and Hong T. Nguyen. He was educated in Vietnam. On October 8, 2000, he married Diep Nguyen in Saigon, Vietnam. Mr. Tran was employed as a mechanic in the textile industry....
Albert Moncrieff
Nov 16, 2007
Albert Moncrieff, 59, of Brenham, husband of Elen Pharr Moncrieff, passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 at his residence. Born April 21, 1948, Albert grew up in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa., and attended The Hill School. Following graduation from New York University, he pursued a varied and successful career in international banking and finance. Albert was an avid bird...
Leona Boenker
Nov 16, 2007
Leona W. Boenker, 95, of Brenham, widow of Albert Weiss and Gerhardt Boenker, passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 in Trinity Medical Center. Mrs. Boenker was born May 11, 1912 in Welcome, Texas to William and Minnie Frier Gaskamp. She was baptized and confirmed in Salem Lutheran Church of Welcome. On October 15, 1932 she was married to Albert...

Darrell Bayer
Nov 14, 2007
Darrell Wade Bayer, 45, of Brenham, died Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Bayer was born in Houston on April 8, 1962 to Virgil and Joyce Hackemack Bayer. He was baptized in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Round Top, and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church of Houston. Mr. Bayer was a 1980 graduate of Waltrip High School in...

Anthony Bertolino
Nov 12, 2007
Anthony Tony Bertolino, 41, of Brenham, died Monday, November 12, 2007 in the Brenham State School. Mr. Bertolino was born October 14, 1966 in Galveston, Texas to Edward and Lynn Golias Bertolino. He is survived by his parents, Eddie Bertolino of League City and Lynn Gamblin of Houston. Funeral services for Anthony Tony Bertolino were held Thursday, November 15,...
Otto Schulte
Nov 9, 2007
Otto John Fred Schulte, 89, of Brenham, widower of Helen Louise Look Schulte, died November 9, 2007 in Triumph First Colony Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas. Mr. Schulte was born Feb. 7, 1918 in Brenham, Texas to Otto and Josephine Dietz Schulte. He was a graduate of Brenham High School and Texas A&M University, Class of 1939. Mr. Schulte...

August Lampe
Nov 8, 2007
August Lampe, 89, of Brenham, widower of Lydia Hegefeld Lampe, died Thursday, November 8, 2007 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Lampe was born in William Penn, Texas on November 15, 1917 to Charles and Emma Engel Lampe. He was baptized December 25, 1917 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by Rev. Bohat, and confirmed on...
Lillie Neutzler
Nov 8, 2007
Lillie Neutzler, 87, of Brenham, wife of Elmer Neutzler, died Thursday, November 8, 2007 in Bluebonnet Hillls Care Center. Mrs. Neutzler was born October 17, 1920 in Prairie Hill, Texas to Fritz Pape and Emma Tockhorn Pape. She was baptized November 28, 1920 at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill by Rev. Apfelbach, and confirmed April 14, 1935...

Laurence Wackman
Nov 3, 2007
Laurence Grooms Larry Wackman, 57, died November 3, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. He was born August 15, 1950 in Houston, the son of Margaret Grooms and Warren F. Wackman, Sr. Larry graduated from Kinkaid High School in Houston, and attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia and the University of Texas. He followed his father into...

Kermit Hinze, Jr.
Oct 31, 2007
Kermit Hinze, Jr., 71, of Burton, died October 30, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Hinze was born October 29, 1936, in Burton, Texas, to Kermit A. Hinze and Lilly I. Wolff Hinze. He was baptized April 18, 1937 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine and was also confirmed there. He was a graduate of Burton High...
Irma Lanier
Oct 30, 2007
Irma Lou Lanier, 65, of Brenham, wife of Carroll Lanier, passed away October 30, 2007 in Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Lanier was born March 3, 1942 in East Bernard, Texas to Fred and Emma Evans. She was educated in the Lamar Consolidated School District in Rosenberg. Mrs. Lanier was involved in many different aspects of the floral business with Flowers...

Thomas Spellmann
Oct 26, 2007
Mr. Thomas Spellmann, 91, of Brenham, died October 26, 2007 in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham.

Dorothy Marzahn
Oct 26, 2007
Dorothy Marzahn, 78, of Brenham, died Oct. 26, 2007, at Brenham State School. Survivors include her sister, Ida Marzahn of Burleson. Funeral services for Dorothy Marzahn were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 at Brenham State School Chapel with Rev. Jim Ferguson officiating. Burial followed Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. Funeral arrangements for Dorothy Marzahn are entrusted to...