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Heidi Mckinley
Oct 10, 2006
Heidi Elizabeth Snow McKinley, 24, of Lexington, died Oct. 10, 2006, in Hermann Hospital in Houston. Mrs. McKinley was born Aug. 16, 1982, in Houston, to Robert Lewis and Leona Jean Duggan Snow. On Jan. 2, 2003, she was married to Nathan John McKinley. Mrs. McKinley was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Nathan McKinley of Lexington; 2 daughters,...
Gus Wehring
Oct 6, 2006
Gus A. Wehring, age 78, a resident of the Burton community, died at the College Station Medical Center in College Station, Texas, on Friday, October 6, 2006. Mr. Wehring was born October 26, 1927. His early life was spent in Burton where he completed Burton High School in 1945. He was baptized and confirmed in St. John s United...
Bern Meier
Oct 5, 2006
Bern Nell Meier, 78, of Burton, died October 5, 2006, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Meier was born December 3, 1927 in Burton, to Albert E. and Frieda Beckermann Kroll. She was baptized and confirmed in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine, and attended Boundary School in Washington County. On November 14, 1948, she married Carl F....
Welma Schwartz
Sep 27, 2006
Welma Wanda Schwartz, 82, of Brenham, died Sept. 27, 2006, in Trinity Care Center. She was born April 21, 1924 in Gay Hill, Texas to Otto and Ida Hermann Duesterhoft. She was confirmed in Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin and attended Possum Trot School. On Sept. 23, 1943, she was married to Harold Schwartz, Sr. in Anderson, Texas. She...
Lorah Kirk
Sep 27, 2006
Estelle Kirk, 88, formerly of Junction and the widow of Chester D. Kirk, died Sept. 27, 2006, in Bellville. Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Kirk Loeffler and husband Carlos of Kenney; sisters, Annie Lee Lovelace of Garland and Laverne Simmons of Whitney; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at...
Mary Cass
Sep 26, 2006
Mary Frances Cass, 86, of Brenham, died Sept. 26, 2006, in Oakland Manor Nursing Center in Giddings. Mrs. Cass was born May 25, 1920, in Alta Loma, Texas, to John James and Ada Johnhassan Parker. On Dec. 16, 1940, she was married to Earl B. Cass in Houston, Texas. Survivors include her husband, Earl B. Cass of Brenham; two...
Ollie Finke
Sep 24, 2006
Ollie Henry Finke, 95, of 1600 South Park Street, Brenham, Texas died September 24, 2006 at the family residence. Ollie Henry Gustav Dietrich, son of Bernhard Charles and Alma Meineke Finke, was born in Burton, Texas on September 26, 1910. He was baptized April 16, 1911 in Burton by Pastor H. L. Schulz; his Bible verse was Mark 16:16....
Lillie Lehde
Sep 24, 2006
Lillie M. Lehde, 89, of Brenham, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2006, in Trinity Care Center. Mrs. Lehde was born December 15, 1916, to John and Emilie Schreiner. She was a teacher for many years at the West End Elementary School in Industry, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Herbert Lehde; and sister, Minnie Schreiner....
W. Wilkening
Sep 23, 2006
W. W. Woody Wilkening, 86, of Brenham, died September 23, 2006, at the family residence in Brenham. Woody was born March 17, 1920 in Burton, Texas the son of Frank & Ella Regine Wilkening. He was baptized in the First Christian Church of Burton, Texas, and attended the Burton area schools. During WWII, he served his country for four...
Clinton Marburger
Sep 20, 2006
Clinton Marburger, 82, of Burton, died Wednesday, September 20 at his residence. The funeral services will be 10:00 am, Saturday, Sept.23, at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine with the Rev. Paul Bohot officiating. Interment will follow in the La Bahia Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday, September 22,...
Sophie Gaskamp
Sep 20, 2006
Sophie Reimer Gaskamp, 101, of Brenham, died Sept. 20, 2006, at Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Gaskamp was born Sept. 1, 1905, in the Hoddeville community of Washington County, Texas, to Herman and Wilhelmina Schiller Reimer. She was baptized Nov. 12, 1905, in St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill and was confirmed Aug. 8, 1920, in...
John Dietz
Sep 16, 2006
John Val Dietz, 74, of Brenham, the husband of Gloria Pohl Dietz, died Saturday morning after suffering a massive cerebral hemorrhage, in St. Joseph s Hospital in Bryan. Mr. Dietz was born in Brenham, TX on May 3, 1932, the only child of John Val and Elsie Ott Dietz. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul s Evangelical...
Vivian Baughcom
Sep 16, 2006
Vivian Darnell Baughcom, born Sept. 13, 1912, departed this life on Sept. 16, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, Murray Baughcom; and brother, Alvin Darnell. Survivors are her daughter, Nancy Boecker and husband Don; grandchildren, Jeff Boecker and wife Darlene and Kristin Mikolajczak and husband, Henry; great-grandchildren, Sarah, Emily and Haydon Boecker and Chase and Kenna...
Gus Seeker, Jr.
Sep 15, 2006
Gus Seeker, Jr., 78, of Brenham died Sept. 15, 2006, in a Houston hospital. Mr. Seeker was born June 20, 1928, in Brenham, the son of Gus and Emma Schramme Seeker. He was baptized July 23, 1928, at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was confirmed April 18, 1943, at the same church by Pastor Paul Gogolin....
Nelia Billingsley
Sep 12, 2006
Nelia Elizabeth Wilkins Billingsley, age 102, died in Houston on September 7, 2006. She was a descendant of five settlers in the Republic of Texas. Her great-grandparents, Daniel Greenleaf Wheeler, Jr., a Mayflower descendant from Worcester, Massachusetts, and Hester Trickey Wheeler of New York City, arrived in Houston in 1939. In the early 1840s, they acquired the block bounded...
Henry Fuchs
Sep 9, 2006
Henry Lee Fuchs, 91, of Carmine died on September 9, 2006 at Care Inn Nursing Home in La Grange. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine with the Reverend Paul Bohot officiating. Burial will be in the Carmine Cemetery Mr. Fuchs was born October 28, 1914 in Carmine,...
Gladys Koerth
Sep 5, 2006
Gladys May Earline Koerth, 76, of Burton, died Sept. 5, 2006, in The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Gladys was born May 18, 1930, in Burton, to Adolph G. and Ella Ida Hertel Boehnemann. She was baptized June 29, 1930, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine and was confirmed Dec. 5, 1943, in the same church. She was a graduate...
Eldred Hilbrant
Sep 3, 2006
Eldred Arlene Meredith Hilbrant, 84, of Brenham, died Sept. 3, 2006, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Hilbrant was born March 31, 1922, in Mercedes, Texas, to Julian Ernest and Maatha Edna Wright Meredith. She was a data processor for the Air Force. Survivors include her brother, R.J. Meredith of Dallas; and sister, Dorris M. Chandler of...
John Hardy, Jr.
Sep 2, 2006
John Casimir Hardy, Jr., 56, of Brenham, died Sept. 2, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Hardy was born Jan. 11, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John Casimir Sr. and Cathy Lucas Hardy. On May 18, 1996, he was married to Rebecca Whitten. Survivors include his wife, Becky Hardy of Brenham; and his mother, Cathy Hardy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He...
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