Obituaries

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Dat Le

Dat Le

Feb 24, 2007

Dat Ba Le, 69, of Brenham, died Feb. 24, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Le was born Dec. 4, 1938, in Saigon, Vietnam, to Sai Van Le and Khuon Thi Nguyen. He served in the Vietnamese Air Force and was a die cutting operator at Mount Vernon Mills. Survivors include his wife, Huynh Thi Le of Brenham; two sons,...

Elsie Meyer

Elsie Meyer

Feb 22, 2007

Elsie E. Schultz Meyer, 89, of New Ulm, died Feb. 22, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Meyer was born Sept. 24, 1917, in Austin County, Texas, to John and Annie Baca Schultz. On Nov. 18, 1937, she was married to Ben F. Meyer in Salem Lutheran Church of Salem. Mrs. Meyer was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church...

Edgar May

Edgar May

Feb 21, 2007

Edgar James May, 80, of Bellville, died Feb. 21, 2007, in Waller. Mr. May was born March 12, 1926, in Lyons, Kansas, to Roy Wallace and Amy Stoughton May. He was baptized and confirmed in 1954 in Hutchinson, Kansas and was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. Mr. May served his country in the Navy during World War II....

Leonita Kramer

Leonita Kramer

Feb 19, 2007

Leonita Elizabeth Kramer, 87, of Brenham, died Feb. 19, 2007, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Kramer was born Jan. 8, 1920, in Damon, Texas, to Leo and Lina Bartram Hartfield. She was baptized May 23, 1920, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Needville by Rev. Karl Merkel and was confirmed Sept. 16, 1934, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church...

David Mooney

David Mooney

Feb 18, 2007

David Wren Mooney, 66, of Frelsburg, died Feb. 18, 2007, at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Mooney was born Sept. 24, 1940, in Bryan, Texas, to Albert Devon and Dorothy Juanita Wren Mooney. He was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan, where he played baseball and the team won the state championship....

Edna Lehmann

Edna Lehmann

Feb 17, 2007

Edna Kramer Lehmann, 89, of Brenham, died Feb. 17, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Lehmann was born Jan. 2, 1918, in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, to Fritz and Lena Ellerman Kramer. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and attended Prairie Hill School. On Nov. 19, 1939, she was married to Walter W....

Avalon Hines

Avalon Hines

Feb 15, 2007

Avalon Hine Hines, 87, a resident of New Ulm, Texas and formerly of Houston, Texas, died February 15, 2007, in the Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Hines was born January 25, 1920, in Boone County, Whitestown, Indiana to Ella Isenhour Hine and Otto Arthur Hine. On August 19, 1937, she was married to Dr. Norman Dee Hines in...

Jimmie Hahn, Sr.

Jimmie Hahn, Sr.

Feb 14, 2007

Jimmie Hahn, Sr., 89, of Brenham, died Feb. 14, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Hahn was born July 27, 1917, in Prairie Hill, Texas, to Michael and Emma Herrmann Hahn. He attended Gay Hill and Prairie Hill schools. He was baptized in St. John Lutheran Church on Oct. 26, 1917 and was later confirmed on May...

Johnnie Stegent

Johnnie Stegent

Feb 14, 2007

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Johnnie Stegent

Johnnie Stegent

Feb 14, 2007

Johnnie M. Stegent went peacefully to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 surrounded by his loving family in Trinity Medical Center. He was born October 31, 1918 in Brenham, Texas to John and Clara Meschwitz Stegent. The past several years he had been a resident of Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Johnnie was preceded in death...

James Willms

James Willms

Feb 9, 2007

James H. Willms, 60, of Brenham, died Feb. 9, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Willms was born July 22, 1946, in Cudahy, Wisconsin, to George Martin and Alta Heider Willms. He was a graduate of McCallum High Shool in Austin and attended TSTI. Serving his country in the Army during the Vietnam War, Mr. Willms was...

Thomas Cloud, Jr.

Thomas Cloud, Jr.

Feb 5, 2007

Thomas Frank Cloud, Jr., 95, of Chappell Hill, died Feb. 5, 2007, in College Station Medical Center. Mr. Cloud was born Sept. 10, 1911, in Rogers, Texas, to Thomas Frank Sr. and Mollie C. Frazier Cloud. He was a graduate of Southwest Texas State University and received his PhD from the University of Houston. On Aug. 9, 1931, he...

Debra Purcell

Debra Purcell

Feb 2, 2007

Debra Ann Crolley Purcell passed away at 5:10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham, Texas. She was born in Dayton, Liberty County, Texas, on Feb. 5, 1957, to William G. Crolley and Linda Crolley. She graduated from Edna High School and attended Victoria College. Debbie worked for the City of Burton as a...

Linda Faithauer

Linda Faithauer

Jan 31, 2007

Linda Mae Hodde Faithauer, 79, of Brenham, died Jan. 31, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Faithauer was born Oct. 16, 1927, in Brenham to Willie and Rosa Finke Hodde. She was baptized Nov. 27, 1927 at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was confirmed April 6, 1941 in the same church. Mrs. Faithauer attended...

Herbert Bender

Herbert Bender

Jan 30, 2007

Herbert Paul Buck Bender, 74, of the Wesley Community died Jan. 30, 2007, in a Bryan hospital. Mr. Bender was born Feb. 8, 1932, in the Wesley Community of Washington County, Texas, to Paul and Ernestina Brinkmeyer Bender. He was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church of Welcome. Mr. Bender attended Wesley School and Blinn College. He served...

Travis Mackenroth

Travis Mackenroth

Jan 29, 2007

Travis Mackenroth, 68, of Burton, died Jan. 29, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Mackenroth was born July 19, 1938, in Austin County, Texas, to Willie and Hilda Muske Mackenroth. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Shelby. He was a 1958 graduate of Burton High School. Mr. Mackenroth served his country in...

O Lindsey

O Lindsey

Jan 28, 2007

O.C. Lindsey, 71, of Brenham, died Jan. 28, 2007, in Methodist Hospital in Houston, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Lindsey was born Dec. 9, 1935, in Groesbeck, Texas, to Charlie and Emmie Sanders Lindsey. On Jan. 6, 1964, he was married to Carol Jean Von Minden in Brenham. Mr. Lindsey was a driver for Oak Farms Dairy and...

Lynn Keenan

Lynn Keenan

Jan 28, 2007

Lynn Eldred Keenan died January 28, 2007. He reached the miraculous age of sixty-four. He was born in 1942 with a serious heart defect, each and everyday that he lived was a Miracle granted by the grace of God. He was born in Beaumont, Texas to Eldred Samuel Keenan and Marie Clark Keenan on October 31, 1942. He spent...

Bettie Garrett

Bettie Garrett

Jan 24, 2007

Mrs. Bettie Ethel Garrett, 100, of Brenham, died Jan. 24, 2007, in Houston. Mrs. Garrett was born Sept. 17, 1906, in Brenham, to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Morris. She was a graduate of Pickard High School in Brenham. Mrs. Garrett was a retired licensed vocational nurse. She was a life member of Mount Zion United Methodist Church of Brenham....

Edwin Bethke

Edwin Bethke

Jan 21, 2007

Edwin August Bethke, 83 of Burton, died Jan. 21, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Bethke was born Oct. 21, 1923, in the Sandtown community near Burton, to Ed and Emma Pfundt Bethke. He was baptized June 29, 1924 in St. John s United Church of Christ of Burton and was confirmed on Palm Sunday, 1939 in...