Recent Obituaries

Wanda Roberts
Nov 15, 2006
Wanda Carol Roberts, 72, of Brenham died Nov. 15, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Roberts was born March 10, 1934 in Auglaize County, Ohio to Samuel and Mildred Cummins Harpest. She attended school in Logan County, Ohio. On Jan. 18, 1953 she was married to Frederick LeRoy Roberts in Logan County, Ohio. Mrs. Roberts was a retired secretary for...

Deloris Eckermann
Nov 12, 2006
Deloris L. Eckermann, 70, of the Shelby community in Austin County, Texas died near Camp Wood, Texas on Sunday, November 12, 2006. The daughter of Emmit & Leona Koehler Schultz, Deloris was born on July 28, 1936 in Austin, County, Texas. She and Lee Fred Eckermann were married in the Industry Methodist Church on July 31, 1955. He preceded...

Alford Canterbury
Nov 12, 2006
Alford Grady Canterbury, 82, of Brenham, died Nov. 12, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Canterbury was born Nov. 16, 1923, in Homer, Louisiana, to A.G. and Lucille Bullock Canterbury. He was a graduate of Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Louisiana. Mr. Canterbury was baptized in the Baptist faith in Atlanta, Louisiana. Mr. Canterbury served in the...

Bobby Owens, Jr
Nov 11, 2006
Bobby Ray Owens, Jr., 52, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died Nov. 11, 2006, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, due to injuries from a natural gas pipeline explosion. Mr. Owens was born April 19, 1954, in Bastrop, Louisiana, to Bobby Ray Sr. and Jackie Tomlinson Owens. He was a heavy equipment operator for Associated Pipeline. Survivors include his daughter, Mandy Ann Brock...

Jerry Richardson
Nov 6, 2006
Jerry Lee Richardson, 70, of Brenham, died Nov. 6, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Richardson was born Dec. 12, 1935, in Cogar, Oklahoma, to Isaac Jacob and Eva Lancaster Richardson. He was baptized and confirmed Dec. 23, 1984 in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill. On May 1, 1954, he was married to Carrie Laverne Wieghat in St....
Patricia Koester
Nov 3, 2006
Patricia Burch Koester, age 68, of Brenham, died November 3, 2006, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mrs. Koester was born October 27, 1938, in Harlingen, Texas to James T. and Elda Kieke Burch. On September 6, 1957, she was married to James E. Murphy and later married Alfred Koester on November 3, 1979. Mrs. Koester worked...
Edna Fritz
Nov 2, 2006
Edna Lorenz Fritz, 92, of Brenham, died Nov. 2, 2006, at Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Fritz was born March 23, 1914, in the Phillipsburg community of Washington County, Texas, to Hugo and Emma Stern Lorenz. She was baptized June 28, 1914, in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg by Rev. J. Appel and was confirmed on April 7, 1929,...

Bernard Kaminski
Nov 1, 2006
Bernard Kaminski, 63 of Houston, died on Wednesday, November 29, 2006. He was born in Brenham, Texas on May 8, 1943. Bernard is preceded in death by his parents, Leon & Sophie Murski Kaminski and brother, John L. Johnny Kaminski. He is survived by his guardian, Virginia Felchak Hill and a number of relatives. Visitation will be in Pat...

Geraldine Ziese
Oct 28, 2006
Geraldine Gerry Coleman Ziese, 76, of Brenham, died Oct. 28, 2006, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mrs. Ziese was born July 15, 1930, in Provident City, Wharton County, Texas, to Ralph Lawrence and Edith Fisher Coleman. She was a graduate of El Campo High School and Southwestern Business University in Houston. On February 14, 1959, she married...

Anna Schulenberg
Oct 25, 2006
Anna Belle Dacke Schulenberg, born October 18, 1917 in West Columbia, Texas to Elmer and Annie Burford Dacke, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 25, 2006. Anna Belle graduated valedictorian of the West Columbia High School Class of 1934, married Walter Jim Schulenberg on June 20, 1940, and moved to Freeport Jones Creek in...
Edward Sommerfeld
Oct 14, 2006
Edward Lee Sommerfeld was born on March 1, 1929, the son of Edward W. and Bertha Sprain Sommerfeld in the Salem community of Washington County, Texas. He died at his home on Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the age of 77 years, 7 month, and 13 days. Mr. Sommerfeld was baptized on May 26, 1929 at Salem Lutheran Church...

Tammie Hoefelmeyer
Oct 13, 2006
Tammie Sue Hoefelmeyer, 39, of Brenham, died Oct. 13, 2006, at her residence. Miss Hoefelmeyer was born March 13, 1967, in Brenham, Texas, to Herman and Ella Mae Schroeder Hoefelmeyer. She was employed at Zuehlke Store. Survivors include two brothers and a sister-in-law, Edwin and Debbie Hoefelmeyer and Ray Hoefelmeyer, all of Brenham; and three sisters and two brothers-in-law,...
Ora Murski
Oct 11, 2006
Ora Nell Ruth Murski, 69, of Brenham, died Oct. 11, 2006, in a Houston hospital. Mrs. Murski was born Dec. 26, 1936, in Burton, Texas, to William August and Mamie Olivia Maass Kokemor. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John s United Church of Christ in Burton. She was a graduate of Burton High School and attended Blinn...

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...