Recent Obituaries
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...
Otto Oevermann
Aug 25, 2006
Otto Henry Oevermann, 79, of Burton, died August 25, 2006 in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center. Otto was born September 17, 1926 in Burton to August H. & Elsie Jaster Oevermann. He was baptized at St. John s Evangelical and Reformed Church. Otto was a graduate of Burton High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict....
Martha Worsham
Aug 25, 2006
Martha J. Billie Worsham, 80, of Brenham, died in her residence on the night of Friday, August 25, 2006. Born in Franklin, Texas on August 14, 1926, Billie was the daughter of Joseph Lee & Mattie Curry Yates. She graduated from Franklin High School and was a graduate of The University of Houston. On April 16, 1952, Billie and...
Paul Heidemann
Aug 24, 2006
Paul Frederick Heidemann was born in Brenham on August 16, 1948, the son of Bernhard Louis and Margaret Gogolin Heideman, graduated Brenham High School 1966 and received his Bachelors Degree in Animal Science from Texas A & M University in 1970. He then went on to serve our country in the United States Air Force. In 1988 he followed...
Oliver Neutzler
Aug 23, 2006
Oliver Dean Neutzler, also known as O.D. or Deanie , 51, of Carmine, went to be with the Lord Aug. 23, 2006, at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Neutzler was born Dec. 7, 1954, in Brenham, to Oliver Adolph and Vinita Bell Logan Neutzler. He was baptized Jan. 31, 1955 and was confirmed March 30, 1969....
Larry Boehnemann
Aug 23, 2006
Larry Boehnemann, 51, of Brenham, died Aug. 23, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Boehnemann was born Dec. 7, 1954, in Brenham, to Delphine Carl and Florence Kankel Boehnemann. He was baptized and confirmed in Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham. Mr. Boehnemann was a 1973 graduate of Brenham High School and a 1977 graduate of Rice University, where he lettered...
Beatrice Applewhite
Aug 20, 2006
Beatrice Cravens Applewhite, 94, of Brenham, the widow of Sidney Wallace Applewhite, II, died Aug. 20, 2006. Visitation will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A complete obituary will be printed Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Memorial Oaks...
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