Recent Obituaries
Tonja Morgan
Aug 19, 2006
Tonja Jean Morgan, 45, of Brenham, departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior on Aug. 19, 2006, in Brenham. Tonja was born Oct. 8, 1960, in Austin, Texas. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother to her husband, Scott, and son, Charles Bree. Tonja had a beautiful smile which she shared with those around...
Norma Alexander
Aug 18, 2006
Norma Lee Sissy Alexander, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend returned to her heavenly origin on August 18, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 22, 1944 in Houston Texas to Norman and Elsie Boswell. Norma is survived by her daughter Molly; son Michael and wife Rachael of Plano; son Daniel and wife Melanie of Georgetown;...
Ernest Harms
Aug 12, 2006
Ernest W. Harms, 90, of Brenham, died August 12, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Harms was born April 18, 1916, in New Wehdem, Texas, one of seven children born to William Harms and Anna Giese Harms. He was baptized April 18, 1916, at New Wehdem, Texas and was confirmed in 1930, also at New Wehdem. Mr. Harms attended Austin...

Beverly Maddox
Aug 10, 2006
Beverly Ann Maddox, 67, of Houston, died Aug. 10, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Maddox was born June 13, 1939, in Brenham, Texas, to Hubert L. Jack and Viola Schultz Henslee. She was a member of Christian Victory Center in Houston, Texas. She was a graduate of Brenham High School. She was active in the Maifest celebration for many...
Thomas Schulte
Aug 9, 2006
Thomas James Schulte, 74, of Brenham, died Aug. 9, 2006, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Schulte was born April 12, 1932, in Independence, Washington County, Texas, to Charles Jr. and Mary Buerger Schulte. He was baptized in 1932 in St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was confirmed March 30, 1947, in St. Matthew...
Theresa Horne
Aug 3, 2006
Theresa Terry Horne of Burton passed away Thursday, August 3, 2006, at the age of 83. Mrs. Horne was born Theresa Virginia Harding in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 4, 1922, to Joseph St. Claire and Anna Elizabeth Mellor Harding. She grew up as one of eight children in the Iowa farm country. Mrs. Horne joined the military and...

Grace Daniel
Aug 1, 2006
Grace Irene Daniel, 78, of Brenham, died August 1, 2006, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Ms. Daniel was born February 2, 1928, in Elkhart, Texas, to Theodore and Elsie Quade Hilliegiest. Ms. Daniel was a member of St. Peter s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill. She was a longtime resident of Brenham and came to know many...

Otto Bergmann
Jul 31, 2006
Otto Alfred Bergmann, 88, a life-long resident of the Burton area, died July 31, 2006, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Bergmann was born March 15, 1918, in Warrenton, Fayette County, Texas, to Otto and Frieda Spies Bergmann. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On Jan. 6, 1940, he was married to Erna Knebel. Mr....

Leslie Rohde
Jul 24, 2006
Leslie John Rohde, 83, of Bastrop, died July 24, 2006, in Silver Pines Nursing Home in Bastrop. Mr. Rohde was born April 7, 1923, in Warrenton, Texas, to Fritz and Johanna Addicks Rohde. He was baptized Oct. 21, 1923, by Pastor M.C. Hoermann and confirmed Sept. 20, 1936, in St. John Lutheran Church of Warrenton by Pastor Julius Bosshard....
Geneva Ehlert
Jul 16, 2006
Geneva Ann Ehlert, 59, of Brenham, died July 16, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Ehlert was born Dec. 5, 1946, in Brenham, TX, to Arnold Cotton and Laura Hinze Holtkamp. She was baptized Jan. 5, 1947, in Bethlehem Lutheran Church of William Penn by Pastor C.J. Appel and was confirmed April 10, 1960, in the same church by Pastor...

Henry Dusek, Jr.
Jul 9, 2006
Henry Joseph Dusek, Jr., 88, of Brenham, died July 9, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Dusek was born June 15, 1918, in Wesley, to Henry and Emma Guthmann Dusek. He was baptized Nov. 3, 1918, in Wesley Brethren Church by Joseph Hegar and was confirmed Jan. 2, 1938, in the same church by the same pastor....

Joy Kipp
Jul 8, 2006
Joy Carolyn Phillips Kipp was born in Vernon, Texas on December 18, 1928 to Harold F. and Hattie M. Phillips. She died at her home on July 8, 2006 after battling cancer for ten years. Mrs. Kipp loved and embraced life. She traveled extensively worldwide. She never wanted to visit the same place twice because there were so many...
Herbert Blum
Jul 4, 2006
Herbert H. Blum, 89, of Brenham, died July 4, 2006, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Blum was born May 28, 1917, in Zionsville, Texas, to William and Caroline Hegemeyer Blum. He was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville. Mr. Blum attended Hoddeville School. On Oct. 14, 1937, he was married to Marie...
Lula Broecker
Jul 2, 2006
Lula Lueckemeyer Tutu Broecker, 90, died July 2, 2006, in Houston, Texas. She was born October 24, 1915, to Theo and Lottie Lueckemeyer. She was baptized and confirmed in New Wehdem Lutheran Church. On April 20, 1935, she was married to Erwin Boots Broecker. They later became members of St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham. She is...

Clarence Reuter
Jun 28, 2006
Clarence R. Reuter, 74, of Brenham, died June 28, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Reuter was born Sept. 23, 1931, in Round Top, Texas, to Edwin and Alma Michael Reuter. He attended Nassau and Round Top-Carmine Schools. Mr. Reuter served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. On Nov. 21, 1953, he was married to LaVern...

Phillip Middlebrooks
Jun 27, 2006
Phillip Carey Middlebrooks, 70, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died June 26, 2006, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Middlebrooks was born Oct. 13, 1935, in La Grange, Georgia, to William Carey and Nina Mae Glover Middlebrooks. He graduated from La Grange High School in Georgia and received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Georgia....

Lillian Borgstedte
Jun 26, 2006
Lillian Anna Klara Krueger Borgstedte, 95, of Brenham, died June 26, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham after a brief illness. Lillian was born in Washington, Texas, on September 20, 1910, to Charles and Malinda Loesch Krueger of Washington, Texas. She was baptized and confirmed at Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Friedens United Church of Christ in Washington. She...

Benhard Tegeler
Jun 16, 2006
Benhard Herman Tegeler, 88, of Brenham, died June 16, 2006, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Tegeler was born Aug. 19, 1917, in Kenney, Austin County, Texas, to Benhard and Wilhelmine Heckmann Tegeler. He was baptized Nov. 18, 1917, in St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg and was confirmed Jan. 31, 1932, in the same church. On...

Lillie Blum
Jun 14, 2006
Lillie Ann Blum, 70, of Brenham, wife of Vernon C. Blum, died Wednesday, June 14, 2006 in Trinity Medical Center. She was born July 25, 1935 in Galena Park, TX to James Wesley & Pansy Lovett Daniels Brummett. On February 17, 1953, Lillie Ann married Vernon C. Blum in Jacinto City. She was a homemaker, a member of the...