Recent Obituaries

Wilmer Rios
Jun 13, 2006
Wilmer Rios, 22, of Brenham died in Trinity Medical Center on Tuesday morning, June 13, 2006. Born in La Union, El Salvador on January 25, 1984, Wilmer was a son of Isidro Guzman & Maria De La Paz. He received his education in the schools of the Brenham Independent School District. A skilled oil well tester, Wilmer was employed...

Viola Henslee
Jun 10, 2006
Viola "Vi"Emily Henslee, longtime resident of Brenham, passed away on June 10, 2006. She was born in Leroy, Texas on August 20, 1916. Her husband of 70 years, Jack Henslee, preceded her in death last month on May 24th. Vi is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Beverly Maddox and Karen & Neill Meier, by her grandson: Craig Maddox,...

Annie Polk
Jun 9, 2006
Annie Meyer Polk on June 9, 2006, went to her heavenly home to join her husband, Clarke Polk, and her son, Clarke, Jr. Annie enjoyed gardening and sharing her gardens with everyone. Annie leaves this legacy with her daughter, Ann Hinton, and her granddaughter, Kay Hinton. Her special friends, Ida Mae Wilburn, Ollie and Walter McDonald, Larry Crawford; her...

Elizabeth Lehmann
Jun 7, 2006
Elizabeth Anna Johanna Lehmann, 98, of Brenham, died June 7, 2006, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Miss Lehmann was born Oct. 16, 1907, in Washington County, Texas, to Albert J. and Mary Schawe Lehmann. She was baptized Dec. 1, 1907, in Salem Lutheran Church of Salem by Pastor Johannes Mgebroff and was confirmed April 9, 1922, in...

Marjorie Holdt
May 29, 2006
Marjorie Louise Holdt, 76, of Brenham, died May 29, 2006 in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Holdt was born Jan. 20, 1930 in the Live Oak Hill community of Washington County, Texas to Earnest and Rosena Boortz Hahn. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was educated in Live Oak Hill...

Raymond Wellmann
May 24, 2006
Raymond Wellmann, Sr., of Brenham, died May 24, 2006, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Wellmann was born Nov. 8, 1923, in Washington County, Texas, to Henry Sr. and Ida Neumann Wellmann. He was confirmed April 24, 1938, in Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wiedeville by Pastor Kurt Hartmann. Mr. Wellmann attended Wiedeville School and was a member...

Herman Bilski, Sr.
May 18, 2006
Herman Joseph Bilski, Sr., 66, of Houston, died May 18, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Bilski was born Nov. 17, 1939, to Stanley and Pelagia Twardowski Bilski. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Mary s Catholic Church in Brenham. He served in the Army during the Bay of Pigs era. Mr. Bilski was a member of KJZT and...

M. Rooker, Jr.
May 17, 2006
M.F. Rooker, Jr., 80, of Brenham, died May 17, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Rooker was born June 20, 1925, in El Campo, TX, to M.F. Sr. and Bessie Edlund Rooker. He attended Jones Creek School and served in the Army during World War II in the Philippines. On Dec. 20, 1948, he was married to...

Hollis Harris
May 12, 2006
Hollis Eugene Harris, 86, of Brenham, died May 12, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Harris was born April 16, 1920, in Union Point, Georgia, to James A. and Eva Dill Harris. He served in the Army during World War II in the European Theater and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. On March 9,...

Carrie Richardson
May 6, 2006
Carrie Laverne Richardson, 73, of Brenham, died May 6, 2006, at her residence. She was taken by the Lord in her sleep after battling illnesses. Mrs. Richardson was born April 1, 1933, in Prairie Hill, Washington County, Texas, to Willie Jr. and Carrie Marcus Wieghat. On April 17, 1933, she was baptized in St. John Lutheran Church at Prairie...
Joe Cole
May 5, 2006
Joe Robert Cole, 87, of Brenham, peacefully passed away at his residence on May 5th. Joe was born in Lufkin, attended Brenham High School, Kemper Military Academy, Blinn College, and Texas A&M University. In 1940, Joe married the love of his life, Rosemary DeWare. Serving in the Marine Corps in the Asiatic-Pacific Arena during WWII, Joe qualified as a...

Lillie Dietrich
May 5, 2006
Lillie Louise Meinecke Dietrich, 97, of Brenham, passed away Friday, May 5, 2006. Mrs. Dietrich was born in Burton, Texas, June 8, 1908, the daughter of William and Mary Louise Kasten Dietrich. She was confirmed at the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Burton, August 18, 1909 by Pastor H. P. Schulze and was confirmed at the Martin Luther Lutheran...

Frieda Zorn
May 3, 2006
Frieda Iselt Zorn, 95, of Brenham, died May 3, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Zorn was born July 19, 1910, in Loebau, Texas, to Herman and Ida Iselt. She was married to Harry Allen Zorn in Houston. Mrs. Zorn was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham and was a wonderful cook and baker. Survivors...

Warren Muery
May 1, 2006
Warren Edward Muery, 80, of Brenham, died May 1, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Muery was born Jan. 27, 1926, in Brenham, Texas, to Edward and Martha Dietzmann Muery. He was a 1952 graduate of Texas A&M University and served in the Navy during World War II. On July 2, 1953, he was married to Neatha Dyer in Midland....
Curtis Plagens, Sr.
Apr 27, 2006
Curtis Elbert Plagens, Sr., 78, of Brenham, died April 27, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Plagens was born Jan. 21, 1928, in Kurten, Texas, to Adolph and Lillie Hood Plagens. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and Charles Keenum of Bryan; two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas W. and Sherryl Plagens of Brenham and Curtis E....
Ruby Stein
Apr 23, 2006
Ruby Wunderlich Stein, 94, of Brenham, died April 23, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Stein was born Nov. 25, 1911, in Sandy Hill, Texas, to Rudolph and Emma Dierking Wunderlich. She was baptized March 17, 1912, in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill by Pastor A. Fuenning and was confirmed Jan. 16, 1927, in St....
Donald Wass
Apr 23, 2006
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. for a Washington County Sheriff s Office deputy who died Sunday near Kenney, Texas. Donald Ellis Wass, 35, of Bellville, an almost 10-year veteran of the sheriff s office, died following an accident on Highway 36 South in Austin County early Sunday morning. A graduate of the Gus George Law...
Roxie Schulze
Apr 21, 2006
Mrs. Roxie Hauck Schulze, 93, of Brenham, widow of Henry W. Schulze, passed away Friday, April 21, 2006 at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham, Texas. Mrs. Schulze was born on February 18, 1913 on a farm near Brenham, Texas, the daughter of Charlie and Emma Schilling Hauck. Roxie grew up on the farm where she was born and...