Recent Obituaries
Harold Fincher
Feb 7, 2006
Harold Jay Fincher, 78, of Burton, died Feb. 7, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Fincher was born Sept. 24, 1927, in Burton, to Thomas Roscoe and Celeste Moeller Fincher. He served in the U.S. Army Second Signal Corp as a cryptographer during World War II 1946-1947 and was a 1949 graduate of Texas A&M University. Mr....
Willie Schawe
Feb 5, 2006
Willie Henry W. H. Schawe, age 93, died on February 5, 2006, in Trinity Care Center, Brenham. Born near the Wesley Community in Washington County, Texas, on February 22, 1912, he was the eldest of four sons of Willie F. and Albertine Sunderhuse Schawe. He was baptized Wilhelm Heinrich Fredrick Otto Schawe on June 23, 1912, by Pastor Johannes...
T. Lueckemeyer
Feb 2, 2006
Theodore Woodrow T.W. Lueckemeyer, 88, of Brenham, died Feb. 2, 2006, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Lueckemeyer was born Sept. 26, 1917, in the New Wehdem community of Austin County, TX, to Theo. and Lottie Chernosky Lueckemeyer. He was baptized in his parents home at New Wehdem and was confirmed in St. James Lutheran Church at...

Natalie Struck
Feb 1, 2006
Natalie Neutzler Struck, 95, of Burton, died Feb. 1, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Struck was born Oct. 11, 1910, to Richard and Alma Schroeder Neutzler. She was baptized in St. John s United Church of Christ of Burton and was confirmed in the same church. On Feb. 19, 1930, she was married to Roy Struck...

William Lundberg
Jan 31, 2006
William Lundberg, 90, of Brenham, died Jan. 31, 2006, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Lundberg was born Jan. 10, 1916, in Logan, Utah, to Otto and Ellen McNeil Lundberg. He was a World War II Army veteran. On Dec. 7, 1942, he was married to Effie Elizabeth Lundberg in San Antonio. Mr. Lundberg was a retired health...

Curtis Dietrich
Jan 30, 2006
Curtis W. Dietrich, 60, of Brenham, TX, died Jan. 30, 2006, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 11:00 a.m. in Christ Lutheran Church, 1104 Carlee Dr., Brenham, with Pastor Walter Schindehette officiating. A reception will be held at...
Otto Schlottmann
Jan 28, 2006
Otto C. Schlottmann, age 90, died on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham, Texas. Otto was born to William F. and Henrietta Kokemoor Schlottmann on April 4, 1915 in Independence, Texas. He was baptized on June 27, 1915 at St. John s Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill by Pastor F. Apfelbach, and confirmed on...
Alton Gaskamp
Jan 27, 2006
Alton R. Gaskamp, age 75, passed away Friday, January 27, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. at Trinity Care Center in Brenham, Texas. He is survived by daughters, Barbara McIntyre and husband Michael of Brenham, Tara Thompson and husband Larry of League City, and Connie Gaskamp of Houston, his grandchildren, Nicholas McIntyre of Huntsville, Jonathan McIntyre of Huntsville, Rachel Thompson of...
Lorenz Koerth
Jan 26, 2006
Lorenz Otto Koerth, 82, of Burton, died January 26, 2006, at his residence. Mr. Koerth was born October 26, 1923, in Burton, to Willie Fritz and Emma Hertel Koerth. He was baptized January 20, 1924, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine and was confirmed April 10, 1938, in the same church. Mr. Koerth was a life member of Emmanuel...
Henry Moreno
Jan 21, 2006
Henry Jessie Moreno, 23, of Brenham, died January 21, 2006, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Moreno was born June 25, 1982, in Brenham, to Enrique Moreno and Maria Guadalupe Espinoza. He attended Brenham schools and enjoyed drawing, singing and writing song lyrics. Mr. Moreno was a packer at Sanderson Farms and was a member of...
Ida Kieke
Jan 20, 2006
Ida May Kieke, 91, of Brenham, Texas, died January 20, 2006, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. She was born February 13, 1914, near Burton, Texas and was the daughter of Ewald and Ida Neutzler Fuchs. She was baptized and confirmed at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine. She was educated in Boundary School and Home Demonstration Club....
Richard Bage
Jan 15, 2006
Richard Edward Bage, 80, of Brenham, died Jan. 15, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Bage was born Sept. 7, 1925, in Dime Box, Texas, to Edward and Minnie Kuehn Bage. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith in Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Giddings. Mr. Bage proudly served his country during World War II...

Robert Courtney
Jan 11, 2006
Robert S. Courtney, 57, of Katy, died Jan. 11, 2006 at Birch Creek Park, near Somerville, Texas. Mr. Courtney was born Nov. 15, 1948, in Wayland, New York, to Harry H. and Eleanor F. Gessner Courtney. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968 to 1969. On April 20, 1974, he was married to Pamela J. Hartzell in...
Virginia Gullette
Jan 10, 2006
Virginia M. Gullette, 81, passed away peacefully at her home near Brenham on January 10, 2006. Ginger, as she was known by family and friends, was born on October 15, 1924, in Quincy, Illinois to T.E. Musselman and Mary Locke Scripps Musselman. She graduated from Quincy High School and later attended the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, where...
Robert Kohring
Jan 6, 2006
Robert Wayne Kohring, 62, of Brenham, died January 6, 2006, at his residence. It was his wish to be at home and pain free. His wish was granted, and he went peacefully to be with his Lord with his family by his side. Mr. Kohring was born July 11, 1943, in Brenham, Texas, to Robert H. and Anita Schroeder...
Geneva Tonn
Jan 6, 2006
Geneva Tonn of Brenham, the widow of Elton G. Tonn Junior , died Friday at her residence. She was born October 16, 1930 in Zionsville to Ed and Bertha Bathe Lehrmann. On December 7, 1930 she was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church and confirmed there. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Kirby Jack and Dorothy Lehrmann; sister-in-law,...

Howard Muske
Jan 5, 2006
Howard Herman Muske, 68, of Brenham died Jan. 5, 2006 in Trinity Medical Center of brain cancer. Born July 30, 1937 in Winedale, Howard was the third child of Louis and Viola Muske. He was baptized Nov. 21, 1937 at Winedale Lutheran Church And confirmed by Pastor A.B. Weiss at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Round Top, Texas April 6, 1952....

Lloyd Partridge
Jan 4, 2006
Lloyd Ray Partridge, 56, of Galveston, Texas., died January 4, 2006 in Galveston, Texas. Mr. Partridge was born July 4, 1949 in Brenham, Texas to Wallace Ray Partridge, and Dorothy Elaine Honerkamp Bilbrey. He was baptized in St. Paul s Lutheran Church in Brenham. He attended University of Texas and the University of Houston at Clearlake MBA. For many...
Verlin Schwenke
Jan 4, 2006
Verlin Schwenke, 88, of Kenney, died Jan. 4, 2006, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Schwenke was born July 1, 1917, in Crawford, Texas, to Christian and Lena Honerkamp Mattiza. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith and was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Coryell City. She was educated in Crawford schools. On Dec. 8, 1934, she...