Recent Obituaries

Ralph Keller
Nov 21, 2005
Ralph Elder Keller, 86, of Brenham died Nov. 21, 2005, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Keller was born June 9, 1919, in Springfield, Massachussetts, to Edward James and Fern Lester Keller. He grew up in Groton, New York and earned a business degree from the University of Syracuse. Mr. Keller served in the U.S. Army during World...

Jenny Kessler
Nov 20, 2005
Jenny Joe Kessler, 77, passed away November 17, 2005 in Houston, Texas. She was born July 18, 1928 in Gay Hill, Texas to Edwin Herman Runge and Elsin Hahn Runge. Jenny is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Milroy Kessler; daughters, Donna Hall, Brenda Pritchett, and Pam Polasek; granddaughters, Amanda Pritchett, Emily Polasek and Brittany Polasek; grandsons,...
Walter Pape
Nov 20, 2005
Walter Carl Pape was born December 18, 1914, in the Prairie Hill community, Brenham, Texas, son of the late Willie and Elsie Wehrmann Pape. He departed in peace November 20, 2005, at Trinity Medical Center. He was baptized January 31, 1915, at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill by Pastor F. Apfelbach and confirmed April 13, 1930, at...
Mary Wehmeyer
Nov 18, 2005
Mary Katherine Wehmeyer, 51, of Brenham, died November 18, 2005, at the family residence in Brenham. Mary was born December 12, 1953, in the U.S. Army hospital at Camp Rucker, Alabama, to Willie F. Wehmeyer, Jr. and Marian Alvina Randermann Wehmeyer. She was baptized on February 14, 1954 at Camp Rucker and was confirmed on June 30, 1968, in...

Deborah Marth
Nov 15, 2005
Deborah Kay Marth, 43, of Carmine, died November 15, 2005, at her residence. Miss Marth was born Nov. 23, 1961, in Houston, to William and Dorothy Siegmund Marth. She was a graduate of Jersey Village High School, Blinn College and Lady of the Lake in San Antonio. Miss Marth was employed in the risk management department at Weatherford in...
Elmarine Gremillion
Nov 7, 2005
Elmarine Engelage Gremillion, 74, of Houston, died Nov. 7, 2005, in Memorial City Hospital. She died peacefully after a brief illness. Ms. Gremillion was born March 6, 1931, in Brenham, Texas, to Charles and Bettie Schultz Engelage. She was baptized June 7, 1931, in the Berlin community, near Brenham and was confirmed April 14, 1946, in Bethlehem Lutheran Church...
Randle Belyeu
Nov 6, 2005
Randle Belyeu , 63, passed away November 6, 2005, at his residence in Brenham, Texas after a lengthy illness. His courageous battle against cancer extended for eight years. Randle s positive attitude attested to his fervent desire to go down fighting. Mr. Belyeu was born March 9, 1942 in Dexter, New Mexico, the son of Floyd and Wanna Lee...
Andrew Murski
Nov 5, 2005
Andrew Stanley Murski, 92, of Brenham died November 5, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham, Texas. Mr. Murski was born November 22, 1912, in Brenham, to Stephan A. and Katie Nowak Murski. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Mary s Catholic Church in Brenham. He attended St. Mary s School. On January 26, 1937, he was married...
Lillie Perkins
Oct 31, 2005
Lillie Roehling Perkins, 90, of Brenham, died October 31, 2005, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Ms. Perkins was born Nov. 10, 1914, in Washington County, Texas, to Fritz and Laura Jaster Roehling. She was baptized Jan. 3, 1915, in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville and was confirmed March 24, 1929, in the same church. On March 2, 1940,...

David Hardy
Oct 31, 2005
David J. Hardy, 74, of Brenham, died Oct. 31, 2005. Mr. Hardy was born March 4, 1931. He was a paper carrier for The Banner-Press. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Independence Cemetery with Rev. Christopher J. Kallie.
Evelyn Yarter
Oct 29, 2005
Evelyn Sanders Yarter, 82, of Burton, died Oct. 29, 2005, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mrs. Yarter was born April 16, 1923, in Colfax, Washington, to Roy D. and Margurete Pflepson Sanders. She graduated from high school in 1941 in Colfax, Washington and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. On Dec. 18, 1944,...

Elsie Kaptchinskie
Oct 29, 2005
Elsie Alma Kaptchinskie, 88, formerly of Houston and Brenham, died October 29, 2005, in Huntsville Memorial Hospital in Huntsville. Mrs. Kaptchinskie was born July 28, 1917, at her home in Austin County to Theodore and Friedericka Wetzel Drews. She attended County Line and Greenvine schools. On April 10, 1945, she was married to Stanley J. Kaptchinskie in Houston. Mrs....
Alton Boehnemann
Oct 25, 2005
Alton Fred Pido Boehnemann, 80, of Burton, died Oct. 25, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Boehnemann was born March 13, 1925, in Burton, to Otto and Ida Koerth Boehnemann. He was baptized April 26, 1925, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Greenvine and was confirmed April 2, 1939, in the same church. On April 12, 1953, he...
Bernice Mantey
Oct 24, 2005
Bernice Henrietta Seta Minnie Buerger Mantey, 77, of Brenham, died Oct. 24, 2005, in Brenham Rest Home. Mrs. Mantey was born Sept. 24, 1928, in Washington County, Texas, to Fritz Sr. and Christine Tina Meyer Buerger. She attended Hoddeville and Charlesville schools. On June 24, 1951, she was married to Arthur Mantey in Friedens United Church of Christ in...
Melvin Schulze
Oct 18, 2005
Melvin H. E. Schulze left this earthly kingdom on October 18, 2005, at Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. He attained the age of 82 years. Melvin was born on June 15, 1923, in the Shelby community, the oldest of Herbert and Frida Reuter Schulze. He was baptized in his parents home on October 14, 1923 by Pastor M.C....
Laverda Ebel
Oct 8, 2005
LaVerda Neinast Ebel, 78, of the Longpoint Community, and the widow of Claude D. Ebel, died Saturday at the Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Ebel was born November 15, 1926, in the Longpoint Community of Washington County, Texas, to Edwin H. and Lenora Wilkening Neinast. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in St. Paul Lutheran...
Doris Gilbert
Oct 7, 2005
With deepest sorrow, the family of Doris Lisemby Gilbert, announced their loss at the death of Doris on October 7, 2005, at age 91, at St. Joseph s Regional Health Center, in Bryan, Texas. Doris was born May 28, 1914, in Corsicana, Texas to the late Frank and Martha Lisemby of Lubbock, Texas. On February 7, 1934, she was...

Dennis Schomburg, Jr.
Oct 1, 2005
Dennis William Schomburg, Jr., 82, of Brenham, died Oct. 1, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Schomburg was born Aug. 25, 1923, in Brenham, TX, to Dennis William Sr. and Margaret Eckardt Schomburg. He was baptized Jan. 6, 1924, in St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham and was confirmed April 10, 1938, in the same...
Oran Neutzler
Sep 27, 2005
Oran Fred Neutzler, 81, of Brenham, died Sept. 26, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Neutzler was born Oct. 30, 1923, in Burton, Texas, to Otto J. and Hedwig Krause Neutzler. He was baptized March 4, 1924, in Greenvine and was confirmed April 10, 1938 in Greenvine. He attended Boundary School and served in the U.S. Army...
Becky Clay
Sep 25, 2005
Becky Lynn Clay, 48, of Brenham, died Sept. 25, 2005, at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Clay was born May 1, 1957, in Brenham, to George D. and Barbara Mendell Maynard. She was a graduate of Brenham High School. On May 1, 1991, she was married to James S. Clay. Mrs. Clay was an assembler at Trepan Tools...