Recent Obituaries
Delphine Schulz
Jun 22, 2004
Delphine Henry Del Schulz, 76, of Brenham, died June 22, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Schulz was born April 2, 1928, in the Welcome community of Austin County, Texas, to Walter A. and Ophilia Thielemann Schulz. He was baptized and confirmed in Salem Lutheran Church in Welcome. Mr. Schulz attended Welcome school, was a graduate of...
William Harris
Jun 21, 2004
William A. Harris, 73, of Brenham, died, June 21, 2004, in Houston. Mr. Harris was born Feb. 4, 1931, in Newton, Kansas, to Harold R. and Ethel Dorhman Harris. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School and earned a degree in agricultural engineering from Kansas State. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force in Germany. On...
Paul Newton
Jun 19, 2004
Child of God, Paul Charles Newton, looked into the smiling face of his Lord on Saturday, June 19, 2004. Paul was born in Austin, Texas, on September 1, 1948, and is preceded in death by parents, Eldon and Rebecca Newton. From childhood, Paul was nurtured by caregivers at Austin, Travis, Brenham and Richmond State Schools. Though separated by miles,...
Lucille Stoughton
Jun 19, 2004
Lucille Marie Stoughton passed away on June 19, 2004 at her home in Brenham, Texas. She was born November 6, 1936 in Sparta, Michigan, the daughter of Fred and Augusta Nussdoefer Blush. Lucille was raised on the family farm in the Kent City area where she attended school. She graduated as salutatorian of her senior class and attended Western...
Bertha Koerth
Jun 19, 2004
Bertha Malinda Muehlbrad Koerth, 102, of Burton, and the widow of Edward O. Koerth, died Saturday June 19, 2004 at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Koerth was born November 25, 1901, in the Burton community, Washington County, TX, to Emil and Wilhemine Krause Muehlbrad. She was baptized March 30, 1902in Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine by Reverend John...
Cleo Evans
Jun 19, 2004
Cleo Evans, 90, of Burton, wife of Ernest Evans, died Saturday, at Kruse Village in Brenham. She was born on October 4, 1913 in Yorktown, Texas, the daughter of Conrad and Ola Pearl Alexander Flowers. Mrs. Evans attended and received her Bachelors Degree from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas and her Masters Degree from St. Mary s...
Frieda Guelker
Jun 17, 2004
Frieda Mae Guelker of Burton, Texas, began her celebration into eternal life on June 17, 2004. Frieda Mae was born October 19, 1927, to Albert and Frieda Ponfick Kuehn in Burton. She was baptized into God s family by Rev. Walton in St. John s United Church of Christ in Burton on June 24, 1928 and was confirmed in...
Julia Schultz
Jun 15, 2004
Julia Schulz, 100, of the Gay Hill community, died June 15, 2004, in Austin. Mrs. Schulz was born Nov. 10, 1903, in Holman, Texas, to Herman and Julia Farek Meyer. She was baptized in the Catholic Church of Weimar and was confirmed in 1925 in the Lutheran Church in Needville. She attended Foster School in Needville. On Sept. 5,...
Gladys Krause
Jun 13, 2004
Gladys Jaster Krause, age 78, passed away June 13, 2004, in La Grange. She was born in Carmine, Texas, on Dec. 6, 1925, to Alfred Jim Jaster and Ida Emma Werner Jaster. She was baptized Aug. 11, 1926, at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carmine by Pastor A.H. Falkenburg and was confirmed on Palm Sunday in 1939 by Pastor Henry...
Victor Bilski
Jun 7, 2004
Victor Valerian Bilski, 72, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died June 7, 2004, in Katy Memorial Hospital in Katy. Mr. Bilski was born Nov. 12, 1931, in Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas, to Joseph and Mary Cegielski Bilski. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill and attended Wonder Hill School. Mr. Bilski served in...
Esther Ehlert
Jun 6, 2004
Esther Hahn Ehlert, 92, of Prairie Hill, died Sunday, June 6, 2004, in Brenham Rest Home, where she had resided since experiencing a massive stroke in October, 2001. Mrs. Ehlert was born July 30, 1911, to Ernest and Rosena Boortz Hahn in Live Oak Hill, Washington County. She was baptized on Sept. 10, 1911, in St. John Lutheran Church,...
Clarence Krause
Jun 2, 2004
Clarence Otto Krause, 82, of Brenham, died June 2, 2004, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Mr. Krause was born Nov. 8, 1921, in the Long Point community of Washington County, Texas, to Adolf August and Emilie Harmel Krause. He was baptized Jan. 15, 1922, in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Rehburg by Rev. Weber and was confirmed...
Mildred Buerger
May 29, 2004
Mildred Rodenbeck Buerger, 81, of Brenham, TX, died May 29, 2004, in Gazebo Terrace Nursing Center in Brenham. Mrs. Buerger was born Aug. 20, 1922, to Ed and Esther Hopman Rodenbeck. On Dec. 1, 1942, she married Charlie Buerger in St. Peter s Lutheran Church in Gay Hill. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Charlie Buerger of...
Maria Cienga
May 29, 2004
Maria Carmen Cienega, 70, of Brenham, died May 29, 2004, in Methodist Hospital in Houston. Mrs. Cienega was born Feb. 2, 1934, in Roscoe, TX, to Juan and Estanislada Palafox. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Jessie and Carol Cienega of College Station and Johnny and Minerva Cienega of Brenham; and daughters, Evangelina and Jacinto Solano of Alvin, Pauline...
Joseph Morris
May 25, 2004
Joseph Doyle Morris, 80, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died May 25, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Morris was born April 23, 1924, in Elk City, Oklahoma, to William Randolph and Hattie Gazelle Morris. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On July 17, 1948, he was married to Theresa Adeline Chrisman in Nocona, Texas. Survivors include...
Theresa Morris
May 25, 2004
Theresa Adeline Morris, 79, of Chappell Hill, Texas, died May 25, 2004, at her residence. Mrs. Morris was born March 22, 1925, in Nocona, Texas, to Volney Howard and Ina Viola Chrisman. On July 17, 1948, she married Joseph Doyle Morris. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Chris Morris and wife Anais Nelson of Austin; daughter, Debra...
Lorna Merten
May 22, 2004
Lorna Somers Merten, 76, of Burton, TX , died Saturday, May 22, 2004, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Merten was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Galveston, TX, to John and Evelyn Eva Ecret Somers. She graduated from Ball High School in Galveston. On June 18, 1954, she married Chester C. Merten in Houston. Mrs. Merten was a...
James Aldridge
May 20, 2004
James E. Sonny Aldridge, 77, of Burton, TX, died May 20, 2004, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, TX. Mr. Aldridge was born April 7, 1927, in Sarah, Mississippi, to James M. and Robbie Brandon Aldridge. On July 24, 1948, he married Carolyn Peacock in Houston. Mr. Aldridge served in the U.S. Merchant Marines from 1943 to...
Ellen Sommerlatte
May 19, 2004
Ellen Jane Sommerlatte, 48, beloved wife, sister, daughter and mother, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at her Houston residence. Mrs. Sommerlatte was born Dec. 5, 1955, in Cameron, TX, to Edward and Elsie June Fredricksen Longhofer. She was a 1978 graduate of Texas Women s University. She was employed by H.C.A. since 1991 and was one of the...
Josephine Denena
May 10, 2004
Josephine Lampson Denena, 95, of Brenham, died May 10, 2004, in Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. Mrs. Denena was born June 24, 1908, in Brazos County, Texas, to Mike and Minnie Todaro Lampson. She was educated in Brazos County schools. On Nov. 27, 1927, she was married to Lee L. Denena in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bryan....
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