Recent Obituaries
Walter Green
Dec 26, 2003
Walter N. Green, 87, of Brenham, died December 25, 2003, in Caldwell, Texas, doing what he loved. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Charles Matejowsky officiating. Burial service will be held at 3:30 P.M. at the Providence Cemetery in Caldwell with Pastor Bob Owens officiating. Visitation will be at Memorial Oaks Chapel...
Philip Edwards
Dec 22, 2003
Philip Lee Edwards, 61, Burton, was promoted to eternal glory December 22, 2003 in Temple, TX. Philip was born November 17, 1942 to Vern & Elizabeth Hendrick Edwards in Covington, Kentucky. After graduating from Blinn College, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. During his service, he married Maxine Zorn on June 24, 1964. He was a member...
Lester Schramm
Dec 22, 2003
Lester Schramm was born April 21, 1938, in the New Ulm area, the son of Lawrence and Olivia Bader Schramm. He married Lena Faye Hahn Feb. 23, 1974. She died on Sept. 18, 1998. A lifelong resident of this area, he was a member of the Nelsonville Brethren Church and was baptized in this faith. He was a member...
Justin Joswiak
Dec 21, 2003
Justin Paul Josie Joswiak of Brenham was born on June 12, 1986 in Bellville, Austin County, Texas, the son of Timothy Earl & Cindy Sue Koerth Joswiak. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Mary s Catholic Church of Brenham. A member of the Senior Class of Brenham High School, Justin was a member of the Brenham Cubs Baseball...
Jody Drane
Dec 20, 2003
Jody Ann Drane, 54, of Brenham, died Dec. 20, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Drane was born Jan. 7, 1949, in Houston, TX, to Joe and Evelyn McFarland Gamble. She attended Sam Houston State University. On Sept. 4, 1969, she was married to Clifford Conway Drane, Sr. in Houston. Mrs. Drane was a former member of...
Rose Eldred
Dec 18, 2003
Rose Emily Eldred of Brenham passed away on December 18, 2003, at Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. She was born October 7, 1919, at home in Ballard, Washington. She graduated from Ballard High School in 1938. On June 2, 1945, she was united in marriage to William G. Eldred, Jr. in Seattle, Washington. Survivors include her husband, William;...
Theodore Chervenka
Dec 16, 2003
Theodore Alvin Chervenka, 85, of Brenham, died Tuesday, December 16, 2003 in Hermann Hospital in Houston. Mr. Chervenka was born on August 17, 1918, in the Chriesman community near Caldwell, the son of Martin R. and Bertha Frances Gavenda Chervenka. He grew up in Burleson County and attended the Harmony School. Mr. Chervenka was baptized Nov. 19, 1942 in...
Anita Wessinger
Dec 14, 2003
Anita Schram Wessinger, 86, of Brenham, and the widow of Leo Wessinger died December 14, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. She was born February 13, 1917, in Washington County, Texas, the daughter of Fritz and Agnes Malkey Schram. Mrs. Wessinger received her education in Washington County and was a homemaker. Anita was presently making her home at...
Mary Bilski
Dec 13, 2003
Mary Cegielski Bilski was born on November 16, 1904 in Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas, one of twelve children born to Stanislaus & Catherine Nowak Cegielski. A lifelong member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church of Chappell Hill, Mary was baptized there in infancy, in her youth she was confirmed there and as a young woman, Mary and Joseph A....
Andrew Holley, Jr.
Dec 6, 2003
Andrew D. Holley, Jr., 70, of Burton, died Dec. 6, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Holley was born Aug. 24, 1933, in Texas City, TX, to Andrew Dewey Sr. and Hester Coats Holley. He was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School and Lee College of Baytown. He served in the U.S. Marines during Korean...
Ciola Malkey
Dec 5, 2003
Ciola Weidemann Malkey, 95, of Brenham, and the widow of Arthur Malkey died December 5, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. She was born July 19, 1908, in Burton Texas, the daughter of Otto and Mary Schwierzke Weidemann. Ciola was baptized in the Lutheran faith November 22, 1911, in Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine by Reverend John...
Marion Stegent
Dec 1, 2003
Marion M. Stegent, 57, of Chappell Hill, died Dec. 1, 2003, in Northwest Medical Center in Houston. Mr. Stegent was born May 24, 1946, in Brenham, TX, to Johnnie and Florence Dekowski Stegent. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Chappell Hill. Mr. Stegent was a graduate of Brenham High School and served in the...
Vivian Hacker
Dec 1, 2003
Vivian Catherine Fogle Hacker, 83, of Brenham, died Nov. 30, 2003, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Hacker was born Dec. 25, 1919, in Camargo, Oklahoma, to Victor and Arminta Baker Fogle. She was an educator. Survivors include her daughter, Minta Webb of Burton; grandchildren, Natalie Anne Petty Eagan and Edward, Matthew Chase Petty and Kim, Colleen Caye...
Loretta Hodde
Nov 28, 2003
Loretta Marie Hodde, 87, of Brenham, and the widow of Dr. Herman O. Hodde, died November 28, 2003 at the family residence in Brenham. She was born November 6, 1916, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, the daughter of Michael and Marie Raatz Knipfer, next to the youngest of five children. Loretta graduated from the Atlantic City Hospital School of Nursing...
Charles Spreen
Nov 28, 2003
Charles Edward Spreen, 65, of Brenham, the Zionsville community, died Friday, November 28, 2003 at the family residence. Mr. Spreen was born September 23, 1938, in Washington County, Texas, the son of Charlie and Clara Spinn Spreen. He was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church of Zionsville. Mr. Spreen served in the National Guard. He was employed by...
Lenora Schulz
Nov 27, 2003
Lenora A. Wellbrock Schulz, 86, of Brenham, died November 27, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Schulz was born on February 8, 1917, in the Sandy Hill Community, Washington County, Texas, the daughter of Klaus and Emma Becker Wellbrock. She was baptized in the Christian faith April 8, 1917, in St. Matthew Lutheran Church of Sandy Hill...
Francies Wehmeyer
Nov 27, 2003
Francies Irene Wehmeyer, 69, of Austin, and the wife of Clarence Wehmeyer, died Thursday, November 27, 2003, in Seton Medical Center in Austin. Mrs.Wehmeyer was born on October 6, 1934, in Lufkin, Texas, the daughter of Willie D. and Carrie Broomfield Landrum. She attended Lufkin High School and was a retired payroll accountant. On January 12, 1957, she was...
Helen Fuchs
Nov 26, 2003
Helen Minnie Henske Arning Fuchs, 86, of Brenham, died Nov. 26, 2003, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. She was born on July 21, 1917, in Kenney, Austin County, Texas, the daughter of Will and Minnie Richter Henske. She was baptized in the Christian faith Oct. 21, 1917, by Pastor H. Poehlmann in New Wehdem. She was confirmed...
Ronnie Roemer
Nov 21, 2003
Ronnie Roemer, 56, of Brenham, died Nov. 21, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Roemer was born April 13, 1947, in Brenham, TX, to August and Ruby Loewe Roemer. He was educated in Burton public schools. He served in the U.S. Army from Aug. 4, 1966 to May 29, 1968, in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart. On Feb. 6,...
Elizabeth Weatherby
Nov 18, 2003
Elizabeth E. Rasco Weatherby lost her battle with cancer on November 18, 2003. She was born on February 12, 1922, in Marshall, Texas, to Willie W. and Ida Mae Rasco. She graduated from public schools in Rosebud, TX, where she met her husband of 57 years, Ernest Lamar Weatherby. Her parents and her husband preceded her in death. The...
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