Recent Obituaries

Feb 9, 2003

Services for April Michelle Blackmore-Becraft, 31, will be at the Brenham State School Chapel on Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 1:00 P.M. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. The Family will receive visitors from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 11, 2003 in Memorial Oaks Chapel. April died February 9, 2003 in Brenham, Texas. She was...

Feb 8, 2003

Jeanine Cullen Alexander, 50, of Brenham, died Sunday, February 8, 2003, in Gazebo Terrace Convalescent Center in Brenham. Ms. Alexander was born January 2, 1953, in Eku, Nigeria, West Africa, to Dr. Paul S. and Ida Wright Cullen. She was baptized in 1961 in Second Baptist Church in Houston. She was a graduate of Bellaire High School, attended Stephen...

Feb 6, 2003

Herbert Walter Emshoff, 83, of Brenham, and the husband of Ruth Henske Emshoff passed away Thursday, February 6, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Emshoff was born October 21, 1919, in New Wehdem, Austin County, Texas, the son of William and Henrietta Koester Emshoff. He was baptized December 14, 1919, and was confirmed March 25, 1934 in...

Feb 6, 2003

A.V. Carpenter, 77, of Brenham, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, February 6, 2003, in Brenham. A.V. was born November 27, 1925 to Newton Van and Elgie Wilson Carpenter in Terrell, Texas. He graduated from Forney High School in Forney, Texas. He served in the Navy and Army. He married his wife, Freda Bounds Carpenter, on May...

Feb 4, 2003

Howard Herbert Matthies, 90, of Burton, died Feb. 4, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham with his daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter by his side. Mr. Matthies was born on December 5, 1912, in the La Bahia community, near Burton. He was the fourth child of Ernst Theodore and Ida Emma Krause Matthies. He was baptized on March 2,...

Feb 2, 2003

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Feb 1, 2003

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Jan 12, 2003

Minnie Ollie H. Reno, 89, of Carmine, TX, died Jan. 12, 2003, at her residence. Mrs. Reno was born Nov. 11, 1913, in Huntington, TX, to Joseph Irvin and Martha Alice Ivy Donnell. She married Charles M. Reno, Jr. in Huntington and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Charles M. Reno, Jr. of Carmine; sons and daughters-in-law, Joe...

Jan 11, 2003

Elsie L. Emshoff Dannhaus, 92, of Brenham, died Jan. 11, 2003, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Dannhaus was born May 6, 1910, in New Wehdem, TX, to John and Henrietta Kochwelp Emshoff. She was baptized June 19, 1910, in St. James Lutheran Church in New Wehdem and was confirmed April 5, 1925, in the same church....

Jan 10, 2003

Dorothy Mayer Longbotham, 71, of Round Top, TX, died Jan. 10, 2003, in Garland, TX. Mrs. Longbotham was born Aug. 12, 1931, in Round Top, TX, to Willie John Fritz and Irene Leona Muske Mayer. She was baptized in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Shelby and was confirmed in Fayetteville, TX. She was a 1950 graduate of Bellville High...

Nov 6, 2002

Larey Nelson Kieke, 91, of 609 Spinn St. in Brenham, Texas, passed away on November 6, 2002, at 12:51 p.m. He was born February 9, 1911, near Burton, Texas, the son of Henry Kieke Jr. and Alma Hinze Kieke. He was baptized in the Round Top Lutheran Church on June 25, 1911 and was confirmed in the Carmine Lutheran...

Nov 5, 2002

Robert William Sehlke, 42, of Brenham, died Nov. 5, 2002, at his residence. Mr. Sehlke was born Aug. 24, 1960, in Brenham, to Edward W. and Ruby Schroeder Sehlke. He was baptized Oct. 2, 1960 in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Rehburg by Pastor Zimmermann and was confirmed in Faith Lutheran Church in Dickinson. He was educated in League...

Oct 26, 2002

SUE ANN SHANNON GANSKE, 60, OF BRENHAM, DIED AT THE TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER SATURDAY. MRS. GANSKE WAS BORN AUGUST 24, 1942, IN STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, TO JAMES ROY AND EVA LOUIS KELTNER SHANNON. SHE WAS BAPTIZED IN THE CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. ON JUNE 18, 1962, SHE MARRIED BERRY GANSKE IN THE BROADMOOR CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS....

Oct 25, 2002

Thomas J. Presley, 70, of Brenham, died Oct. 25, 2002, at his residence. Mr. Presley was born Oct. 2, 1932, in Dallas, TX, to Thomas S. and Londa Usener Presley. He was baptized in Austin, TX. Mr. Presley served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. On June 17, 1953, he married Lucille Schroeder in Brenham. Mr. Presley...

Oct 22, 2002

Alma Berger Steinfeld, 90, of Brenham, died Oct. 22, 2002, in Bluebonnet Hills Nursing Center in Brenham. Mrs. Steinfeld was born August 29, 1912, in the Sandy Hill community of Washington County, TX, to Fritz and Bertha Meyer Berger. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Sandy Hill. On Nov. 30, 1939, she married Ben...

Oct 18, 2002

Lillie Behnke, 92, of Brenham, died Oct. 18, 2002 in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Mrs. Behnke was born Dec. 12, 1909, in Washington County, Texas, to Henry Sr. and Ida Neumann Wellmann. She was baptized March 27, 1910 in Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wiedeville by Pastor Theo. G. Papsdorf and was confirmed April 13, 1924 in the same...

Oct 14, 2002

Christine Elizabeth Cricket Ehring, 31, of Brenham, died Oct. 14, 2002, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Miss Ehring was born Jan. 3, 1971, to Charles Edmond and Lee Ann Hoot Ehring in Bethesda, MD. She was employed as an LVN. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, where she was active in singing ministry. A...

Bruce Stevenson, age 79, of Cypress, Texas, passed away peacefully on June 18, 2024. Born in 1945 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bruce spent most of his life in Vincennes, Indiana.

Bruce graduated with The Fabulous Class of '63 at Lincoln High School and earned degrees from the University of Evansville and Indiana State University.

After graduating, Bruce proudly served as a...

Judy Louise Landgraf, 66, of Brenham, died Nov. 23, 2019, in College Station.

A private service for the family will be held Tuesday morning at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Memorial Oaks Chapel.

Judy was born May 20, 1953, in Brenham, TX, to Richard and...