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Vera Hodde

Vera Hodde

May 21, 2003

Vera Louise Hodde, 96, of Houston, died May 21, 2003, in Houston. Vera was born Aug. 6, 1906, in the Prairie Hill community of Washington County, to Edward and Caroline Franke Struwe. She was baptized Aug. 16, 1906 in St. John s Lutheran Church in Prairie Hill and was confirmed Sept. 26, 1920 in the same church. She was...

Gilbert Koehne

Gilbert Koehne

May 19, 2003

Gilbert Koehne, 60, of Brenham, died May 19, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Koehne was born March 4, 1943, in the Prairie Hill community of Washington County, to Henry Jr. and Evelyn Lange Koehne. He was educated in Prairie Hill schools. On Aug. 28, 1966, he married Darleen Jaster in St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham. Mr....

Alice Korthauer

Alice Korthauer

May 17, 2003

Alice Finke Korthauer, 85, of Burton, died Friday at the family residence. Mrs. Korthauer was born January 1, 1918 in Brenham, TX., to Fritz and Alma Grebe Finke. She was baptized March 24, 1918 in St. John s Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill and was confirmed April 9, 1933 in St. John s Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill. Mrs....

Kenney Hinze

Kenney Hinze

May 12, 2003

Kenney Clarence Hinze, 83, of Burton, died May 12, 2003, in St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. Mr. Hinze was born July 29, 1919, in Round Top, TX, to Albert and Emma Kuehn Hinze. He was baptized March 20, 1920 in Round Top by Pastor A.H. Falkenberg and was confirmed Oct. 10, 1933 in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in...

Charles Partin

Charles Partin

May 10, 2003

Charles Bavoux Partin, 82, of Brenham, died May 10, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Partin was born Jan. 17, 1921, in San Leon, TX, to Charles William and Josephine Bavoux Partin. He was baptized Jan. 31, 1921, in Sacred Heart Church in Galveston and was confirmed in 1935 in All Saints Church in Houston. Mr. Partin was educated at...

Nelda Korthauer

Nelda Korthauer

May 8, 2003

Nelda Korthauer, 93, of Brenham, passed away May 8, 2003, in Trinity Care Center in Brenham. Nelda was one of 12 children born to Wm. and Louise Landua Korthauer. She was born March 7, 1910 in Washington County. She was baptized in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Rehburg on May 15, 1910 by Rev. H. Weber and was confirmed...

Herbert Pieper

Herbert Pieper

May 6, 2003

Herbert Andrew Pieper, 93, of Brenham, died May 6, 2003, in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mr. Pieper was born Jan. 9, 1910, in the New Wehdem community to John and Laura Poeppelmeyer Pieper. He was baptized and confirmed in St. James Lutheran Church in New Wehdem. He was educated at New Wehdem School. On Nov. 25, 1939, he...

Gliffard Schroeder

Gliffard Schroeder

May 2, 2003

Gliffard Merle Schroeder, 78, of Brenham, died May 2, 2003, in Bryan. Mr. Schroeder was born Nov. 17, 1924, in the William Penn community, to Willie and Millie Pohlmeyer Schroeder. He was baptized and confirmed in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in William Penn. Mr. Schroeder was educated at Blinn College, the University of Houston and Auburn University. From April 23,...

Charles Engelbrecht

Charles Engelbrecht

Apr 30, 2003

Charles Henry Engelbrecht was born Nov. 12, 1909, in Burton, TX, the son of Henry and Louise Fischer Engelbrecht. He entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 30, 2003, in Oakland Manor Nursing Center in Giddings, TX. He was 93 years old. He was educated in the Burton School District. He was united in marriage to Dora Hohlt in Zion...

Evelyn Caldwell

Evelyn Caldwell

Apr 29, 2003

Evelyn Emily Mary Heineke Caldwell, born April 15, 1912, in Brenham, Texas, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2003, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham, where she had resided since April 2002. She had lived in Austin prior to that time. She grew up in Brenham and graduated from Brenham High School. She attended Blinn Junior College and...

Larry Minden

Larry Minden

Apr 27, 2003

Larry Wayne Von Minden, 54, of Pasadena died April 27, 2003, in Brenham. He was born June 26, 1948, in Freeport, TX, to Harry and Curlie Ullrich Von Minden. He was educated in Round Top-Carmine and Freeport. On Oct. 8, 1986, he married Donna M. Del Flore in Harris County, TX. He was a commercial fisherman. Survivors include his...

Elvis Hinze

Elvis Hinze

Apr 22, 2003

Elvis Ray Hinze, 48, of Carmine, TX, died April 22, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Hinze was born May 18, 1954, in La Grange, TX, to Eldor H. and Ira Mae Noak Hinze. He was baptized Aug. 28, 1954, in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Round Top and was confirmed in the same church April 7, 1968. He was educated...

Elton Tiemann

Elton Tiemann

Apr 22, 2003

Elton Lonnie Tiemann, 60, of Brenham, died April 22, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Tiemann was born April 26, 1942, in Brenham, TX, to Erwin Robert and Lillie Hopmann Tiemann. He was baptized in St. James Lutheran Church in New Wehdem and was confirmed in the same church by Rev. Perry. He was a 1960 graduate of Brenham High...

Evelyn Sandifer

Evelyn Sandifer

Apr 21, 2003

Evelyn Joy Sandifer, 57, of Burton, TX, died April 21, 2003, at her residence. She was born June 20, 1945, in Beaumont, TX, to John Guy and Dora Ann Newcomb Jackson. She graduated magna cum laude and earned a bachelor of science degree in general studies and a master s degree in English. Mrs. Sandifer was a retired teacher...

Burney Parker, Jr.

Burney Parker, Jr.

Apr 17, 2003

Burney Parker, Jr., 74, of Brenham, and the husband of Frances Wuensche Parker died Thursday, at the family residence. Mr. Parker was born July 12, 1928, in Houston, Texas, to Burney Sr. and Editha Hackworth Parker. He was a graduate of Lamar High School, Schriner Institute, Texas A&I University and Southern Methodist University. On July 23, 1949, he married...

Gerald Derrick

Gerald Derrick

Apr 17, 2003

Gerald Patrick Pat Derrick, 62, of Brenham, died Thursday in Trinity Medical Center Hospital in Brenham. Mr. Derrick was born May 28, 1940, in Burton, Texas, to Earl and Janet Derrick. He was a graduate of Brenham High School, Blinn College amd Sam Houston State University. Mr. Derrick taught and coached in Port Lavaca and Spring Branch School districts...

Dennis Luetge

Dennis Luetge

Apr 16, 2003

Dennis Henry Luetge, 89, of Brenham, died April 16, 2003, in Bluebonnet Hills Care Center in Brenham. Mr. Luetge was born Oct. 1, 1913, in Industry, TX, to Henry and Mary Kruse Luetge. He attended Schoenau Public School in Austin County. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wiedeville on April 6,...

Reakus Kohl

Reakus Kohl

Apr 14, 2003

Reakus Kohl, 84, of Brenham, died April 14, 2003, at his residence. Mr. Kohl was born Feb. 9, 1919, in Kentland, IN, to Reakus Henry and Lilly Marion Leminger Kohl. On Dec. 13, 1944, he married Juanelle Brister in Riverside, CA. Mr. Kohl was a carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Juanelle Kohl of Brenham; sons and daughters-in-law, Reakus Jr....

Evelyn Northrup

Evelyn Northrup

Apr 11, 2003

Evelyn Doretta Northrup, 82, of Brenham, and the widow of Preston G. Northrup, II, died April 11, 2003 in Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. Mrs. Northrup was born July 18, 1920, in Houston, Texas to Joseph and Evelyn Doretta Lohse Kreger. She was employed at Stelzig Western Wear in Houston and Marsh Department Store in Brenham. Mrs. Northrup was...

Gertrude Mutscher

Gertrude Mutscher

Apr 9, 2003

Gertrude Goeke Mutscher of Brenham, died on April 9, 2003, at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village in Brenham. She was 94 years of age. Mrs. Mutscher was well-known in the community, dearly loved by her children, enjoyed and respected by her friends, admired by fellow church members, and was the wife of the late Gus Mutscher for 67 years. Mrs....

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