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Joyce Gaskamp

Joyce Gaskamp

Jul 20, 2019

Joyce Marie Gaskamp, 75, died July 20, 2019 in Caldwell.

A Memorial Service will be held at the All Sports Building at Hohlt Park, 2425 N. Park, Brenham, Tx. on August 11, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. A visitation will follow the service.

Joyce Gaskamp was born April 27, 1944 in Burton to Arthur Carl and...

Anna Anderson

Anna Anderson

Jul 20, 2019

Anna Jean Lenhart Anderson, 92, born December 9, 1926, passed away at home, July 20, 2019 in Brenham Texas. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. with funeral services scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Friday July 26, 2019 at Cornerstone Brenham, 906 West Stone, Brenham, Texas. Charlie Riley, Sr. will be officiating. Burial will be at Prairie Lea Cemetery....

Donald Meier

Donald Meier

Jul 19, 2019

Donald Lee Meier, 67, passed away July 19, 2019 in Brenham.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, July 25, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg, with Pastor Evan Cameron officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel....

Bobbie Carmen

Bobbie Carmen

Jul 16, 2019

Bobbie Eloise Carmen passed away on July 16, 2019 in Brenham, Texas.

Eloise was born in Ballinger, Texas on June 24, 1926. She moved to Merryville, Louisiana when she was 12 and lived there for 70 years before moving to Brenham, Texas in 2008. She was a member of Merryville United Methodist Church in Merryville, Louisiana, where...

Billie Holbert, Sr.

Billie Holbert, Sr.

Jul 14, 2019

Billie Charles Holbert, Sr., 85, born May 16, 1934, passed away at his home July 14, 2019 in Brenham Texas, with family at his side.

Billie (Bill) was born in Monroe, Tennessee May 16, 1934 to Cassie Gertrude Holbert and Homer Proctor Holbert. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953 as a Private and through sheer...

Doris Hubbell

Doris Hubbell

Jul 13, 2019

Doris Hubbell, 96, of Brenham, died July 13, 2019, at her residence.

A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 26 at Kruse Memorial Lutheran Village Chapel in Brenham.

Mrs. Hubbell...

Marcus Finley

Marcus Finley

Jul 9, 2019

Marcus H. Finley, 60, of Brenham, died July 9, 2019, in a College Station hospital. Survivors include his daughter, Carissa Peterson and her husband, Bobby; grandsons Robby and L.J. Peterson ; sister and brother-in-law, Ann and John Pledger; and brother and sister-in-law, Ken and Carla Finley.

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Dorothy Tesch

Dorothy Tesch

Jul 4, 2019

Dorothy Mae Giese Tesch was born on October 19th, 1932, and passed away on July 4th, 2019.

Dorothy was a lifelong resident of Brenham and graduated from Brenham High School. She was married to Leslie C. (Bubba) Tesch on October 21st, 1950. For most of Dorothy’s life she was self-employed with her husband. Together they formed Leslie...

Dorothy Mcgill

Dorothy Mcgill

Jun 27, 2019

Dorothy Ann Knittel McGill, 89, of Burton, passed away June 27, 2019 from Parkinson’s Disease.

Dorothy was born January 14, 1930 in Deanville, Texas. She attended Burton High School, graduating in 1948.

Dorothy loved riding horses and like to barrel-race as a teenager. She met the love of her life, Jack McGill, and they were...

Mildred Keller

Mildred Keller

Jun 24, 2019

Mildred Falls Keller, 92, returned to her heavenly home on June 24, 2019. Her faith in God and devotion to her family provided the strength she needed to face multiple battles with cancer throughout her life and ultimately gave her peace when facing death.

Millie was blessed with a loving family. She was born to the late...

Fred Kettrick

Fred Kettrick

Jun 23, 2019

Our beloved husband, father, Papa and friend Fred Coles Kettrick was called home and is now in the loving arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Fred Coles Kettrick, 77, of Independence (Coles Settlement), the husband of Judy Young Kettrick, left this earthly life on June...

John Stanley

John Stanley

Jun 22, 2019

John Hilman Stanley

November 6, 1916 = June 22, 2019

Son of John Hilman and Georgia Pattison Stanley, John grew up in Port Arthur, Texas. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School, he attended Texas Christian University, earning degree in Political Science in 1938. He met Clemence Clark at TCU; they married November 10, 1939,...

John Keilman

John Keilman

Jun 21, 2019

John Keilman, 74, died June 21, 2019 at his residence in Brenham.

A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Calvary Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 8:30 until 9:30 a.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel, prior to the graveside service.

John is survived by two very, very special...

Lyra Williamson

Lyra Williamson

Jun 21, 2019

Lyra Mildred Williamson, 92, died June 21, 2019 in Georgetown, TX.

The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 28, 2019 at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham. The memorial service will be conducted by Mrs. Williamson’s nephew, James Paul Worley. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5...

Birdie Thielemann

Birdie Thielemann

Jun 20, 2019

Birdie Thielemann, 88, the widow of Leroy Thielemann, passed away on June 20, 2019, peacefully after being sick.

She married Leroy Thielemann in 1948. Together they had a daughter, three sons, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was buried at Prairie Lea Cemetery at a private graveside service.

Mom, your children hope you...

Wanda Echenhofer

Wanda Echenhofer

Jun 20, 2019

Wanda Rose Echenhofer, 94, died June 20, 2019 in Brenham.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 30, 2019 at the Kruse Village Chapel in Brenham.

Wanda Rose Adams Echenhofer was born April 21, 1925, in Celeste, TX, to Grace LaRoi Saye and Jesse Allan Adams, Sr. Wanda lived many places...

William Smith

William Smith

Jun 19, 2019

William Joe Smith, 88, died June 19, 2019 in College Station.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 22, 2019 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill, with Pastor Skip Stutts officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday at Memorial Oaks...

Wanda May

Wanda May

Jun 18, 2019

Wanda Ruth May, 92, died on June 15, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Graveside services will be at 10 am Saturday, June 22, 2019 at Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery in

Bellville, Texas. Burial will follow in the cemetery.

Wanda May was born October 31, 1926 in Caddo County, Oklahoma to Earnest and Ruby Ellen Wise....

Gwenda Jacobs

Gwenda Jacobs

Jun 17, 2019

It has pleased almighty God, in accordance with His merciful and divine providence, on the afternoon of Monday, June 17, 2019 to summon to Himself out of this vale of tears the soul of Gwenda Marie Lee Jacobs.

Gwen was born December 1, 1932 in East Rochester, New York to Herman Dillman and Doris Mowry Lee. She...

Garey Spradley

Garey Spradley

Jun 16, 2019

Garey Britton Spradley, 74, of Brenham, the husband of Judy Spradley, died June 16, 2019, in Houston.

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Friday, June 21, 2019 11:00 AM

Mount Zion...