Recent Obituaries

Joyce Mckenzie
Nov 27, 2015
Joyce Michelle McKenzie, 61, of Brenham, died on November 27, 2015 at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Graveside service will be held on November 30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Dawson Cemetery, Dawson TX. with Pastor Rob Morris of River Pointe Church officiating. Joyce was born on October 15, 1954 in Houston, TX to R.A. and Betty Joyce...

Mildred Franklin
Nov 25, 2015
Mildred Lilly Ahrens Franklin, 89, widow of Don Stephen Franklin, died November 25, 2015 at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Pastor Lee Hartmann officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday evening at...
Otto Heidemann, Jr.
Nov 22, 2015
Otto Heidemann, Jr., 81, died November 22, 2015 in Brenham. Funeral services for Mr. Heidemann are scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Grace Lutheran Church, with Pastor Matthew Jacobs officiating. Burial will follow in St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery in New Wehdem. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel....
Gladys Weiss
Nov 19, 2015
Gladys Marie Stoll Meier Weiss, 92, passed away November 19, 2015 at Brenham Nursing and Rehab in Brenham. Born Sept. 1, 1923 in Brenham to Eugene H. and Anita Fehler Stoll, Gladys was baptized Dec. 2, 1923 by Rev. Arthur Hartmann, and confirmed April 10, 1938, also by Rev. Hartmann. A lifelong member of St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church,...
Thomas Townley
Nov 18, 2015
Thomas Jefferson Townley, 78, died November 18, 2015 in Bryan. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Eben-Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, with Pastor Ken Weiss officiating. Burial will follow in Friedens Cemetery in Gay Hill. Mr. Townley was born in Kosse, Texas on August 26, 1937 to Stephen Wallace and Mary Lou Thompson...
Pastor Pecht
Nov 13, 2015
Pastor Virgil Pecht, 84, of Brenham, passed away November 13, 2015 at Kruse Village in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Monday, November 16, 2015 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 4 until 6 p.m. Sunday evening at Memorial...
Elsie Longhofer
Nov 11, 2015
Elsie June Longhofer, 87, widow of Edward Longhofer, Sr., passed away November 11, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Pastor Ken Weiss officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Elsie...
Roger Pietsch
Nov 1, 2015
Roger Dale Pietsch, 60, died November 1, 2015 at his residence. A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Rev. Jack Meeker will officiate. Roger Pietsch was born Sept. 16, 1955 in Wharton, Texas to Byron Rimmer and Geraldine Janus Pietsch. On April 28, 1975, he was united in marriage...
Harvey Merten
Oct 28, 2015
Harvey Henry Merten, 83, of Brenham, died October 28, 2015, at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 31, at St. Paul''s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham with Pastor Phillip Fenton, Pastor Bri Merkle, and Pastor Karen Nelson officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. Visitation will...
James Clay
Oct 27, 2015
James Sheppard Clay, 59, of Schulenburg, TX., passed away on October 27, 2015 at his residence. Graveside Service will be on October 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Independence Cemetery with Pastor Jill Vivroux officiating. Visitation with the family and friends will be Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. James was born on...
Gladys Brauner
Oct 26, 2015
Gladys Neumann Brauner, 87, died October 26, 2015 at Brenham Rest Home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Zion Lutheran Church in Zionsville, with Pastor Pat Lehrer officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Gladys Brauner was born...

Betty Folsom
Oct 25, 2015
Betty Ann Folsom, 76, of Brenham, passed away on October 25, 2015, at her residence. A graveside service for Betty Ann Folsom will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 28, at National Cemetery at Nelsonville, with Pastor Michael Groseclose officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 27 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Betty Ann Mikeska Folsom was...
Esther Dahmann
Oct 25, 2015
The Lord called home His faithful servant, Esther Winkelmann Dahmann, 87, of Brenham, on Sunday, October 25, 2015. Her family was by her side. Funeral services for Esther Dahmann will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 29, 2015 at St. John''s Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill, with Pastor Kyle Merkle officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery....

Cora Germain
Oct 24, 2015
Cora Jean Eisman Germain, 75, of Burton, died October 24, 2015 in Brenham Nursing and Rehab Center. Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, October 30, 2015 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Burton. Rev. Greg Felder will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mrs. Germain was born September 24,...
Judith Mikeska
Oct 24, 2015
Judith Lynn Hovet Mikeska, 57, of Fayetteville, Texas passed away in the loving arms of her husband, children and grandchildren at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas at 1:59 pm on October 24, 2015. Judith, being the perpetual optimist left guidance for all of us not to mourn, but instead to celebrate her heaven sending accordingly with happy...
Anne Dallmeyer
Oct 13, 2015
Anne Louise Dallmeyer, 87, formerly of Burton, died on October 13, 2015, in Brenham Nursing and Rehab. She was the widow of Leon Dallmeyer. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul''s Lutheran Church of Rehburg with Pastor Glenn Schoeneberg officiating. Burial will be held in the Church Cemetery. Visitation with the...

Verdell Toll
Oct 12, 2015
Verdell A. Toll, 78, widower of Beatrice Fay Toll, died October 12, 2015 at Southern Knights Assisted Living Center in Tomball, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Mark Gentry officiating. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Burial will be in Prairie Lea Cemetery....

Mabel Hill
Oct 11, 2015
Mabel Landua Hill, 84, of Bellville, died Oct. 11, 2015, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 at Bellville United Methodist Church in Bellville with Malcolm Monroe and Amy Haralson officiating. Visitation with the family will be Thursday at the church from 1:00 p.m. until service time and...

Linda Malone
Oct 8, 2015
Linda LeeAnn Malone, 66 of Brenham, passed away October 8, 2015. She was born March 24, 1949 in LaMesa, California to Leon & Paige King. On February 7, 1972 Linda married Roy Malone in Lawton, Oklahoma. Linda loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed life, had a great sense of humor and loved to dance. Survivors include her...