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Maisie Pledger

Maisie Pledger

Jan 26, 2015

Maisie Louellen Pledger, 85, passed away January 26, 2015 in Bryan. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Grace Lutheran Church, with Pastors Matthew Jacobs and William Holzer officiating. Burial will take place in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Louellen Pledger was...

Allen Colvin

Allen Colvin

Jan 22, 2015

Allen Nelson Colvin, 99, of Brenham, passed away January 22, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Mark Gentry, Evangelist as officiant. Burial will be in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Allen Colvin was...

Clarice Pollard

Clarice Pollard

Jan 18, 2015

Clarice Reecie Smith Pollard, 80, of Brenham won her battle with cancer on Jan. 18, 2015. She was born in El Paso to WG and Vera Mayfield Smith and grew up in Las Cruces, N.M. She attended New Mexico State University and then graduated from Baylor University. Clarice taught school in Houston and then in the Brenham ISD after...

Lee Weiss

Lee Weiss

Jan 17, 2015

Funeral services for Lee Roy Weiss, 90, of Brenham, husband of Allyne Weiss, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville. Pastor Erbey Gonzalez will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for 6 until 8 p.m. Monday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mr. Weiss passed away January...

Ira Phillips

Ira Phillips

Jan 15, 2015

Ira Frances Phillips, 94, widow of Alwin Phillips, died January 15, 2015 at Scott and White Hospital in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Memorial Oaks Chapel, with Rev. Billy Sutherland officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday evening at Memorial Oaks...

Roy Kipp, Sr.

Roy Kipp, Sr.

Jan 15, 2015

Roy Howard Kipp, Sr, age 86, of Chappell Hill, Texas went to be with his Lord on January 15, 2015. Mr. Kipp was born at home in Giddings, Texas on April 18, 1928 to Herman Fred Kipp and Marie Ansohn Kipp. He graduated Giddings High School and joined what became the US Air Force in 1945. He helped set...

Cameron Gullette

Cameron Gullette

Jan 14, 2015

Cameron Gullette passed away on January 14, 2015. He was born in Brookings, South Dakota to C.C. Gullette and Perla Hickman on February 10, 1923. Cameron grew up in Urbana, Illinois where his father was a French professor at the University of Illinois. While in high school, he was captain of his football team during his senior year, as...

Dolly Armatys

Dolly Armatys

Jan 11, 2015

Funeral services for Dolly Ruth Mitchell Armatys are scheduled for 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Rehburg. Pastor Denise Seymour will officiate. Mrs. Armatys passed away January 11, 2015 at Christus Dubuis Hospital in Bryan. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:30 Tuesday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Interment will take place Wednesday...

Harry Kubeczka

Harry Kubeczka

Jan 11, 2015

Harry Pete Kubeczka, 80, of Brenham, died Jan. 11, 2015, at College Station Medical Center in College Station. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, with a rosary recited at 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church of Brenham with Msgr. Benedict...

Ramona Effinger

Ramona Effinger

Jan 10, 2015

Ramona Kathryn Lantz Effinger was born January 27, 1918. She was the only child of Karl Ivor Lantz and Kathryn Ibos Lantz. She was a native Texan and a native Houstonian of which she was very proud. Ramona graduated from Reagan High School in the Heights where she lived on Courtland Street until she married Bob Effinger. She was...

Mabel Schmidt

Mabel Schmidt

Jan 10, 2015

Mabel Minnie Martha Schmidt, 95, of Brenham, died January 10, 2015 at Kruse Village in Brenham. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church of Carmine, with Pastor David Tinker officiating. Burial will follow in the Carmine Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family Tuesday evening from 6 until 8...

Frances Behm

Frances Behm

Jan 8, 2015

Frances Anne Behm, 70, of Brenham, the wife of Lloyd A. Behm, died Jan. 8, 2015, at Scott and White Hospital in College Station. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 at St. Peter''s Episcopal Church in Brenham...

Evelyn Thielemann

Evelyn Thielemann

Jan 8, 2015

Evelyn Pearl Thielemann, 91, the widow of Elton F. Thielemann, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2015 with her daughters by her side. Visitation with the family will be from 5-7 PM, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at Grace Lutheran Church in Brenham, Texas with...

Patricia Rayzor

Patricia Rayzor

Jan 7, 2015

Patricia Baldwin Rayzor passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at her home in Brenham, Texas. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on October 20, 1932. Pat met her husband Joe, in Houston and were happily married for 65 years. Pat loved quilting, cooking, and cherished time with friends and family. She was a member of First United Methodist Church,...

Lillie Krupka

Lillie Krupka

Jan 6, 2015

Lillie Lueck Stremmel Krupka, 102, of Brenham, died January 6, 2015 at Gazebo Terrace Skilled Care and Rehab. A graveside service will take place at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 9, 2015 at Prairie Lea Cemetery. Pastor Phil Fenton will officiate. Visitation will be from 5:30 until 7:00 Thursday evening at Memorial Oaks Chapel. Mrs. Krupka was born August 13,...

Don Franklin

Don Franklin

Jan 5, 2015

Don Stephen Franklin, 87, of Hempstead, passed away January 5, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, January 8, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hempstead, with Pastor Lee Hartman officiating. The family will receive friends and relatives at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hempstead from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Burial...

Larry Huron

Larry Huron

Jan 3, 2015

Larry Eugene Huron, 69, of Brenham died January 3, 2015 in Brenham. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 6, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m., at Memorial Oaks Chapel with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. The Funeral mass will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church with Father Jay Polisetty, celebrant. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery....

Thelma Jurries

Thelma Jurries

Dec 29, 2014

Thelma Viola Boehnemann Jurries, 96, of Brenham, the widow of Herbert Jurries, died Dec. 29, 2014, at Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brenham. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Greenvine with Deaconess Jennifer...

Allegra Mulanax

Allegra Mulanax

Dec 29, 2014

Allegra Bell Mulanax, 78, of Brenham, the widow of Carroll Ford Mulanax, died Dec. 29, 2014, in Bryan. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel. A memorial service will follow at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6 at Memorial Oaks Chapel with Rev. Swan officiating. Mrs. Mulanax was born Nov. 16, 1936, in...

Jacquelyn Braden

Jacquelyn Braden

Dec 29, 2014

Jacquelyn Kay Braden, age 39 went to be with the Lord on December 29, 2014 in College Station, Texas. She was born on May 20, 1975 in Metairie, Louisiana. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her loving parents Bill and Betty Braden, her big sister Teri Lynn Melia, nephews Anthony, Jonathan and Matthew Melia, uncles Carl Braden &...