Obituaries
Joshua Scott Guidry
Sep 20, 2010
JOSHUA SCOTT GUIDRY, 30, of Brookshire, Texas, passed away at his home Monday, September 20, 2010. Josh was born August 1, 1980, in Crowley, Louisiana, the son of Scott Anthony and Bernadette (Guidry) Guidry. His early childhood years were spent in Louisiana. In 1987, the family moved to Waller, Texas. They have made their home in Brookshire since 1993 and...
John Gilbert Lyerly
Sep 9, 2010
JOHN GILBERT "JOHNNY" LYERLY, was born December 19, 1946, in Houston, TX, the son of Lloyd H. & Minnie Williams Lyerly. He graduated from St. Pius X High School in 1965 and then attended The University of Texas in Austin. John enlisted in the United States Air Force and served in the Vietnam Conflict and in Thailand and Guam. He...
Conway Lloyd Waak,
Aug 15, 2010
CONWAY LLOYD WAAK, SR. was born in Bellville, Texas, on January 8, 1931 to William and Emma Grawunder Waak, Jr. He was baptized and confirmed in Bellville. He attended Piney School and Bellville High School. There he enjoyed playing football until graduating in 1948. He met his wife Helen Catherine Landrum at Coshatte Hall, and they were married on June...
Kelly Joseph Ryan
Aug 12, 2010
KELLY JOSEPH RYAN, 52, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010, at his home in Bellville, Texas. Kelly was born February 11, 1958, in Maquoketa, Iowa, the son of Donald and LaVonne Ryan. After high school, he spent three years in the United States Army. Afterwards, he moved to Houston, Texas, where he met his wife, Jackie. Kelly worked in many...
Carol Sue Williford
Aug 11, 2010
CAROL DOWNEY WILLIFORD passed away August 11, 2010, at her home in Waller County, Texas. Carol was born in Ennis, Texas to Henry and Ruby McCathern Downey on April 4, 1947, graduated from Ennis High School in in 1965 and Sam Houston State University in 1969. Carol began her thirty-year teaching career at Ennis High School for four years, seven...
Monroe Ben Mewis
Aug 5, 2010
MONROE BEN MEWIS, JR. was called home August 5, 2010. Born October 13, 1928 in Brenham, TX, he was the devoted son of Viola (Koerth) Mewis and Monroe Mewis, Sr. A lifelong Lutheran, Monroe was confirmed at St. John and attended Bellville schools where he was class president in 1946, his senior year. Love of country led him to join...
Suella Janszen
Jul 27, 2010
Suella Tipp Janszen was born August 24, 1932, in Bernardo, Texas, the daughter of Max and Alice Kveton Tipp. She grew up in Sealy and attended Cleveland Community School until the 2nd grade. She had to ride bareback on a horse with her brother, Dick. He often would make the horse buck her off and she would fall in the...
Otis Rodney Boyte
Jul 21, 2010
Otis Rodney Boyte was born June 13, 1954, in Hobbs, New Mexico, the son of George and Hazel Richardson Boyte. He grew up Mississippi and attended schools in Brookhaven. Otis moved to Texas in 1979, where he made his home in a small country community in Austin County, Buckhorn, Texas. Otis was united in marriage to Rose Rogers in the...
Gladys Swearingen
Jul 12, 2010
GLADYS GOEBEL SWEARINGEN was born August 9, 1922, in Bellville, Texas. The daughter of Reinhold and Selma Himly Goebel, she grew up in Cat Spring and Millheim, and attended the Millheim schools. Gladys married Wesley Swearingen in Bellville, Texas on July 2, 1940. They made their home in Millheim and were members of St. John Lutheran Church in Bellville. A...
Ernest Ward Snitkin,
Jun 28, 2010
Ernest Ward Snitkin, Jr. graduated to glory on June 28, 2010, in Bellville, after succumbing to a long and lengthy illness. Ernest was born to the late Ernest Ward, Sr. and Mary Lorine Bannon Snitkin in Dallas, TX, on March 15, 1935. His family moved to Schulenburg, TX where they made their home, before moving to Sealy, TX and then...
John Robert Mcgee,
Jun 28, 2010
JOHN ROBERT McGEE, JR., was born December 1,1941, in Navasota, TX (6 days before the bombing of Pearl Harbour). Born to John and Clara Lou McGee, he was the fifth out of six children, the only boy. At the young age of six, his grandmother (Ackie-Mother), gave him the nickname Jackie, which he later shortened to Jack. In his early...
Clyde Harold Brubaker
Jun 27, 2010
CLYDE HAROLD BRUBAKER, 83, longtime Pattison resident, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family, after a long, courageous battle with leukemia. Clyde was born January 4, 1927, in Clodine, Texas. The son of John Irvin and Mary (Maack) Brubaker, he grew up in Clodine and Richmond, and attended school in Missouri City. After graduating...
Edna Ehlert England
Jun 20, 2010
EDNA FLORENCE EHLERT ENGLAND, 94, longtime Brookshire resident, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2010, at her home. Edna was born Februay 23, 1916, in Pattison, Texas to parents Theodore Samuel and Mathilda Emelia Ebel Ehlert. She grew up in Pattison and attended the Pattison schools. After graduating from high school, she attended Texas Women's University in Denton, Texas. On November...
Ernest Allen Wilpitz
Jun 3, 2010
ERNEST ALLEN WILPITZ, 85, of Brookshire, passed away Thursday, June 3, 2010, in a Brookshire nursing facility. Born in Brookshire/Pattison, Texas, to Ernest William "Billy" Wilpitz and Daisy Patty Wilpitz, Ernest lived a long and full life as a husband, father and architect, spending much of it residing in Houston. In 2002, he returned to Brookshire, living in a new...
Clarence Alfred Zettel
May 24, 2010
Clarence Alfred Zettel was born on February 4, 1937, in Austin County, Texas, the son of Alfred J. and Celia Shupak Zettel. He grew up in the Austin County area and attended Santa Anna elementary and Bellville High School. He then moved to Bleiblerville in 1971. A Brethren by faith, Clarence was united in marriage to Ruth Schroeder on March...
W.C. "Monk" Taylor
May 23, 2010
WAYMAN CLARENCE "MONK" TAYLOR, lifelong Pattison resident, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2010, in Katy, Texas at the age of 89. Monk was born February 11, 1921, in Pattison, Texas. The son of Sidney Montrose and Dora Ann Greek Taylor, he was raised in Pattison and graduated from Pattison High School in 1938. He then worked on his father's farm...
Patricia R. Krawietz
May 22, 2010
PATRICIA RUTH KRAWIETZ was born August 16, 1929, to Dionysius and Pauline Kowalik Krawietz in Falls City, Texas. She grew up and attended school in Falls City and graduated from Karnes City High School. At fifteen, Patsy was given money to enroll at Incarnate Word College. She travelled to San Antonio on the bus and enrolled in art school instead....
Evelyn M. Nehrkorn
May 21, 2010
EVELYN M. (GOEKE) NEHRKORN, longtime Bellville resident, passed away Friday, May 21, 2010, in a Bellville nursing facility at the age of 85. Born July 15, 1924, in the Germania Community in Austin County, Texas, Evelyn was the daughter of Emanuel and Clara (Wesetzke) Goeke. She grew up and attended school in Austin County before moving to Galveston, and then...
Donald Curtis Young
May 20, 2010
Donald Curtis Young was born December 28, 1949, in Houston, Texas, the son of Lewis and Billie Rae Spears Young. He grew up and attended schools in the Aldine. Donald graduated from Smiley High School and then was employed with Western Electric/Southwestern Bell. Donald served his county in the United States Army from 1971 until 1973. He moved to Sealy...
Thyra Varrick Diemer Dixon
May 1, 2010
Thyra Varrick Diemer Dixon died Saturday, May 1, 2010, at the age of 91. Thyra was born February 7, 1919, on the Diemer Farm on the banks of the Brazos River in Waller County, Texas. Thyra was the fourth and final child of Brick P. and Dora Thaemer Diemer. She was welcomed by her sister Elizabeth and brothers Ted and...
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