A tribute to the TLU alumni, faculty, staff, and friends we lost from June 2025 to May 2026.
1940-1949
Bettye Jeanne (Neumeyer) Raschke ’47 – (1928 – 2025) – Houston, TX
1950-1959
Eugene Ernest Janke ’52 – (1930 – 2025) – Mansfield, TX
Doris Joy (Chelena) Gregory ’53 – (1933 – 2026) – Shreveport, LA
Herman Henry Ohlenbusch ’53 – (1932 – 2026) – Kingsville, TX
Angiliee June (Graetzel) Rose ’53 – (1933 – 2025) – New Braunfels, TX
Mary Louise Krause ’55 – (1934 – 2026) – Robinson, TX
Vida (Jacob) Andersen ’57 – (1935 – 2025) – Gainesville, GA
Sam Yocum Harper ‘ 57 – (1935 – 2025) – Bryan, TX
Maxine (Kreinheder) Knippa ’57 – (1935 – 2026) – Georgetown, TX
Marian (Spill) Guerin ’58 (Alum ND) – (1936 – 2026) – San Marcos, TX
George E. Mathesen ’58 – (1936 – 2025) – San Antonio, TX
John L. Schwartz Jr. ’58 – (1936 – 2025) – Seguin, TX
Kenneth E. Jandt ’58 – (1936 – 2025) – Seguin, TX
Edith (Albers) Bliese ’59 – (1937 – 2026) – Harrisburg, OR
Herbert “Herb” Bernhard Karnau ’59 – (1937 – 2025) – Gonzalez, TX
Oscar “Pete” Bernard Peterson Jr. ’59 – Austin, TX
1960-1969
Ute Hansi (Arnold) Wilfong ’60 – (1939 – 2026) – Phoenix, AZ
Rev. Henry Schulte ’61 – (1936 – 2025) – Boerne, TX
Lloyd Herman Lenz ’62 – (1932 – 2025) – Johnson City, TX
Anna Lois (Becker) Lindemann ’62 – (1939 – 2025) – Bellville, TX
John Lowell Zavadil ’62 – (1939 – 2026) – Gonzales, TX
Isaac John “IJ” Brown ’63 – (1939 – 2025) – Georgetown, TX
Charles “Charlie” Rheinlaender ’64 – (1937 – 2026) – Keller, TX
Sherman “Larry” Vinyard ’64 – (1942 – 2025) – Arlington, TX
Lester M. Wilke ’64 – (1940 – 2025) – Jourdanton, TX
Eddie Lamon Hall ’65 – (1941 – 2026) – Fulshear,TX
Martin (Marty) R. Hoffman ’65 – (1941 – 2025) – Sequim, WA
Ron “Ron” Alton Murray ’65 – (1942 – 2026) – North Pole, AK
Nancy Jean Niehaus ’65 – (1943 – 2025) – Austin, TX
Robert “Bob” M. Borchers ’66 – (1941 – 2026) – Seguin, TX
Glen Arthur Engeling ’67 – (1944 – 2025) – Beeville, TX
James R. Casebolt ’68 – (1946 – 2025) – Mounds View, MN
Hazel Summers “Cappy” Colvin III ’69 – (1947 – 2026) – Helotes, TX
James Martin Moeller ’68 – (1946 – 2025) – Seguin, TX
Thomas Richard Wehr ’68 – (1942 – 2025) – Orwigsburg, PA
Gerald W. Winkelman ’68 – (1944 – 2025) – Schulenburg, TX
1970-1979
Vance George Youens ’70 – (1947 – 2025) – Bertram, TX
Ralph Eugene Berdine ’71 – (1937 – 2026) – Collierville, TN
Helga “Johanna” Roth Lange ’71 – (1937 – 2025) – Seguin, TX
Gregory Keith Ander ’72 – (1948 – 2025) – Seguin, TX
Rev. Stephen Sherer ’73 – (1951 – 2026) – Minneapolis, MN
William Henry “Bill” Stolle ’75 – (1953 – 2025) – Columbus, TX
Loretta Anne Tate ’76 – (1938 – 2025) – Hilton Head, SC
William J. “Billie” Davis, III ’76 – (1954 – 2025) – Houston, TX
Donald Carl Mitchell ’77 – (1954 – 2026) – Nanticoke, MD
James “Jim” Lynn Leiber ’79 – (1937 – 2025) – Seguin, TX
1980-1989
Judy Eileen Saunders ’80 – (1944 – 2026) – Seguin, TX
Mike Kimerline ’81 – (1958 – 2026) – Upper Sandusky, OH
Timothy James Sougstad ’81 – (1958 – 2026) – Amarillo, TX
Patricia “Patty” T. Dowdell ’83 – (1954 – 2025) – Keller, TX
Cynthia Sue Dietz ’85 – (1962 – 2025) – Austin, TX
1990-1999
David Anderson ’91 – (1947 – 2026) – Seguin, TX
Joe Ted Cashion ’95 – (1964 – 2026) – Baytown, TX
Janine Ann Moltz ’95 – (1972 – 2025) – Geronimo, TX
Matthew George Geerdes ’99 – (1977 – 2026) – Indianapolis, Indiana
2000-2009
Mario Alberto Rodriguez ’00 – (1978 – 2024) – Grapevine, TX
2010-2020
Cory Alexander Trabue ’20 – (1998 – 2025) – San Antonio, TX
Friends of TLU
Dr. Charles H. Oestreich, President Emeritus – (1932 – 2025) – New Braunfels, TX
Dale Edward Dorsey – (1976 – 2026) – Oxford, England
Helen Ann Henke Hillert, Retired TLU Employee – (1946 – 2025) – Cibolo, TX
Mathis Hodge (Faculty) – (1972 – 2025) – Seguin, TX, Mathis Hodge
William Wilke – (1943 – 2025) – Kingsbury, TX
Arlene Brehm Christmas – (Former Student) – (1938 – 2025) – Universal City, TX
Louis H. Bruns ’60 (AlumND) – (1933 – 2026) – Gonzales, TX
Peggy Louise (Ludwig) Carmody ’51 (Alum ND) – (1929 – 2025) – New Braunfels, TX
William B. “Brutus” Auten ’67 (Alum ND) – (1945 – 2026) – Seguin, TX
Allen Dubrava ’57 (Alum ND) – (1934 – 2026) – Corpus Christi, TX
Stanley Ewald Ernst ’58 (AlumND) – (1935 – 2026) – Fredericksburg, TX
Henry J. Frantzen ’57 (Alum ND) – (1935 – 2025) – Fredericksburg, TX
Justo Emilio Gonzalez ’87 (Alum ND) – (1965 – 2026) – Brownsville, TX
Dennis Gerard Huffman ’81 (AlumND) – (1959 – 2025) – Spring, TX
Hal W. Kuempel ’86 (Alum ND) – (1964 – 2026) – Pflugerville, TX
Linda Gail Madsen ’65 (Alum ND) – (1942 – 2026) – Aurora, NE
Britt Mathwich ’76 (Alum ND) – (1954 – 2026) – Grand Junction, CO
Elva Anne (Woytek) Mays ’62 (Alum ND) – (1940 – 2026) – High Point, NC
William Maier “Bill” Petmecky ’59 (Alum ND) – (1937 – 2026) – Fredericksburg, TX
Helen (Steinbring) Probst ’52 (Alum ND) – (1930 – 2025) – New Braunfels, TX
Jimmy Jeral Rains ’68 (Alum ND) – (1943 – 2025) – New Braunfels, TX
Stephen Clyde Redd ’71 (Alum ND) – (1949 – 2025) – Katy, TX
Jody Joette (Liepert) Schilling ’79 (Alum ND) – (1957 – 2025) – Fort Worth, TX
Betty Joan (Kothmann) Thane ’68 (Alum ND) – (1945 – 2026) – Burleson, TX