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Boeker, Edna Sophie (Schomburg) (1914-2016)
Boeker, Edna Sophie (Schomburg)
Obituary
2016
Edna Sophie Schomburg Boeker, 101, of Brenham, passed away peacefully with family by her side, Saturday, November 19, 2016. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 22nd at 1 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem with Pastor Lawrence Bade officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Edna was born December 5, 1914, in Germania, Texas, to the late Christian Schomburg and Mathilda Tiemann Schomburg. She was baptized January 31, 1915, and confirmed March 24, 1921, at St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem. Edna married Ernest Baker Sr. on April 23, 1934, in St. James Lutheran Church of New Wehdem. Edna lived in the Germania and New Wehdem area her entire life and was a devoted wife, mother, sister, and friend. She loved having her children and grandchildren come to the farm and visit. Upon leaving, she would always say, “Come when you can.” Edna was known to all the many children she took care of, as “Nanny”. Some did not want to go home, so at times they would stay the night. Her grandchildren and children she took care of loved her sweet tea, canned biscuit doughnuts, and sugar bread. Edna always had a smile on her face and kind words to share with others. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Boeker Sr.; brother, Arnold Schomburg; sister and brother-in-law, Lenora and A.L Patterson; daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Wayne Turner, Joann and Marvin Stafford; son, Ernest Boeker, Jr.; grandsons, Dale Turner and Greg Cowart; and great-grandson Bobby Carr. Survivors include her grandchildren: Tammy Pearce, of Weatherford, Joel Cowart, of Brenham, Tony Carr and significant other Rynn, of Dallas, Kevin Boeker and wife, Kelly, of Brenham, Kaci Dudenhoeffer and husband, T. J., of Yorktown, Pamela Rodgers and husband, Terry, of Houston, Nita Carol Arriola and husband, Zack, of Houston, and Charles Turner, of Houston; daughter-in-law, Carol Boeker, of Brenham, mother of Kevin and Kaci; 16 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. |
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Boeker
Edna Sophie (Schomburg)
Christian Schomburg
Mathilda Tiemann
Ernest Boeker Sr
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