Ira Bell Joyce Bathe, 84, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2015. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, April 10, at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine with Paster David Tinker officiating. Burial will follow in La Bahia Cemetery.
Ira Bell Joyce was born on the family farm near Round Top, Texas, to the late Alfred O. and Thusnelda Peters Braun. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Bethlehem Lutheran in Round Top. After graduating from Round Top-Carmine High School in 1948, Ira Bell married Max (Maxie Boy) Gerland Bathe on November 12, 1949, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Along with husband, she was co-owner of Charlie and Max Egg Farm, B and S Sales and Service, Village Restaurant, and Circle G Distributing Company, Inc. After the death of her husband, she worked at Leonard and Margaret's in Giddings until 2000, and then worked at The Gardens of Round Top Festival Institute where she was employed until her death.
Ira Bell served as a member of the Carmine City Council, Round Top-Carmine School Board, Round Top-Carmine Mothers Club (Past President), Parents Club, La Bahia Cemetery Association (Director), Carmine Fire Department, Martin Luther Lutheran Church serving on Church Council, the Altar Guild, the Worship committee, member of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Mary Group, Cedar Creek Schuetzen Verein and the Carmine Chamber of Commerce. Her hobbies included spending time with family and friends, floral arranging, gardening, cooking, baking, dancing, and oil painting.
She was preceded in the death by her husband, Max Bathe; daughter, Debra Lynn Bathe; parents Alfred and Thusnelda Braun; father and mother-in-law, Max and Annie Bathe; brothers-in-law, Charles Bathe and Fred Schultz and wife, Audrey; and nephew, Rick Nelson, of Giddings.
Survivors include her daughters, Susan Bathe, of Carmine, Patti Eilers and husband, Brad, of Brenham, Amy Scott and husband, Shane, of Lake Jackson, and Laurie Pawlak and husband, Mark, of Bellville; son, Matthew Bathe and wife, Dayna, of College Station; grandchildren: Megan and Chris Jackson, of Brenham, John and Janie Hart, of Brenham, Clark and Kristin Krueger, of Brenham, Aaron and Lindsey Pless, of Katy, Chase and Brooke Pawlak, of Cypress, Lauren Pawlak, of Katy, Morgan Bathe and Jay Eddens, of Austin, William Bathe, of College Station, Kyle and Audrey Slaughter, of Angleton, and Riley Scott and Lainey Scott, of Lake Jackson; great-grandchildren: Claire and Emma Jackson, Corrine Estrada, Trinity Hart, Kyle, Beau and Remi Krueger, Peyton and Adam Pless, Ariella Slaughter; sisters, Nellie Wolff and husband, Burnie, of Round Top, Jenell Jaster and husband, Clarence, also of Round Top, and Fay Graeber, of La Grange; sister-in-law, Mary Ann Bathe, of Houston; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. J18
Ira Bell Joyce was born on the family farm near Round Top, Texas, to the late Alfred O. and Thusnelda Peters Braun. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Bethlehem Lutheran in Round Top. After graduating from Round Top-Carmine High School in 1948, Ira Bell married Max (Maxie Boy) Gerland Bathe on November 12, 1949, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Along with husband, she was co-owner of Charlie and Max Egg Farm, B and S Sales and Service, Village Restaurant, and Circle G Distributing Company, Inc. After the death of her husband, she worked at Leonard and Margaret's in Giddings until 2000, and then worked at The Gardens of Round Top Festival Institute where she was employed until her death.
Ira Bell served as a member of the Carmine City Council, Round Top-Carmine School Board, Round Top-Carmine Mothers Club (Past President), Parents Club, La Bahia Cemetery Association (Director), Carmine Fire Department, Martin Luther Lutheran Church serving on Church Council, the Altar Guild, the Worship committee, member of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Mary Group, Cedar Creek Schuetzen Verein and the Carmine Chamber of Commerce. Her hobbies included spending time with family and friends, floral arranging, gardening, cooking, baking, dancing, and oil painting.
She was preceded in the death by her husband, Max Bathe; daughter, Debra Lynn Bathe; parents Alfred and Thusnelda Braun; father and mother-in-law, Max and Annie Bathe; brothers-in-law, Charles Bathe and Fred Schultz and wife, Audrey; and nephew, Rick Nelson, of Giddings.
Survivors include her daughters, Susan Bathe, of Carmine, Patti Eilers and husband, Brad, of Brenham, Amy Scott and husband, Shane, of Lake Jackson, and Laurie Pawlak and husband, Mark, of Bellville; son, Matthew Bathe and wife, Dayna, of College Station; grandchildren: Megan and Chris Jackson, of Brenham, John and Janie Hart, of Brenham, Clark and Kristin Krueger, of Brenham, Aaron and Lindsey Pless, of Katy, Chase and Brooke Pawlak, of Cypress, Lauren Pawlak, of Katy, Morgan Bathe and Jay Eddens, of Austin, William Bathe, of College Station, Kyle and Audrey Slaughter, of Angleton, and Riley Scott and Lainey Scott, of Lake Jackson; great-grandchildren: Claire and Emma Jackson, Corrine Estrada, Trinity Hart, Kyle, Beau and Remi Krueger, Peyton and Adam Pless, Ariella Slaughter; sisters, Nellie Wolff and husband, Burnie, of Round Top, Jenell Jaster and husband, Clarence, also of Round Top, and Fay Graeber, of La Grange; sister-in-law, Mary Ann Bathe, of Houston; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. J18
Ira Bell Joyce Bathe, 84, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2015. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Memorial Oaks Chapel in Brenham. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, April 10, at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine with Paster David Tinker officiating. Burial will follow in La Bahia Cemetery.
Ira Bell Joyce was born on the family farm near Round Top, Texas, to the late Alfred O. and Thusnelda Peters Braun. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Bethlehem Lutheran in Round Top. After graduating from Round Top-Carmine High School in 1948, Ira Bell married Max (Maxie Boy) Gerland Bathe on November 12, 1949, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Along with husband, she was co-owner of Charlie and Max Egg Farm, B and S Sales and Service, Village Restaurant, and Circle G Distributing Company, Inc. After the death of her husband, she worked at Leonard and Margaret's in Giddings until 2000, and then worked at The Gardens of Round Top Festival Institute where she was employed until her death.
Ira Bell served as a member of the Carmine City Council, Round Top-Carmine School Board, Round Top-Carmine Mothers Club (Past President), Parents Club, La Bahia Cemetery Association (Director), Carmine Fire Department, Martin Luther Lutheran Church serving on Church Council, the Altar Guild, the Worship committee, member of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Mary Group, Cedar Creek Schuetzen Verein and the Carmine Chamber of Commerce. Her hobbies included spending time with family and friends, floral arranging, gardening, cooking, baking, dancing, and oil painting.
She was preceded in the death by her husband, Max Bathe; daughter, Debra Lynn Bathe; parents Alfred and Thusnelda Braun; father and mother-in-law, Max and Annie Bathe; brothers-in-law, Charles Bathe and Fred Schultz and wife, Audrey; and nephew, Rick Nelson, of Giddings.
Survivors include her daughters, Susan Bathe, of Carmine, Patti Eilers and husband, Brad, of Brenham, Amy Scott and husband, Shane, of Lake Jackson, and Laurie Pawlak and husband, Mark, of Bellville; son, Matthew Bathe and wife, Dayna, of College Station; grandchildren: Megan and Chris Jackson, of Brenham, John and Janie Hart, of Brenham, Clark and Kristin Krueger, of Brenham, Aaron and Lindsey Pless, of Katy, Chase and Brooke Pawlak, of Cypress, Lauren Pawlak, of Katy, Morgan Bathe and Jay Eddens, of Austin, William Bathe, of College Station, Kyle and Audrey Slaughter, of Angleton, and Riley Scott and Lainey Scott, of Lake Jackson; great-grandchildren: Claire and Emma Jackson, Corrine Estrada, Trinity Hart, Kyle, Beau and Remi Krueger, Peyton and Adam Pless, Ariella Slaughter; sisters, Nellie Wolff and husband, Burnie, of Round Top, Jenell Jaster and husband, Clarence, also of Round Top, and Fay Graeber, of La Grange; sister-in-law, Mary Ann Bathe, of Houston; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. J18
Ira Bell Joyce was born on the family farm near Round Top, Texas, to the late Alfred O. and Thusnelda Peters Braun. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Bethlehem Lutheran in Round Top. After graduating from Round Top-Carmine High School in 1948, Ira Bell married Max (Maxie Boy) Gerland Bathe on November 12, 1949, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Along with husband, she was co-owner of Charlie and Max Egg Farm, B and S Sales and Service, Village Restaurant, and Circle G Distributing Company, Inc. After the death of her husband, she worked at Leonard and Margaret's in Giddings until 2000, and then worked at The Gardens of Round Top Festival Institute where she was employed until her death.
Ira Bell served as a member of the Carmine City Council, Round Top-Carmine School Board, Round Top-Carmine Mothers Club (Past President), Parents Club, La Bahia Cemetery Association (Director), Carmine Fire Department, Martin Luther Lutheran Church serving on Church Council, the Altar Guild, the Worship committee, member of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Mary Group, Cedar Creek Schuetzen Verein and the Carmine Chamber of Commerce. Her hobbies included spending time with family and friends, floral arranging, gardening, cooking, baking, dancing, and oil painting.
She was preceded in the death by her husband, Max Bathe; daughter, Debra Lynn Bathe; parents Alfred and Thusnelda Braun; father and mother-in-law, Max and Annie Bathe; brothers-in-law, Charles Bathe and Fred Schultz and wife, Audrey; and nephew, Rick Nelson, of Giddings.
Survivors include her daughters, Susan Bathe, of Carmine, Patti Eilers and husband, Brad, of Brenham, Amy Scott and husband, Shane, of Lake Jackson, and Laurie Pawlak and husband, Mark, of Bellville; son, Matthew Bathe and wife, Dayna, of College Station; grandchildren: Megan and Chris Jackson, of Brenham, John and Janie Hart, of Brenham, Clark and Kristin Krueger, of Brenham, Aaron and Lindsey Pless, of Katy, Chase and Brooke Pawlak, of Cypress, Lauren Pawlak, of Katy, Morgan Bathe and Jay Eddens, of Austin, William Bathe, of College Station, Kyle and Audrey Slaughter, of Angleton, and Riley Scott and Lainey Scott, of Lake Jackson; great-grandchildren: Claire and Emma Jackson, Corrine Estrada, Trinity Hart, Kyle, Beau and Remi Krueger, Peyton and Adam Pless, Ariella Slaughter; sisters, Nellie Wolff and husband, Burnie, of Round Top, Jenell Jaster and husband, Clarence, also of Round Top, and Fay Graeber, of La Grange; sister-in-law, Mary Ann Bathe, of Houston; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. J18
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