Fayette County Record
Friday, May 25, 2007
Berger Eugene Todd, 93, died Monday, May 21 at St. Mark's Medical Center in La Grange.
Funeral services were held at the First united Methodist Church in La Grange at 10a.m. on Thursday, May 24 with Rev. Mel Hazelwood officiating. Graveside service and internment at the Art West Cemetery in Mason County, at 4:30p.m.
He was born Oct. 10, 1913, in Riviera, Kleberg County, Texas, the eighth of eleven children of Louis Henry Todd and Sarah Leota "Sallie" Champion, who met and married in Navarro County, Texas after they migrated there from Henderson County, Tennessee and Tippah County, Mississippi, respectively, in the 1890s.
Mr. Todd was the last member of the large Todd family, which included siblings Verna (Todd) McNeil, Marion (Todd) Wasson, Janie (Todd) Engelking, Eubron "Bud" Todd, Raymond Alex Todd, Ruth (Todd) Mazzare, Louis Eliard Todd, James Otha Todd, Edwin Paul Todd and an infant brother who died shortly after birth.
He attended public schools in south Texas, graduating from Beeville High School in 1933, and Texas A&M College in 1937, where he was a member of the livestock judging team. He came to Fayette County to start the vocational agriculture program at Fayetteville High School. Two years later, he moved to Brenham to begin the vocational agriculture program there. Following his discharge from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel after World War II, he was employed by the Carnation Company to bring the dairy industry to Washington and surrounding counties through his management of Washington County's first receiving plant. In 1952, he and his wife, along with brother-in-law, Lester von Rosenberg and his wife, purchased the Pontiac, Oldsmobile and International Harvester dealerships in La Grange. He remained in the automobile business for 35 years, retiring in 1987.
Always a big believer in the value of education, he established at Texas A&M University a 12th Man Endowed Scholarship, as well as the Lois von Rosenberg Todd Scholarship which benefited students from La Grange High School.
He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of La Grange, where he served in various capacities. He was an active Rotarian before moving to La Grange and helped to organize La Grange's Rotary Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lois von Rosenberg Todd, by two daughters, Kathlyn Todd and Terrye Todd Bohot, and by his parents and ten siblings.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Mildred Willmann Todd of La Grange; daughters, Rebeca Todd Koenig of Katy, and Lucy Todd Litowitz and husband Gary of Houston; former son-in-law and business partner, Harvey Bohot and his daughter, Julie Bohot Karstedt and family of La Grange; and his four grandsons, Erik Jason Koenig and Jon Todd Koenig of Houston, Sasan Paul Bahrami of New Orleans; and Cyrus Peter Bahrami and fiancé Katie Lynne Azinger of Houston.
Memorials may be made to the scholarship funds at the First United Methodist Church in La Grange or to the scholarship fund of the Fayette County A&M Club. Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home of La Grange was in charge of arrangements.
Contributed by Jon Todd Koenig
Friday, May 25, 2007
Berger Eugene Todd, 93, died Monday, May 21 at St. Mark's Medical Center in La Grange.
Funeral services were held at the First united Methodist Church in La Grange at 10a.m. on Thursday, May 24 with Rev. Mel Hazelwood officiating. Graveside service and internment at the Art West Cemetery in Mason County, at 4:30p.m.
He was born Oct. 10, 1913, in Riviera, Kleberg County, Texas, the eighth of eleven children of Louis Henry Todd and Sarah Leota "Sallie" Champion, who met and married in Navarro County, Texas after they migrated there from Henderson County, Tennessee and Tippah County, Mississippi, respectively, in the 1890s.
Mr. Todd was the last member of the large Todd family, which included siblings Verna (Todd) McNeil, Marion (Todd) Wasson, Janie (Todd) Engelking, Eubron "Bud" Todd, Raymond Alex Todd, Ruth (Todd) Mazzare, Louis Eliard Todd, James Otha Todd, Edwin Paul Todd and an infant brother who died shortly after birth.
He attended public schools in south Texas, graduating from Beeville High School in 1933, and Texas A&M College in 1937, where he was a member of the livestock judging team. He came to Fayette County to start the vocational agriculture program at Fayetteville High School. Two years later, he moved to Brenham to begin the vocational agriculture program there. Following his discharge from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel after World War II, he was employed by the Carnation Company to bring the dairy industry to Washington and surrounding counties through his management of Washington County's first receiving plant. In 1952, he and his wife, along with brother-in-law, Lester von Rosenberg and his wife, purchased the Pontiac, Oldsmobile and International Harvester dealerships in La Grange. He remained in the automobile business for 35 years, retiring in 1987.
Always a big believer in the value of education, he established at Texas A&M University a 12th Man Endowed Scholarship, as well as the Lois von Rosenberg Todd Scholarship which benefited students from La Grange High School.
He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of La Grange, where he served in various capacities. He was an active Rotarian before moving to La Grange and helped to organize La Grange's Rotary Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lois von Rosenberg Todd, by two daughters, Kathlyn Todd and Terrye Todd Bohot, and by his parents and ten siblings.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Mildred Willmann Todd of La Grange; daughters, Rebeca Todd Koenig of Katy, and Lucy Todd Litowitz and husband Gary of Houston; former son-in-law and business partner, Harvey Bohot and his daughter, Julie Bohot Karstedt and family of La Grange; and his four grandsons, Erik Jason Koenig and Jon Todd Koenig of Houston, Sasan Paul Bahrami of New Orleans; and Cyrus Peter Bahrami and fiancé Katie Lynne Azinger of Houston.
Memorials may be made to the scholarship funds at the First United Methodist Church in La Grange or to the scholarship fund of the Fayette County A&M Club. Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home of La Grange was in charge of arrangements.
Contributed by Jon Todd Koenig
Fayette County Record
Friday, May 25, 2007
Berger Eugene Todd, 93, died Monday, May 21 at St. Mark's Medical Center in La Grange.
Funeral services were held at the First united Methodist Church in La Grange at 10a.m. on Thursday, May 24 with Rev. Mel Hazelwood officiating. Graveside service and internment at the Art West Cemetery in Mason County, at 4:30p.m.
He was born Oct. 10, 1913, in Riviera, Kleberg County, Texas, the eighth of eleven children of Louis Henry Todd and Sarah Leota "Sallie" Champion, who met and married in Navarro County, Texas after they migrated there from Henderson County, Tennessee and Tippah County, Mississippi, respectively, in the 1890s.
Mr. Todd was the last member of the large Todd family, which included siblings Verna (Todd) McNeil, Marion (Todd) Wasson, Janie (Todd) Engelking, Eubron "Bud" Todd, Raymond Alex Todd, Ruth (Todd) Mazzare, Louis Eliard Todd, James Otha Todd, Edwin Paul Todd and an infant brother who died shortly after birth.
He attended public schools in south Texas, graduating from Beeville High School in 1933, and Texas A&M College in 1937, where he was a member of the livestock judging team. He came to Fayette County to start the vocational agriculture program at Fayetteville High School. Two years later, he moved to Brenham to begin the vocational agriculture program there. Following his discharge from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel after World War II, he was employed by the Carnation Company to bring the dairy industry to Washington and surrounding counties through his management of Washington County's first receiving plant. In 1952, he and his wife, along with brother-in-law, Lester von Rosenberg and his wife, purchased the Pontiac, Oldsmobile and International Harvester dealerships in La Grange. He remained in the automobile business for 35 years, retiring in 1987.
Always a big believer in the value of education, he established at Texas A&M University a 12th Man Endowed Scholarship, as well as the Lois von Rosenberg Todd Scholarship which benefited students from La Grange High School.
He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of La Grange, where he served in various capacities. He was an active Rotarian before moving to La Grange and helped to organize La Grange's Rotary Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lois von Rosenberg Todd, by two daughters, Kathlyn Todd and Terrye Todd Bohot, and by his parents and ten siblings.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Mildred Willmann Todd of La Grange; daughters, Rebeca Todd Koenig of Katy, and Lucy Todd Litowitz and husband Gary of Houston; former son-in-law and business partner, Harvey Bohot and his daughter, Julie Bohot Karstedt and family of La Grange; and his four grandsons, Erik Jason Koenig and Jon Todd Koenig of Houston, Sasan Paul Bahrami of New Orleans; and Cyrus Peter Bahrami and fiancé Katie Lynne Azinger of Houston.
Memorials may be made to the scholarship funds at the First United Methodist Church in La Grange or to the scholarship fund of the Fayette County A&M Club. Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home of La Grange was in charge of arrangements.
Contributed by Jon Todd Koenig
Friday, May 25, 2007
Berger Eugene Todd, 93, died Monday, May 21 at St. Mark's Medical Center in La Grange.
Funeral services were held at the First united Methodist Church in La Grange at 10a.m. on Thursday, May 24 with Rev. Mel Hazelwood officiating. Graveside service and internment at the Art West Cemetery in Mason County, at 4:30p.m.
He was born Oct. 10, 1913, in Riviera, Kleberg County, Texas, the eighth of eleven children of Louis Henry Todd and Sarah Leota "Sallie" Champion, who met and married in Navarro County, Texas after they migrated there from Henderson County, Tennessee and Tippah County, Mississippi, respectively, in the 1890s.
Mr. Todd was the last member of the large Todd family, which included siblings Verna (Todd) McNeil, Marion (Todd) Wasson, Janie (Todd) Engelking, Eubron "Bud" Todd, Raymond Alex Todd, Ruth (Todd) Mazzare, Louis Eliard Todd, James Otha Todd, Edwin Paul Todd and an infant brother who died shortly after birth.
He attended public schools in south Texas, graduating from Beeville High School in 1933, and Texas A&M College in 1937, where he was a member of the livestock judging team. He came to Fayette County to start the vocational agriculture program at Fayetteville High School. Two years later, he moved to Brenham to begin the vocational agriculture program there. Following his discharge from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel after World War II, he was employed by the Carnation Company to bring the dairy industry to Washington and surrounding counties through his management of Washington County's first receiving plant. In 1952, he and his wife, along with brother-in-law, Lester von Rosenberg and his wife, purchased the Pontiac, Oldsmobile and International Harvester dealerships in La Grange. He remained in the automobile business for 35 years, retiring in 1987.
Always a big believer in the value of education, he established at Texas A&M University a 12th Man Endowed Scholarship, as well as the Lois von Rosenberg Todd Scholarship which benefited students from La Grange High School.
He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of La Grange, where he served in various capacities. He was an active Rotarian before moving to La Grange and helped to organize La Grange's Rotary Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lois von Rosenberg Todd, by two daughters, Kathlyn Todd and Terrye Todd Bohot, and by his parents and ten siblings.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Mildred Willmann Todd of La Grange; daughters, Rebeca Todd Koenig of Katy, and Lucy Todd Litowitz and husband Gary of Houston; former son-in-law and business partner, Harvey Bohot and his daughter, Julie Bohot Karstedt and family of La Grange; and his four grandsons, Erik Jason Koenig and Jon Todd Koenig of Houston, Sasan Paul Bahrami of New Orleans; and Cyrus Peter Bahrami and fiancé Katie Lynne Azinger of Houston.
Memorials may be made to the scholarship funds at the First United Methodist Church in La Grange or to the scholarship fund of the Fayette County A&M Club. Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home of La Grange was in charge of arrangements.
Contributed by Jon Todd Koenig
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