Olive Maxine (Howard) Brunsmann (2022)
BRUNSMANN, HOWARD, KIRBY, OSBORNE, RYAN, SMITH, WELCH
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:12
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 23, 2022Olive Maxine Brunsmann, 106, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Feb. 15, 2022, in Olathe, Kan.
Olive Maxine Brunsmann was born June 8, 1915, in Davies County the daughter of William Harlan Howard and Olive May (Ryan) Howard. She graduated from Moulton, Iowa, Public School in 1932. She attended Kirksville, Mo. College for one year. She wanted to be a schoolteacher.
Then she was united in marriage to Richard Brunsmann on Oct. 31, 1935, in Bethany, Mo., and they were married 53 years.
Richard and Maxine Moved to Connecticut in 1938, and they lived in Connecticut as caretakers of a dairy farm for 11 years. They welcomed four children into the family.
In 1952, the family moved to Earlham on a farm. She was a homemaker helped on the farm, was a 4-H leader for eleven years and enjoyed working with 4-H girls. Her hobbies included traveling, fishing, playing cards, bingo, going to Tama on the bus, crafts, knitting and quilting.
She enjoyed being with her family and friends, especially on birthdays and holidays. She loved all of her family. Maxine lived a long, loving life. She sure enjoyed basketball and watching all the sports. "Go Chiefs” as she often said, as well and Iowa State and Iowa athletic teams.
Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, William and May Howard; her husband, Richard; son, Richard, Jr.; two grandsons, Rusty Smith the Richard Welch’ two sisters, Florence Kirby and Olaf Osborne; six brothers, LaVerne Howard, Marvin Howard, Wayne Howard, Ermon Howard, William (Jr.) Howard, and Lawrence Howard.
She is survived by three children, Anna Lea Brunsmann of Crystal Rier, Fla., John Brunsmann of Newton, and Nancy Welch of Olathe, Kan.; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and a special lady, Whitney Deveraux; and many other family members and friends.
She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and St. Joseph Altar and Rosary Society.
Services were held Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winterset.
Madison Obituaries maintained by Linda Griffith Smith.
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