BRUGGEMAN, Edward 1893-1976

BRUGGEMAN, PERAU

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/26/2010 at 22:24:00

Birth: Feb. 17, 1893
Toeterville,
Mitchell County, Iowa

Death: Sep. 22, 1976
Toeterville,
Mitchell County, Iowa

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OBITUARY

Edward Bruggeman
Funeral Held
St. Peter Lutheran Church

Funeral services for Edward Bruggeman, 83, of Toeterville, who died Sunday, September 26 at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage, were held Wednesday, September 29, 1976 at St. Peter Lutheran church, Toeterville, with the Rev. Wm. Perkins officiating. Burial was in St. Peter Lutheran cemetery with Rev. Perkins in charge of commital services.

Edward Bruggeman, son of Fred and Elizabeth (Perau) Bruggeman, was born in Union Township on a farm a half mile north of Toeterville on February 17, 1893, where he spent his entire life as a farmer. He farmed many years with his brother, George, and after the death of his brother, continued living on the farm until his health failed.

He entered the St. Ansgar Good Samaritan Center October 28, 1973. Mr. Bruggeman was baptized in the Lutheran faith March 12, 1893 and confirmed on Palm Sunday in 1907 at St. Peter Lutheran.

Mr. Bruggeman is survived by nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers: Herman, Albert, Fred, William, and George; five sisters: Mrs. William (Augusta) Hoverman, Mrs. Albert (Bertha) Brandt, Mrs. Sam (Emma) Ehlke, Mrs. Fred (Alice) Buntrock and Martha Bruggeman.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, Mitchell County, Iowa
Thursday, September 30, 1976]

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NOTES:

1. Ed, his sister Martha, and his brother George all lived together. None of these siblings ever married.

2. His sister Martha Dorthea Bruggeman was born on January 25, 1888 and died on August 9, 1956.

3. George Bruggeman was born on July 7, 1895 and died on April 12, 1962.

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Research Credit: Debbie Stickney and Bonnie Lou Nichols