R. Tim Bruning 1939-2010
BRUNING BYRNE STOCKDALE
Posted By: Connie J Swearingen (email)
Date: 2/18/2011 at 18:40:39
Sioux City Journal
29 December 2010CASTANA, Iowa -- Tim Bruning, 71, of Castana died unexpectedly Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, at his residence.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mapleton, Iowa, with the Rev. Brian Danner officiating. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with a vigil wake service at 7 p.m., at Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton.
R. Tim Bruning was born June 11, 1939, in Sioux City, to Andrew Francis and Genevieve Ethel (Byrne) Bruning. Due to his father's work as a railroad depot agent, Tim frequently moved in his early childhood. At the age of 10, they settled on a farm near Castana. He graduated from Castana High School with the class of 1957 and continued his education by attending and graduating from Iowa State University majoring in agriculture education. He then taught high school agriculture and speech for two years.
On July 22, 1961, he was united in marriage to Sue Ann Stockdale in Iowa Falls, Iowa. After resigning from his teaching career, Tim and Sue moved back home to the farm in Castana, where he started his agriculture business as well as farming.
Though his work was important to him, his greatest passion in life was his family, especially the grandkids. Tim was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mapleton. He was also a member of the Loess Hills Alliance, where he served as chairman the last three years. He coached Little League ball as well as umpiring and was a supporter of the FFA Program.
Survivors include Sue, his wife of 49 years; five children and their spouses, David and Sharyl Bruning of Mapleton, and their children, Julie, Amy and her fiance, Tim Card and Jeffrey, Michael and Lisa Bruning of Castana, and their children, Jessica, Andrea, and Kevin, Mary and Kurt Pudenz of Waukee, Iowa, and their children, Brianne, Cole, and Danielle, Judy and Brad Larson of Grimes, Iowa, and their children, Clay, Blake, and Abby and Anne and Patrick Lee of Sergeant Bluff, and their children, Paige and Nicholas; three sisters, Janice Wildhaber of Winnetka, Calif., Sheila Keaten and her husband, Robert of Randolph, N.J., and Kathleen Zahratka of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Tim was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and Genevieve Bruning; a sister, Barbara Bruning; and a brother-in-law, Andrew Zahratka.
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