Bornholdt, Judy Marie (Brucker) (1942 - 2020)

BORNHOLDT, BRUCKER, ANDERSEN, BOECK, MULLEN, WITTE, BELL, ROCHA, MUSSEN, MYERS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/12/2020 at 19:55:58

Name of deceased: Judy Marie Bornholdt (nee Brucker)

Aged: 77 yrs, 10 mo, 11 days

Residence: Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Born: Oct. 4, 1942; Wall Lake, Sac County, IA

Died: Aug. 15, 2020; Exira Nursing and Rehab, Audubon County, IA

Funeral services: Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020; Hockenberry Family Care, Atlantic, IA; burial was in the Brighton Township Cemetery, Marne, IA

Survived by: Husband of 56 years, Robert Bornholdt; daughters, Shon Andersen (spouse, Rick) of rural Marne, IA, Shelly Boeck (spouse, Eldon) of Little Rock, AR, and Kimberly Mullen (spouse, Robert) of Council Bluffs, IA; grandchildren, Kirk (spouse, Erin) Andersen of rural Elk Horn, IA, Trever Andersen of rural Marne, IA, Kiah (fiancé, Adam Witte) Andersen of Norwood, MN, and Taber Andersen of rural Marne, IA, Danielle Bell (spouse, Rey) of Bennington, NE, Derek Mullen of Council Bluffs, IA, and Amber Rocha (spouse, Tommy) of Council Bluffs, IA; great-grandchildren, Hadley, Brenlee, and Kaedyn Andersen, RJ, Letty, Rigoberto (“Rigo”) and Rogelio (“Ro”) Bell, Mia and Ariah Mussen (spouse, Isaac); sister, Ida Myers (spouse, Dean) of Omaha, NE; nephew, Joe Myers of Omaha, NE; niece, Betty Myers of Omaha, NE; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Father, Israel LaVerne Brucker (deceased 1980); mother, Lois (nee Walters) Kelley (deceased 2003); stepfather, James Monroe Kelley (deceased 1986); brothers, Donald D. Brucker (deceased 1957) and Robert J. (died in infancy, 1937); nephews, Rick Myers (deceased 1996) and Dean Myers, Jr. (deceased 2011); niece, Teri Myers (deceased 2014)

Education: Attended school in Omaha, NE and graduated from Technical High School as an honor student, Class of 1960

Religious affiliation: Baptized April 10, 1949, at Trinity Methodist Church, Omaha, NE

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Robert Bornholdt; Sep. 28, 1963; Trinity Methodist Church, Omaha, NE

Employment: Was employed at Lutheran Hospital’s Medical Records Department for 4 hours daily during high school in 1958 and 1959. She began training at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in the evenings in 1959, and worked there full-time after graduation. After her marriage, she happily became a farmer’s wife, doing chores, farrowing hogs, doing spring field work and hauling in crops. With Robert, they farmed in the Walnut, Marne, and Elk Horn areas in Shelby and Audubon counties. In 1972, they purchased 80 acres; in 1991, they purchased a farm they lived on, and in 1994, they purchased the family farm. Judy began working part-time at Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Atlantic, IA, in 1980, while still helping with the farm work until 1986, when the Atlantic office was closed. She transferred to Omaha, NE and retired later from Quest Communications in 1998.

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: kjan.com; knodfm.com; hockenberryfamilycare.com