Bruening, Duane K. 1929 - 2019
BRUENING, BARBIER, RAYBURN, LEE, CLARINE, BAMRICK, CARLSON, MURPHY, COWIE, WHITE
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:46
U.S. Veteran
Duane K. Bruening, died peacefully on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah, Iowa at the age of 90.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, November 8, 2019 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah with Military Honors.
Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 P.M. Thursday, November 7 at St. Benedict Catholic Church and on Friday beginning at 10:00 A.M., one hour before the service, at the church.
Duane is survived by his children: Helen Barbier of Rougemont, Switzerland, Frederick (Tammy) of Grand Blanc, MI, Gregory (Karen) of Decorah, Mary Rayburn (Philip Lee) of Hunt Valley, MD, Keith (Amy) of Decorah, and Elizabeth Bruening of Ankeny,IA; grandchildren, Jocelyn (Joey Clarine), Ashley Eileen, Guy Thomas, Tyler, Camille, Henri, Theresa (Jameson Bamrick), Jacob, Amanda, Gabrielle, Claudia, Michael, Nathaniel, Katherine, Rebecca and August; great-grandchildren, Alayna, Bennett, Fiona and Aurora Eileen; his sister, Loma Carlson of Decorah; two sisters-in-law, Alvina Murphy of Peosta, Iowa and Betty Murphy of Dubuque, Iowa; along with many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Eileen on April 1, 2019, his sons Steven and Michael; his granddaughter Natalie Bruening; sons-in-law, Robert Cowie and Guy Barbier; parents, Leo and Theresa (Baumler) Bruening, his in-laws, James and Lucella (Harks) Murphy, his sister Beverly (Ruen) White, his brother Lowell (Buzz) Bruening, his sister-in-law Sonja (Berg) Bruening, and his brothers-in-law, Don White, Fritz Carlson, Virgil Murphy and Louis Murphy.
Memorials may be given to Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, P.O. Box 379, 502 W. Water Street, Decorah, IA, 52101 or the Elks Lodge, 105 River Street, Decorah, IA 52101.
Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database
St. Benedict Cemetery
Winneshiek Obituaries maintained by Jeff Getchell.
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