Belva Lorraine BRUNES

BRUNES, RUST

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/18/2010 at 15:34:52

CANOGA PARK, Calif. - Belva Lorraine Brunes, 79, of Canoga Park, Calif., formerly of Mason City and Belmond, passed away Jan. 7 (2000) at the Topanga Terrace Convalescent Home in Canoga Park, Calif. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Dugger Ewing Funeral Home in Belmond, with Pastor Celestyne DeVance officiating. Inurnment will take place in the Amsterdam Cemetery at Goodell. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Belva, the daughter of Herman G. and Anna E. (Rust) Brunes, was born on Oct. 12, 1920, on the family farm northwest of Goodell. She grew up in the Goodell area where she attended country school. She graduated from Belmond High School in 1937. Following graduation from high school, she attended Hamilton Business College in Mason City. Belva worked in insurance in the Clear Lake/Mason City area for many years. In 1954, Belva moved to Canoga Park, Calif., where she lived until the time of her death. She was baptized and confirmed at the United Brethren Church in Goodell.

Belva is survived by one sister, Ethel Brunes, of Belmond; one brother, Stanton Brunes and his wife, Helen, of Goodell; three nephews, Steven Brunes and his wife, Luann, of Belmond, Don Brunes and his wife, Christine, of Groton, S.D., and Kevin Brunes and his wife, Suzan, of Klemme; and five great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Annalee, who died in 1990. Dugger-Ewing Funeral Home.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa
January 15, 2000