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© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma November 9, 2019 June 12, 1939 ~ October 7, 2019 Celebration of life service for Gerhard John "GJ" Brune, 80, of Enid, will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Redeemer Lutheran Church with Rev Dwayne Schroeder officiating and Rev Barry Robinson assisting. Burial with military honors will be at 11:00 AM in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be Tuesday evening 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. GJ was born June 12, 1939 in Cherokee, Oklahoma to Elmer and Gertrude [Rauh] Brune, and passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at his home. GJ grew up on the family farm and graduated from Enid High School. He was baptized at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Cherokee and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Lahoma. After graduation he served in the United States Army. On September 2, 1962 he married Marlene Hildebrandt in Zion Lutheran Church, in Fairmont. They made their home in Iowa for over thirty years. Later they moved back to Oklahoma. During this time GJ served full time in the National Guard in Illinois and Oklahoma. Once moving back to Enid, he began working for PT Coupling. He was still working full time and had been there for over 33 years. GJ was a farmer all of his life. GJ was an active member at Redeemer Lutheran Church, serving as an elder, usher, he sang in the choir and was head of the building committee. GJ is survived by his wife Marlene; daughter Jil and husband Ghent Hopkins of Enid; 3 grandchildren, Emily [Alfonso] Reyes, Eli (Danita) Parrish, Evan [Selena] Parrish; 4 step grandchildren, Cody [Sherbet] Hopkins, Casey, Cameron, and Jenny Hopkins; 5 great grandchildren, Sophie, Maya, Esme, Luna, and Ariana; brothers Paul and wife Ramona of Lawton, and Carl and wife Julia of Tulsa. He was preceded in death by his son Troy, parents, in-laws Henry and Edna, sister Caroline, 2 brothers John and Delmer, and his grandpa Gerhard Brune who lived with his family. Memorial may be made through Anderson-Burris to Redeemer Lutheran Building Fund or Wounded Warriors. Guestbook is available at www.andersonburris.com |
© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma December 1, 2011 October 4, 1918 ~ November 27, 2011 ENID — Gertrude Brune, 93, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011. Gertrude Anna Rauh was born October 4, 1918, to John Edmund Rauh and Caroline Keinath Rauh at the family home southeast of Alva, Okla. She attended Pleasant Valley Grade School [1-7], Zion Lutheran School [8] and graduated from Horace Mann High School in 1935. She married Elmer Brune Nov. 26, 1936, and they started life together on a farm south of Cherokee, along with Elmer's widowed father, Gerhard Julius Brune, who lived with them until his death in 1970. Gertrude attended Enid Business School and graduated in 1963. They moved to the farm west of Enid in 1944, where she became active in the community through her home demonstration club, 4-H and Lutheran women's organizations. After a career of homemaking and a farming partnership with Elmer, along with an in-home wedding cake business, Gertrude started work outside the home as a clerk typist at P-T Coupling Co. in 1963. She became sales manager in 1973 and retired in 1994. She is survived by children, Gerhard John "G.J." and wife Marlene Brune, Paul and wife Ramona Brune, Delmer and wife Mary Brune, Carl Brune and Julia Burton; nine grandchildren, Andrea Wagganon, Jil Hopkins, Darren Brune, Phillip Brune, Quinton Brune, Sane Brune, Elizabeth Burton, Anna Wilcox and Aubrey Brune; 20 great-grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and cousin, Mickey Kletke. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents; brother, Albert "Butch" Rauh; sisters, Mildred Rauh and Helen Hatfield; children, Caroline and John; and grandchild, Troy. Gertrude requested that memorials be made to Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Redeemer Lutheran Church Building Fund or a charity of donors choice. Condolences at www.andersonburris.com. A memorial service will be held at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, 1626 East Broadway Avenue, at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 3, 2011, with Rev Kenneth Wade and Rev Scott Whittenburg officiating. Arrangements by Anderson - Burris Funeral Home. Submitted by Family |
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