County of church: Warren County
Location of church Lippstadt Rd, E. of MO-47, about 3 miles S. of Warrenton
Church Built: 1877
Plaque Text:
In Memory of
GERTRUDE A. BRUNE
March 2, 1922
November 27, 1999
"Gertrude "Gertie" Amanda Brune died Saturday, Nov. 27, 1999, at the St. John's Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur. She was 77.
Mrs. Brune was born March 2, 1922 in Hartsburg to Paul and Martha Zeller. She married Theophil H. Brune Feb. 9, 1946 in Hartsburg. They were married for 35 years.
Mrs. Brune was a member of the Dorcus Society and Friedens United Church of Christ in Warrenton, the Warren County Animal Welfare, the Warren County American Heart Association, and the Emmaus Auxillary.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, Nov. 29, 1999, at the Friedens United Church of Christ by the Rev. James Merrell and the Rev. Fredric Brightman. Mrs. Brune was buried at the Lippstadt Cemetery in Warrenton.
Mrs. Brune is survived by her son the Rev. David W. Brune of Union; three daughters, Diane M. Longfellow and Carol M. Gruszczynski, both of Broken Bow, Neb., and Phyllis A. Avis of Warrenton; one brother, Ralph Zeller of Springfield, Mo.; one sister, Ruth Pirner of Wichita, Kan.; and 14 grandchildren.
Her husband, one sister, Lillian, and three brothers, Earl, Arthur, and Lambert, died earlier.
Memorials may be made to the Warren County Heart Association, the Emmaus Home, the Warren County Animal Welfare Association, and the Frieden's United Church of Christ c/o the Nieburg-Martin Funeral Home, 510 E. Main, Warrenton, MO. 63383." ~ GenealogyBuff.com