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Wanda Helene <I>Dengerink</I> Bruns

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Wanda Helene Dengerink Bruns

Birth
Cawker City, Mitchell County, Kansas, USA
Death
21 Sep 2017 (aged 91)
California, USA
Burial
Ripon, San Joaquin County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.7424867, Longitude: -121.1233638
Plot
OS 178
Memorial ID
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Wanda was born in Cawker City, Kansas, the oldest child of Ben and Ada (Eggink) Dengerink. The family moved to Ripon, California in 1940, leaving the Dust Bowl behind. In 1946, Wanda married Albert Bruns and moved to South Dakota, returning to Ripon in 1952. They farmed in rural Ripon until his passing in 2015.

Wanda is survived by her children: Elton (Cheryl) Bruns, Karen (Richard) Shanahan, Wayne (Carol) Bruns, Dale (Terry) Bruns, Charlene (Rick d.) Banta, Daryl (Julie) Bruns, Phyllis (Bill) Spriggs, Ardette (Will) Fassler, and Mervin (Stephanie) Bruns; twenty grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, and her sister Carol Hand.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, September 27th at Deegan Ripon Memorial Chapel, 111 South Palm Avenue in Ripon from 5:30pm-7pm. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, September 29th at Calvary Reformed Church, 741 West 2nd Street in Ripon at 11am.

Adapted from Deegan Funeral Chapel obituary
Wanda was born in Cawker City, Kansas, the oldest child of Ben and Ada (Eggink) Dengerink. The family moved to Ripon, California in 1940, leaving the Dust Bowl behind. In 1946, Wanda married Albert Bruns and moved to South Dakota, returning to Ripon in 1952. They farmed in rural Ripon until his passing in 2015.

Wanda is survived by her children: Elton (Cheryl) Bruns, Karen (Richard) Shanahan, Wayne (Carol) Bruns, Dale (Terry) Bruns, Charlene (Rick d.) Banta, Daryl (Julie) Bruns, Phyllis (Bill) Spriggs, Ardette (Will) Fassler, and Mervin (Stephanie) Bruns; twenty grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, and her sister Carol Hand.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, September 27th at Deegan Ripon Memorial Chapel, 111 South Palm Avenue in Ripon from 5:30pm-7pm. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, September 29th at Calvary Reformed Church, 741 West 2nd Street in Ripon at 11am.

Adapted from Deegan Funeral Chapel obituary


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