OBITUARY: Doris L. (Bonnerup) Broitzman, 1925-2004, Worth Co., Iowa

[Adapted from Northwood Anchor online -- March 17, 2004]




                         Doris L. Broitzman

Funeral services for Doris L. Broitzman, of Northwood, were held
Sunday, March 14, 2004, at First Lutheran Church, Northwood, with
Pastor Paul Holmer officiating. Interment was in the Wanders Rest
Cemetery, rural Gordonsville, Minnesota.

Doris L. Broitzman was born on August 28, 1925 in Erie, Pennsylvania,
the daughter of Chris and Johanna (Bach) Bonnerup. As a child her
family moved to rural Glenville, Minnesota.  She was confirmed at
Salem Lutheran Church in Albert Lea, Minnesota.  She attended
school in Glenville and Albert Lea High School. She was employed
for a time at the Wilson Company, in Albert Lea.

On Sept. 14, 1947 she married Harold Broitzman at the Salem
Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. After their marriage they farmed
east of Gordonsville where they raised their family.

She was an active member of the Zion Lutheran Church of Northwood,
was a Sunday School teacher and active in the ladies aid. She then
became a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Myrtle, Minnesota.
When moving to Northwood she joined First Lutheran Church, Northwood.

Doris and Harold moved to Northwood June 2000 and entered Lutheran
Retirement Home.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Harold Broitzman,
Northwood; children, Gary (Paula) Broitzman of Hayward, Minnesota;
Barbara Schutz and special friend Harlan Helgeson, Northwood; Karen
Frondal, Phoenix, Arizona; Thomas Broitzman, Glenville; Suzanne
(Mark) Senne, Northwood; and David Broitzman, Albert Lea;
12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Ruby Baumgartner, Aurora, Colorado; Florence Brzezenski, Albert Lea;
Lois (Kenneth) Gayken, Glenville; sisters-in-law, Velma Bonnerup
and Maxine Bonnerup, Albert Lea; Mable Perleberg, Glenville;
Nadine Broitzman, Northwood, Helen Broitzman, Austin; many nieces
and nephews, as well as other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Esther
Falksen; four brothers, Charles, Donald, Richard and Norman
Bonnerup; one granddaughter, Ann Broitzman.


    Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson