Montgomery-Christian County IL Archives Obituaries.....Bruns, John B. February 17, 1975 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Kluge EgyptStudy@aol.com February 13, 2007, 9:57 pm Nokomis newspaper Feb 19, 1975 John BRUNS, 84 Dies at Hospital Funeral services for John B. BRUNS, 84, retired farmer of Ohlman, will be held at 11:00 am Friday at the Stiehl-Dawson Funeral Home in Nokomis. The Rev. Alviin KNIKER, minister of St Paul’s United Church of Christ at Ohlman will conduct the service. Mr. Bruns died at 5:45 pm Monday in St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. He had been in failing health the past year and a half. The deceased was born in Christian Co. Jan. 27, 1891. At the age of eight years his parents, Chris and Anna (HILLRICHS) Bruns, came to Ohlman from Pana. He attended the area schools and was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Ohlman. He married Felicia STANLEY at Hillsboro on Dec 22, 1915, and she survives along with a daughter, Mrs. Vivian KARMAZINAS, of Springfield; brother Andrew BRUNS, Nokomis; sisters, Mrs. Gesina Dahler of rural Nokomis, and Mrs. Oscar (Matilda) HAGEMEIER of Nokomis; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A son, Kenneth, died in 1943. Also preceding him in death were brothers, Fred, Henry, and Harry; sisters Jane, Carrie, Annie, Tina and Emma. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/montgomery/obits/b/bruns545nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb