Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brune, Helen E. (Hall) June 5, 2017
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Ionia Shopper's Guide  -  June 10, 2017
          BRUNE
   Helen E. Brune passed away peacefully on June 5, 2017 at the age of 94.
   Helen was born on Jan. 7, 1923 in Belding, MI, the daughter of Palmer and Grace
(Robinson) Hall.
   Helen graduated from Belding High School with the class of 1941.  She then took
her Civil Service exam and moved to Muskegon working for the government during the 
war.  Her main job was to test "Flash-Hiders" on the machine guns, disassembling and 
re-assembling the guns and then shooting them on a range to make sure the muzzle 
flash was hidden from the enemy.  She later worked on other machinery parts at that 
plant.
   She moved back to Belding and worked at Federal Mogul where she met her future
husband Forrest, they were married for 63 years until his death on Jan. 7, 2010.  After 
they married she went to work at Fisher Body in Grand Rapids, sewing on upholstery for 
many years.  Her other jobs were always sewing related and worked at Chrysler in Lyons 
until they closed.
  She then decided to stay at home, working on the family farm that she and her
husband had owned for many years.  they enjoyed raising herferds, peaches and hay.
   Helen is survived by her children, Scott & Judy Brune and Sharri and Dave German
of Belding, Bruce Brune of Dallas, OR, and Suzanne and Don Sovereign of Sheridan.  There 
are 12 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren.
   Helen was preceded in death by her husband Forrest, parents, and two brothers &
sister-in-law , Clayton Hall and Maxine Hall and Kenneth and Ethel Hall also brother-in-law 
and sister-in-law Herman & Ruth Brune of Edmore, grandson, Michael Brune of CA, and 
daughter-in-law Diane Brune of OR.
   Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday June 9, 2017 at Shiloh Community
Church with Pastor Ken Harger officiating.  Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 PM Thursday at 
Johnson-Feurstein Funeral Home, Belding and one hour before the service at church.  Interment 
will be in Rest Haven Memory Gardens, Belding.  Memorials may be given to the American Heart
Association or Ionia Area Hospice.  Messages of condolence may also be given at www.jffh.com

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