Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries..... Brusge, Anna Marie 1996 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 27, 2012, 6:55 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, May 17, 1996 Anna Marie Brusge, 93, formerly of Ionia died Wednesday, May 15, 1996 in Grand Junction, Colo. She was born Aug. 14, 1902 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Otto and Marie (Winzig) Busch. She grew up in Grand Rapids and attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church and school. She married Frank Brusge and the couple owned and operated Brusge Awning, Tent and Auto Trim of Ionia from 1925 to 1974. He preceded her in death in 1974 after 54 years of marriage. Brusge was a former member and officer of the Women of the Moose #998 of Ionia, a former Antlerette of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks #548 of Ionia and a former devoted member of SS. Peter and Paul’s’ Catholic Church of Ionia prior to moving to Torrance, Calif. in 1974. She is survived by nine grandchildren: Dan Spear, of Breckenridge, Colo., Brock Spear, of Redondo Beach, Calif., Tammie Yanowich, of Grand Junction, Colo., Randy Spear, of Fenwick and Del Brusge, Perry Brusge, Gayle Brusge, Jack Brusge and Janice Brusge, all of Grand Rapids; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brother, Henry Busch, of Grand Rapids; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Brusge was preceded in death by one son, Robert “Bob” Henry Brusge, one daughter, Noreen Ann Spear and six brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at Myers Memorial Chapel in Ionia with Fr. Julian Reginato of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Portland officiating. Interment will be in Easton Cemetery. All arrangements have been made by the Myers Memorial Chapel of Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/brusge18018nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb