Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Dorothy Duane Brandenberg

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The Jacksboro Gazette News 
Friday, April 14, 2006

Dorothy Duane Brandenberg 
Friday, April 14, 2006


RUNAWAY BAY Ñ Dorothy Duane Brandenberg, 88, entered immortality at 5:35 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Decatur. Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Friday,
April 21, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Galesburg, Ill. Burial: St.
JosephÕs Cemetery. Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Hawkins Funeral Home in
Bridgeport and 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at WatsonÕs Funeral Home in
Galesburg, with rosary at 7. Duane was born July 9, 1917, near Galesburg,
Ill., to Will and Ella Shea. Duane and her husband, Chas, an employee of
Sinclair Pipeline Co., moved to Texas in 1953. Duane resided in Jacksboro,
Olney and Graham. While in Graham, she was the city secretary for the Ladies
Bowling Association. An avid bowler, Duane traveled to many state and national
bowling tournaments. She had resided in Runaway Bay since May 1988. She was a
member of the Ladies Golf Association and St. JohnÕs Catholic Church in
Bridgeport.


She was preceded in death by her husband of 31 years, Charles, in 1970;
daughter, Joanne Anderson; parents, Will and Ella; brothers, William, Patrick,
James and Richard Shea; and sister, Roselyn Behringer. Survivors: Daughter,
Barbara Blake and husband, George, of Runaway Bay; son, Charles Brandenberg
and wife, Pamela, of Benbrook; grandchildren, Lori Brown and husband, Charles,
Dianne Hearne and husband, Powell, Terri Grona and Luke and Jill Brandenberg;
great-grandchildren, Megan and Kyler Brown, Haley, Weston and Delaney Hearne
and Colton and Courtney Grona; sisters, Beatrice Samuelson, Kathryn Lee,
Arlene Winbigler and Helen Pendergast; and numerous nieces and nephews.