Alberta June Bruning

Funeral services for Alberta will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bruning, Nebraska. Public visitation will begin Thursday at 1 pm until 8 pm with family greeting friends from 4 to 6 at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva, Nebraska. Interment will be in the Bruning Public Cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A full obituary can be seen in the Hebron Journal dated 11-9-2014:

Albert June (Schweitzer) Bruning was born near Carleton, to Lloyd and Katie (Springer) Schweitzer on June 23, 1922.  As a young girl, she was raised near Carleton.  She was the first born in the family.  After spending the last 6 years of her life at Blue Valley Nursing Home in Hebron, she peacefully passed away on December 1, 2014 at the age of 92.

Albert attended country school through the eighth grade, at which time she helped out with the family.

Albert and Paul Bruning were married on March 5, 1952 and had one son, Douglas Paul.

Alberta and Paul lived on the family farm until 1971 when they moved into Bruning.  She was a school cook in Bruning for over 25 years, and she cleaned the bank in Bruning.

Alberta attended Salem Mennonite church growing up and joined the United Methodist church in Bruning after her marriage.  She was a member of Durham-Mammen Legion Auxiliary, Bruning UMW, VFW Auxiliary, Thayer County Historical Society, the Bruning Public Cemetery Association and enjoyed playing cards with the Chit Chat Club. Alberta enjoyed quilting and cooking, gardening, canning and entertaining family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; sisters, Bernetta Swartzendruber and Betty Kennel; brothers, Everett and Edward Schweitzer.

She is survived by her son, Doug (Janelle) of Bruning; granddaughters, Michelle (Jason) Paulk and Maggie (Justin) Jiskra, all of Lincoln; great granddaughters, Emma June Jiskra, Caitlin Lucia and Skylar Quinn Paulk, all of Lincoln; sisters, Vera Lichti of Geneva, Marge Kremer of Omaha and Mary (Jerry) Stutzman of Phoenix, Arizona; brothers, Clint (Marilyn) of Geneva, Galen (Joan) Schweitzer of Lincoln, Nick (Kit) Schweitzer of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Ron (Judy) Schweitzer of Auburn, Indiana and John (Diane) Schweitzer of Lincoln.* Reference: [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139498112/alberta-june-bruning Find A Grave Memorial] - [https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Nov 22 2020, 1:51:55 UTC''

Funeral services for Alberta will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bruning, Nebraska. Public visitation will begin Thursday at 1 pm until 8 pm with family greeting friends from 4 to 6 at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva, Nebraska. Interment will be in the Bruning Public Cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A full obituary can be seen in the Hebron Journal dated 11-9-2014:

Albert June (Schweitzer) Bruning was born near Carleton, to Lloyd and Katie (Springer) Schweitzer on June 23, 1922.  As a young girl, she was raised near Carleton.  She was the first born in the family.  After spending the last 6 years of her life at Blue Valley Nursing Home in Hebron, she peacefully passed away on December 1, 2014 at the age of 92.

Albert attended country school through the eighth grade, at which time she helped out with the family.

Albert and Paul Bruning were married on March 5, 1952 and had one son, Douglas Paul.

Alberta and Paul lived on the family farm until 1971 when they moved into Bruning.  She was a school cook in Bruning for over 25 years, and she cleaned the bank in Bruning.

Alberta attended Salem Mennonite church growing up and joined the United Methodist church in Bruning after her marriage.  She was a member of Durham-Mammen Legion Auxiliary, Bruning UMW, VFW Auxiliary, Thayer County Historical Society, the Bruning Public Cemetery Association and enjoyed playing cards with the Chit Chat Club. Alberta enjoyed quilting and cooking, gardening, canning and entertaining family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; sisters, Bernetta Swartzendruber and Betty Kennel; brothers, Everett and Edward Schweitzer.

She is survived by her son, Doug (Janelle) of Bruning; granddaughters, Michelle (Jason) Paulk and Maggie (Justin) Jiskra, all of Lincoln; great granddaughters, Emma June Jiskra, Caitlin Lucia and Skylar Quinn Paulk, all of Lincoln; sisters, Vera Lichti of Geneva, Marge Kremer of Omaha and Mary (Jerry) Stutzman of Phoenix, Arizona; brothers, Clint (Marilyn) of Geneva, Galen (Joan) Schweitzer of Lincoln, Nick (Kit) Schweitzer of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Ron (Judy) Schweitzer of Auburn, Indiana and John (Diane) Schweitzer of Lincoln.

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