Oscar E. Bruggeman, 83, of 5325 Saratoga Road, Asbury, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at Resurrection Catholic Church. Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Hoffmann Schneider and Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road, Dubuque.
Oscar was born on April 17, 1923, in Delaware County, Iowa, son of Louis and Henerita (Bockenstedt) Bruggeman.
He married Donna M. Dean on October 30, 1945, at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Dubuque. They enjoyed 61 years of a strong and loving marriage.
Oscar was a timber buyer involved in both the foreign and domestic timber markets. He owned and operated Dubuque Hardwoods and a saw mill in Smiths Mill, Minnesota. He also constructed a trailer court in Mankato, Minnesota.
He was a member of Resurrection Catholic Church and the Elks Club.
He will be remembered by his wife and family as a loving and giving man.
Surviving are his wife, Donna, of Asbury; two sons, Edward Bruggeman and William "Michael" (Donna) Bruggeman, both of Dubuque; three daughters, Sharon Hauber, of Asbury, Susan (Mark) Bergman, of Mankato, Minn., and Tina Marie (Tom) Bromley, of Lake Worth, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Agnes Bruggeman and Loretta "Boots" Furlong, both of Dubuque; two brothers-in-law, Bill Dean, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ray (Phyllis) Dean, of Dubuque; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Dennis, in infancy; two brothers, John and Arnold; two sisters, Audrey Randall and Marion McDermott; and many in-laws.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at Resurrection Catholic Church. Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Hoffmann Schneider and Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road, Dubuque.
Oscar was born on April 17, 1923, in Delaware County, Iowa, son of Louis and Henerita (Bockenstedt) Bruggeman.
He married Donna M. Dean on October 30, 1945, at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Dubuque. They enjoyed 61 years of a strong and loving marriage.
Oscar was a timber buyer involved in both the foreign and domestic timber markets. He owned and operated Dubuque Hardwoods and a saw mill in Smiths Mill, Minnesota. He also constructed a trailer court in Mankato, Minnesota.
He was a member of Resurrection Catholic Church and the Elks Club.
He will be remembered by his wife and family as a loving and giving man.
Surviving are his wife, Donna, of Asbury; two sons, Edward Bruggeman and William "Michael" (Donna) Bruggeman, both of Dubuque; three daughters, Sharon Hauber, of Asbury, Susan (Mark) Bergman, of Mankato, Minn., and Tina Marie (Tom) Bromley, of Lake Worth, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Agnes Bruggeman and Loretta "Boots" Furlong, both of Dubuque; two brothers-in-law, Bill Dean, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ray (Phyllis) Dean, of Dubuque; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Dennis, in infancy; two brothers, John and Arnold; two sisters, Audrey Randall and Marion McDermott; and many in-laws.
Oscar E. Bruggeman, 83, of 5325 Saratoga Road, Asbury, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at Resurrection Catholic Church. Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Hoffmann Schneider and Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road, Dubuque.
Oscar was born on April 17, 1923, in Delaware County, Iowa, son of Louis and Henerita (Bockenstedt) Bruggeman.
He married Donna M. Dean on October 30, 1945, at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Dubuque. They enjoyed 61 years of a strong and loving marriage.
Oscar was a timber buyer involved in both the foreign and domestic timber markets. He owned and operated Dubuque Hardwoods and a saw mill in Smiths Mill, Minnesota. He also constructed a trailer court in Mankato, Minnesota.
He was a member of Resurrection Catholic Church and the Elks Club.
He will be remembered by his wife and family as a loving and giving man.
Surviving are his wife, Donna, of Asbury; two sons, Edward Bruggeman and William "Michael" (Donna) Bruggeman, both of Dubuque; three daughters, Sharon Hauber, of Asbury, Susan (Mark) Bergman, of Mankato, Minn., and Tina Marie (Tom) Bromley, of Lake Worth, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Agnes Bruggeman and Loretta "Boots" Furlong, both of Dubuque; two brothers-in-law, Bill Dean, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ray (Phyllis) Dean, of Dubuque; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Dennis, in infancy; two brothers, John and Arnold; two sisters, Audrey Randall and Marion McDermott; and many in-laws.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at Resurrection Catholic Church. Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Hoffmann Schneider and Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road, Dubuque.
Oscar was born on April 17, 1923, in Delaware County, Iowa, son of Louis and Henerita (Bockenstedt) Bruggeman.
He married Donna M. Dean on October 30, 1945, at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Dubuque. They enjoyed 61 years of a strong and loving marriage.
Oscar was a timber buyer involved in both the foreign and domestic timber markets. He owned and operated Dubuque Hardwoods and a saw mill in Smiths Mill, Minnesota. He also constructed a trailer court in Mankato, Minnesota.
He was a member of Resurrection Catholic Church and the Elks Club.
He will be remembered by his wife and family as a loving and giving man.
Surviving are his wife, Donna, of Asbury; two sons, Edward Bruggeman and William "Michael" (Donna) Bruggeman, both of Dubuque; three daughters, Sharon Hauber, of Asbury, Susan (Mark) Bergman, of Mankato, Minn., and Tina Marie (Tom) Bromley, of Lake Worth, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Agnes Bruggeman and Loretta "Boots" Furlong, both of Dubuque; two brothers-in-law, Bill Dean, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ray (Phyllis) Dean, of Dubuque; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Dennis, in infancy; two brothers, John and Arnold; two sisters, Audrey Randall and Marion McDermott; and many in-laws.
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