Bruce W. Brinkman
Bruce Brinkman, 58, of Carroll, died early Sunday, Nov. 1,
2009, at his residence following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Mass of the Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4,
at St. Lawrence Church in Carroll. Father Timothy Schott will officiate
and he will be assisted by Deacon Gary Schon.
Visitation will begin at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Sharp
Funeral Home in Carroll, where a rosary, by the Knights of Columbus,
will be prayed at 4 p.m. and a Christian wake service by St. Lawrence
Parish will be held at 7 p.m.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Carroll.
Homilist for the Mass will be Deacon Gary Schon. Lector will be
Donna Goeman. Gift bearers will be a sister, Renee Kramer, and a
brother, Perry Brinkman. Soloist will be Joan Sweeney. Eucharistic
ministers will be Jerri Rogers and Larry Kahnke.
Casket bearers will be Al Ausborn, Ralph Bock, Ed Dewey, Bruce
Jones, Kraig Klopfenstein and Tom Quandt. Honorary casket bearer will be
Brad Coulter.
A son of Ronald and Alice (Meyer) Brinkman, he was born Oct. 1,
1951, at Mason City. He graduated from Klemme High School, and then
received a two-year degree at Iowa Central Community College in Eagle
Grove, where he played basketball. He then graduated from Wayne State
University in Wayne, Neb., where he played football and participated in
Golden Gloves boxing.
After his schooling, he taught and coached at Bancroft, Neb.
On June 14, 1975, he married Jeanette Kahnke at Blessed Sacrament
Church in Florence, S.D. The couple moved to Iowa in 1978, where he
taught and coached at Sheffield-Chapin High School for four years. He
then became an insurance salesman and manager for Farm Bureau Insurance
Company in Garner. The family moved to Carroll in 1990, where Bruce
worked for Farm Bureau Insurance and later for Auto Owners Insurance. He
also coached football at Glidden-Ralston High School and taught and
coached at Carroll High School.
He was a member of St. Lawrence Parish, the Knights of Columbus,
Pheasants Forever, Whitetails Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, the Carroll
Booster Club, and several professional insurance organizations. He was
an avid fisherman and hunter, making yearly fishing trips to Canada and
hunting trips to South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
South Carolina and Iowa.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette Brinkman of Carroll; his sons:
Brian Brinkman and wife Karman of Fairmont, Minn., Nick Brinkman and
wife Amanda of St. Paul Park, Minn. and Baron Brinkman of Carroll; three
granddaughters: Kally, Karly and Madison Brinkman; his mother, Alice
Brinkman of Klemme; a sister, Renee Kramer and husband Ron of Iowa City;
a brother, Perry Brinkman and fiancé Carol Main of Klemme; his
mother-in-law, Delores Kahnke of Florence, S.D.; brothers and
sisters-in-law: Larry and Rose Kahnke of Florence, S.D., Jerri and Alan
Rogers of Brookings, S.D., Donna and David Goeman of Glen Burnie, Md.,
Georgia Kahnke of Florence, S.D., and Cindy Heald of Sioux Falls, S.D.
Mr. Brinkman was preceded in death by his father, Ronald Brinkman;
his father-in-law, Lawrence Kahnke; and brothers-in-law: James and
Charles Kahnke.
(Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Monday, November 2, 2009) |
