February 6, 1927 ~ March 5, 2021
Dorothy Mae Bruns, 94 of Burchard, Nebraska passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021 at the Pawnee County Memorial Hospital. She was born on February 6, 1927 to George and Anna Clara (Warnholz) Nordmeyer.
She lived in Johnson County through her childhood. Dorothy was confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Tecumseh, Nebraska.
She was a nurses Aide at Beatrice at the Lutheran Hospital but most of her life she was a homemaker and farmers wife.
Dorothy went to school in Tecumseh through the 9th grade, then quit school, to help her parents on the farm and raise her younger siblings. Her siblings looked up to her and she was their mentor.
Dorothy married John Bruns on October 7, 1947 at Tecumseh St.Johns Lutheran Church. To this union three children were born, Roger, Gladys and Janice.
Dorothy loved helping on the farm, milking cows, raising chickens, she had a very large garden which she shared with the neighbors. She had a large strawberry patch.
Dorothy loved to cook, sewing, embroidery work and loved spending time with family, especially her grandkids and great grandkids. She also started the Easter egg hunt in Burchard and was there every year helping until her health would not allow her to be there. Dorothy loved her community and she was a life time member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Burchard, Nebraska. Dorothy was a faithful member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Pawnee City. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband John, sister Delores.
She is survived by her children, Roger & Charlotte Bruns of Abilene, TX, Gladys & William Hartley of Virginia, NE, Janice & Howard Rains of Beatrice, NE, foster daughter Mary Finck, four grandchildren, James Bruns, Brian Bruns, Monica Odvody, Nathan Rains, nine great grandchildren, brothers, Harold Hansen, Dean Hansen, Howard Hansen, sisters Donna Hobbs, Donita Elrod, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Services were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at the Zion Lutheran Church, Pawnee City, Nebraska. Officiating was Reverend Tim Llewellyn. Visitation was on Monday, March 8, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m., at Wherry Mortuary, 919 G Street, Pawnee City, Nebraska. Interment was at the Burchard Cemetery, Burchard, Nebraska. Memorials to Zion Lutheran Church and/or Pawnee County Memorial Hospital. Masks were required at the services and the graveside. On line condolence may be left at www.wherrymortuary.com.