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Personal data Tressie Florence Bruns 

  • Alternative name: Tressie Bruns Beenken
  • She was born on December 22, 1916 in fortasse, somewhere in IA.
  • Confirmation of church membership in Presb. Chr., Woden, Hancock Co., IA.
  • Resident on February 24, 1979: Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • She died on May 12, 2005 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA (Timely Mission Nursing Home), she was 88 years old.
  • She is buried on May 16, 2005 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Olena Mound Cem.).
  • A child of Brune Bruns and Engelina Troff
  • This information was last updated on May 18, 2024.

Household of Tressie Florence Bruns

She is married to Dick Albert Beenken.

They got married on March 14, 1946 at Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA (Bruno Bruns' home, ), she was 29 years old.

Dick Albert Beenken oo Tressie Florence Bruns

Marriage sources: Author: Mulhearn, Sandra; Title: "Sandra's Ancestry," (Publication site: Lehi UT, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: x Dec MMV)

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Notes about Tressie Florence Bruns

Tressie Florence Bruns

Source: Mulhearn, Sandra, Sandra's Ancestry, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.com, Publication date: x Dec MMV), Repository: The Cloud

SSDI: "TRESSIE F BEENKEN b. 22 Dec 1916 d. 12 May 2005 (Verified) last SS address of record: 50424 (Buffalo Center, Winnebago, IA) Issued: Iowa"

Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune Vol 114 # 10 19 May 2005 pg 9 col 1

"Tressie F. Beenken, 88

Funeral services for Tressie F. Beenken, 88 were held Monday, May 16 at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center at 10:30 a.m. Rev. William Peake officiated. Interment was in the Olena Mound Cemetery at Buffalo Center. [Actually thecem. is outside of the city limits in Buffalo Twp.] Tressie passed away Thursday, May 12, 2005 at the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center. Winter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Tressie F. (Bruns) Beenken, the daughter of Bruno and Engelena (Troff) Bruns, was born on December 22, 1916. She attended rural school near Woden, Iowa, and was confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Woden. She worked as a telephoneoperator in Buffalo Center, and did house cleaning for several families in Buffalo Center.

On March 14, 1946, Tressie was united in marriage with dick Beenken at her parents' home in Buffalo Center. To this union, they were blessed with two children, Joyce and Dean. The couple farmed north of Titonka until 1958, when theymoved to a farm near Rake, Iowa. Dick passed away in June of 1976. Tressie then moved to her present home in Buffalo Center. Tressie was a resident of the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center, where she passed away May 12th.

Tressie was a member of the First Reformed Church, beeing active in the RCWM and Dorcas Circle. She was also a member of the Koffee Kup Klub. Tressie had a lifetime gift for making crafts, crocheting clothes, and crocheting dolls. Shealso enjoyed her job working at the Timely Mission Nursing Home where she met many good friends. Her family was very important to her, and she always enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Tressie is survived by her children, Joyce Anderson and her husband, Ronald, and Dean Beenken, all of Buffalo Center, four grandchildren, Kristin Reese and her husband, Mark of Nashville, TN, Amy Rasch and her husband, Corey of Bancroft,Darren Beenken of Buffalo Center, and Jared Beenken of Buffalo Center; four great grandchildren, Karissa and Caleb Rasch and Zander and Caden Reese, a sister-in-law, Francis Bruns of Britt; a brother-in-law, Harold Beenken of Titonka; andmany nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dick, daughter-in-law, Julie Beenken,; six sisters; and three brothers." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Tressie Florence Bruns

Jan Geerds Troff
1835-????
Engel Seerts Groeneveld
1841-1894
Brune Bruns
1868-1955

Tressie Florence Bruns
1916-2005

1946

Dick Albert Beenken
1911-1976

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    Birthday December 22, 1916

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    Day of marriage March 14, 1946

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    Day of death May 12, 2005

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    Day of burial May 16, 2005

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