| Rueben was born February 29, 1924 in
Benton County to Joseph
and Rena (Balder) Brambrink. He married
Eleanor David on October 29, 1947 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Duelm.
Rueben farmed and lived in Benton County his entire life. He was a member of Church of
the Annunciation, where he was a Trustee for twelve years and belonged to St. Joseph
Mission Group. Rueben served on the School Board for District 38 and was Clerk of
Graham Town Board. He served his country in the Merchant Marines. Rueben enjoyed
woodworking, but the light of his life was his wife, children and grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, Eleanor of Rice; children and their spouses, David & Paula Brambrink of Oklahoma City, OK, Jeanann & Robert Sluss of Lake Elmo, Beverly & Duane Schmidtbauer of Sauk Rapids, Mary & David Grundahl of Sartell, Tereasa & Ben Nies of Rockford, Bonnie & John Morey of Plymouth; sisters and brothers, Lorene LaVigne of Foley, Richard Brambrink of Alexandria, Alton Brambrink of Monticello, JoAnn O’Konek of Columbia, S.C., Donna Wicklund of Superior, WI, Alice Warren of Rice, Ione Wittowski of Sartell; 13 grandchildren, John Sluss, Jessica Sluss (Ken Haider), Brent (Amy) Schmidtbauer, Holly Schmidtbauer, Amy (Jason) McIntosh, April Brambrink, Cody Grundahl, Kayla Grundahl, Andrea Nies, Adam Nies, Eric Nies, Stephanie Morey, Alexandra Morey; 2 great grandchildren, Calla and Connor McIntosh. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter-in-law, Kathy Brambrink; brother, Earl Brambrink; sisters, Leone Rau and Dorothy Seaton. |
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