IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Catherine V.

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Bruneau

September 24, 1913 – September 14, 2010

Obituary

Catherine V. Bruneau, 96, of Gile, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, in Hurley.      The former Catherine Bogun was born Sept. 24, 1913, in Ironwood, Mich., daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Vakula) Bogun, and attended Ironwood and Hurley schools.      She attended beauty school in Arkansas and was employed as a beautician at the Morgan Manor in Ironwood. She then served two terms as Iron County Treasurer, retiring in 1979.      Catherine was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hurley. She enjoyed crocheting, sewing, upholstering, vegetable and flower gardening, crossword puzzles, canning, cooking and doing yardwork. Everyone was always welcome in her home.      She was married to Bertrand N. Bruneau. He preceded her in death on June 26, 1986.      Surviving are a daughter, Roxana "Roxy" Rasmuson (John Malone), Mercer; two sons, William (Patty Questard), Kenosha, and Thomas, Riner, Va.; six grandchildren, Laura, Aimee, Beth, Renee, Ronald and David; five great-grandchildren, Mandy, Brandy, Andy, Krista and Ericka; three great-great-grandchildren, Jaycie, Jayden and Maleah; a sister, Josephine Pedergnana, North Greenfield, Wis.; sisters-in-law, Virginia Riordan, Sun City, Ariz., and Viola Bruneau, Bremerton, Wash.; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.      Besides her parents and husband, Catherine was preceded in death by brothers, Thomas, John and Adam Bogun; and sisters, Carolyn Petty, Sally Ramsdell and Amelia "Amy" Huie.      A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m., at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hurley, with the Rev. Michael Hayden, celebrant.      Cremation will take place.      Luncheon will be served in the parish hall immediately following the Mass..      Rite of Committal and private interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hurley.      Relatives and friends may call at the McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home, 305 N. Lowell St., in Ironwood, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, where liturgical prayers will be recited at 8 p.m., and again from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.      Pallbearers will be William, Thomas, David and Wallace Bruneau, Ronald Rasmuson and John Malone.      To view Catherine's obituary online, sign the guestbook and express condolences, visit mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com.      Arrangements are entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home Inc., Ironwood.
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