Joel
Bruggeman, 44
Omaha,
Neb. - Joel Bruggeman, 44, formerly of Brooks,
died on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at his home in
Omaha, Neb.
Mass
of Christian Burial was 
held
on Tuesday, December 10 at St. Joseph Catholic
Church i Brooks with Rev. Tim Bushy officiating.
Andrew Yaggie was the organist and Vicki Yaggie was
the soloist. Honorary casketbearers were all of
Joel's family and friends. Interment was in St.
Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Brooks.
Joel
Ray Bruggeman was born on November 21, 1958, the
son of Larry Joseph and Viola "Vi" (Nurmi)
Bruggeman in Red Lake Falls. He was baptized and
confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Brooks
and attended public school in Oklee. He worked on
the oil rigs in Montana and was a logger in
Washington. He also worked highway construction,
drywall construction, and worked for Crystal Sugar
and Minnesota Petroleum in Minneapolis and Vigen
Construction. He was currently working as a heavy
equipment operator for Negus and Son in Omaha, Neb.
Joel
loved hunting, music and animals and enjoyed
entertaining people with his humor. He was very
creative and was always working under the hood of
someone's car.
Survivors
include his son, Jake Ray Bruggeman; parents, Larry
and Vi Bruggeman of Brooks; brothers, Larry Jr.
"Lars" (Mary Ann) of Bellingham, Wash., Kelan
(Janell) of Brooks, Kris (LeAnne) of Scandia, Alan
"Ole" (Rose) of Oklee, and Ross (Valerie) of Red
Lake Falls; sisters, Lynette (Richard) Haugen of
Thief River Falls and Janell (Jay) Pelland of
Warroad; and several aunts, uncles and
cousins.
Joel
was preceded in death by his grandparents and
several aunts and uncles.
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