Richard
"Dick" Bruggeman, 67
Thief
River Falls &endash; Richard "Dick" Bruggeman,
67, died on Saturday, July 13, 2002 at Northwest
Medical Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July
17, 2002 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church
in Red Lake Falls with Father Tim Bushy presiding.
Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in
Brooks, Minnesota.
Visitation
will be held on Tuesday from 4 until 8 p.m. with a
7 p.m. prayer service and rosary at Johnson-Green
Funeral Home in Thief River Falls, and on Wednesday
one hour prior to the funeral at the church.
Richard
Lawrence Bruggeman was born on April 6, 1935 near
Plummer, the son of Frank A. and Zoe June
(Durocher) Bruggeman. He was baptized on April 14,
1935 in St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church in
Plummer. Richard attended school in Brooks and
graduated from Oklee High School.
On
September 16, 1954 he entered the U.S. Air Force.
He was a Radio Intercept Operator at Keesler Air
Force Base in Mississippi. He was discharged on
February 27, 1958.
Richard
was united in marriage to Clare Marcelle Reopelle
on November 9, 1963 at St. Anthony's Catholic
Church, Terrebonne. The couple made their home near
Brooks, where he was a mink rancher from 1960 to
1971. In 1971 he went to work at Artic until 1973,
when they moved to Big Lake. They lived in Park
Rapids from 1974 to 1983 before moving to Thief
River Falls, where he worked for the Highway
Department for the State of Minnesota, retiring in
1997.
Richard
was a member of the VFW and Honor Guard, and St.
Joseph's Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls. He
enjoyed golfing, fishing, hunting, church, music,
movies, and traveling. Richard loved to spend time
with his grandchildren.
He
is survived by his wife Clare of Thief River Falls;
daughter Therese (Scott) Peterson of Middle River;
sons Tim of Moorhead, Frank (Deb), Matt (special
friend Grace Pagnac) all of Thief River Falls, Mark
(Lana) of Goodridge, and Anthony (Brenda) of Thief
River Falls; seven grandchildren; brothers Gene
(Vivian) of Thief River Falls, Larry (Vi) of
Brooks; sisters Audrey Lee, Kent, Washington and
Joyce (Elling) Iverson of Thief River Falls.
Richard
was preceded in death by his parents, brother Lloyd
and sister Dorothy Olson.
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