Mary Brunk
Oct. 31, 1845-April 30, 1930
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 30, 1930, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: DEATH MRS. CHAS. BRUNK
Carl Brunk received a message at noon today announcing the death of his mother, Mrs. Mary Brunk, widow of Charles Brunk, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.W. Long in Boone City, Oowa. The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow and taken to the home of Mr. Brunk in West Main street. While the funeral plans are not completed the services will probably be held Friday afternoon in St. John's Evangelical church. Mrs. Brunk was 84 years of age. She had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Long for 13 years and for 10 years of that time they have lived in Boone City. Mr. Brunk received a message yesterday that his mother had been stricken with paralysis. Mrs. Brunk is survived by four children who are Mrs. Long of Boone City, Carl Brunk of Niles, Miss Marie Brunk of Detroit and Alfred Brunk of Marquette, Kansas. Miss Brunk is expected in Niles tonight.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 1, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL MRS. BRUNK FRIDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Brunk, widow of Charles Brunk, who body was brought to Niles today from Bonneville, Iowa, where she died on Wednesday, will be held tomorrow afternoon. At 2 o'clock the Rev. Sumner Young, pastor of the Evangelical church in West Niles of which Carl Brunk son of the deceased, is a member, will conduct a service [that] will be held in St. John's Evangelical church of which the deceased was a member for many years. The Rev. G.W. Webbink will conduct the service in the church. Burial will be made in the family lot in Silver brook cemetery. Mrs. Theron Long, a daughter of the deceased and Mr. Long, at whose home Mrs. Brunk died, accompanied the body to Niles today. The body is now at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brunk. Another daughter of the deceased, Mrs. John H. Hawks, of Detroit arrived in Niles last evening. In the notice of Mrs. Brunk's death last evening Mrs. Hawks was incorrectly mentioned by her maiden name, Marie Brunk.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 3, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL MRS. BRUNK
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Brunk, widow of Charles Brunk were held on Friday afternoon. The Rev. Sumner Young, pastor of the Evangelical church in West Niles conducted a service in the home of Carl Brunk, a son of the deceased, in West Niles and a service was also held in St. John's Evangelical church with the pastor, the Rev. G.W. Webbink in charge. Burial was made in Silver Brook cemetery.