Children:
Clayton Everett Amend (1895 – 1989)*
Chester Elsworth Amend (1896 – 1896)*
Bruce Serenus Amend (1900 – 1991)*

Siblings:
Anna C. McClure Ewing (1866 – 1953)*
Lizzie Powers McClure Amend (1868 – 1946)
John Gary McClure (1869 – 1932)*
George Melancthon McClure (1871 – 1952)*
Mary Barbery McClure McCamment (1874 – 1896)*
Carrie Bell McClure Rees (1876 – 1947)*
William Jay McClure (1878 – 1961)*

*Calculated relationship

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Parents:
Bruce Serenus Amend (1900 – 1991)
Laura Avis Proffitt Amend (1906 – 1991)

Siblings:
Donald Bruce Amend (1928 – 2002)*
Arden Lee Amend (1933 – 1956)
Rex G Amend (1935 – 2011)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
KANSAS
PVT CO C 601 ORDNANCE BN

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Spouse:
Etta Alida Currier Allington (____ – 1941)*

Children:
Infant Allington (____ – 1901)*

*Calculated relationship

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Spouse:
Eldon D Bruning (1933 – 2008)

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Parents:
Andy Bruning (1903 – 1981)
Hazel D. Bruning (1904 – 1996)

Spouse:
Juanita Lee Thode Bruning (1939 – 2004)*

*Calculated relationship

September 20, 1898. he bought Mootz Confectionery, and as the business increased, he moved to larger quarters until 1911, when he bought the building in which the cafe business has since been conducted. He loved business and devoted his entire time and energy to it until 1936, when his health failed and he leased the café business to his son Ellery and retired to his home, where he lived quietly, resting and doing what he felt able to do.

During that time he suffered illnesses which confined him to the house. His last illness, two weeks before his passing, left him helpless and unable to rise out of it.

In his younger years, he was actively identified with various lodges and all progressive public works of the city.

His many fine qualities of character made him a kind, courteous, loyal and devoted husband, father, and friend and won him many lifelong friends.

The Masonic lodge of which he was a member for so many years had charge of the funeral services at the Porter Funeral Home, which was beautifully carried out in accordance with his wishes by Past Masters Floyd Porter, Ray Johnson, and Harry Sutton, and members of the order.

His other surviving relatives are a brother, John Bruer of Eureka; a sister, Mrs. Maude Seeley, Boise, Ida.; nieces, nephews, two daughters-in-law, and twelve grandchildren. He will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by those near and dear to him.

Card of Thanks
We wish to express our deep gratitude to all who so lovingly remembered us during the illness and passing of our loved one. Mrs. Josephine Bruer and Family.

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Parents:
Peter Bruer (1835 – 1911)
Susan Marks Bruer (1835 – 1913)

Spouse:
Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)*

Children:
George Harold Bruer (1901 – 1964)*
Joseph Ellery Bruer (1904 – 1986)*

Siblings:
Catherine Bruer Roberts (1861 – 1938)*
William M. Bruer (1864 – 1920)*
John Wesley Bruer (1866 – 1940)*
George W Bruer (1869 – 1940)
Myrtle Rose Bruer Swan (1874 – 1937)*

*Calculated relationship

She was a member of the Mother Church First Church of Christ Science of Boston, Massachusetts, and had been a science reader of the Sterling Christian Science for eight years.

Survivors include one son J. Ellery of Sterling; 12 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Porter and Sillin Funeral home in Sterling. Joseph E. Beyer, Jr. will be the science reader. Burial will be in the Sterling community cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. this evening.

This article was written in the middle of Josephine’s obituary:

The death of Josephine A. Bruer of Sterling, 87, brought to a close what was undoubtedly one of the longest business careers in the history of Rice county.

Mrs. Bruer became a citizen of Sterling in May 1883, as a youngster of four, and on September 20, 1897, the Bruer cafe was started. It has been in continuous operation since that day.

Her son, J Ellery Bruer, has managed the business since her retirement. However, she still visited the business on a daily schedule.

Ends Sixty-Nine Years on Broadway

Mrs. Josephine A. Bruer, Sterling’s oldest business person from standpoint of continuous proprietorship, died Sunday afternoon at the local hospital at the age of 87.

Mrs. Bruer, the owner of Bruer’s cafe and bus agency, had been in business on Broadway for 69 years. With her husband, the late George Bruer, she opened the Bruer Cafe here on September 20, 1897.

The firm was initially located in the building occupied by Maurice Schmitt’s barbershop. They later moved to the present location of Rodger’s store where they operated a dining room, in addition to the counter and soda fountain, serving civic clubs and other organizations. Following Mr. Bruer’s death in 1940, Mrs. Bruer later moved to the Cafe’s present location. From 1940 until her son Ellery joined her here a few years ago she operated the business alone.

In addition to her lengthy career in the cafe business, Mrs. Bruer was the oldest bus agent in the Central division of the Continental Bus Company. The cafe served as local agent from the day the first bus ran through Sterling, probably about 1920. The first bus was known as the “paper car,” an auto which hauled the daily newspapers and transported occasional passengers. Later followed the Central Kansas Bus Company, the Cardinal Bus Line, Santa Fe and finally Continental. Mrs. Bruer had been in ill health for about two months. She had been a patient at the local hospital three times in recent months, entering there again the day before her death.

Mrs. Bruer was born June 7, 1879, on a homestead eight miles southwest of Raymond, in Stafford County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Beyer.

She was married to George W. Bruer on September 29, 1897, at Sterling and had made her home here since 1883.

She was a member of the Mother Church First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass. She served as a reader in the Sterling Christian Science Church for eight years.

Survivors include a son, J. Ellery Bruer of Sterling; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Glen Bruer, who has been assisting at the Cafe is a grandson. Louis Elbl, her business neighbor for many years is a nephew. A son, Harold Bruer died in 1964.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Porter Sillin Funeral Home with Joseph E. Beyer, Jr. of Hutchinson officiating.

Burial was in the Sterling Community Cemetery.

Most Sterling business houses were closed during the service in honor of the veteran Sterling businesswoman.

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Parents:
John Baptist Beyer (1846 – 1929)
Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912)

Spouse:
George W Bruer (1869 – 1940)

Children:
George Harold Bruer (1901 – 1964)*
Joseph Ellery Bruer (1904 – 1986)*

Siblings:
John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870)*
Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)*
Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873)*
Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874)*
Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945)*
Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)*
Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)
Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)*
John L Beyer (1883 – 1884)*
Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)*
William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)*
Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887)*
Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)*
John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)*

*Calculated relationship

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Spouse:
Rosa L. Wisby (1891 – 1944)*

Children:
Warren Eugene Wisby (1932 – 2015)*

*Calculated relationship