Aubrey M. ZumBrunnen

Aubrey M. ZumBrunnen

Aubrey M. ZumBrunnen, 81, passed away Sept. 29, 1991, in Kearney, Neb. Services and interment were at Kearney.

He was born Jan. 12, 1910, to Roy L. and Bama T. ZumBrunnen at Kirtley, Wyo. He attended grade school at Kirtley and graduated from Sioux County High School. He worked shearing sheep, worked on farms and ranches and railroads to earn his way through Kearney Teachers' College, and later his master's from Greeley, Colo., College. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Kearney.

In August 1937 he married Ella Seanson of Kearney. He spent years teaching in Hoxie, Kan.; Stapleton, Gothenburg and Kearney, Neb. He joined the Navy in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1945. He became a salesman for Morman Feeds of Quincy, Ill., in 1948, selling in southeast Nebraska. He retired in 1976 to oversee the operation of his farm near Gibbon, Neb.

He leaves his wife, Ella, one daughter, Carol Waggoner of Norfolk, Neb.; two sons, Allen of Kearney, and David of Anchorage, Alaska; 10 grandchildren and one brother, Leslie, of Lusk. He also is survived by numerous nieces and nephews and many cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a brother.

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