Ruben Brawley, 74, died Wednesday, April 8, 1998 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m. at United Lutheran Church in Gatzke with Pastor
Arlen R. Lloyd officiating. Gloria Sistad was the organist, and a duet was sung by Muriel Larson and Mary Ann Lunsetter. Casketbearers
were Dale Rogers, Wally Chaplinski, Eric Roepke, Robert Engelstad, Ronald Engelstad and Richard Engelstad. Honorary casketbearers
were Gene Peterson, Cheslie Ruud and Walter Lunsetter. Burial was in Lanstad Cemetery in Rollis township of Marshall County.
The Green Funeral Home of Thief River Falls was in charge of the arrangements.
Ruben Levania Brawley was born on May 2, 1923 in Winona, MO, the son of Odes and Oma (Weaver) Brawley. He was
baptized in the Christian faith. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Holliday, Tx were he attended school and worked
in the oil fields.
Ruben was united in marriage to Angie Fulfer on July 18, 1943 in Walters, OK. The couple lived in Wichita Falls,
TX and Petrolia, Tx where Ruben continued to work in the oil fields. In 1968, they purchased a farm in Rollis township of
Marshall county. Ruben and Angie took up permanent residence there in 1972. Ruben farmed and was a diesel mechanic for McDonough
Construction in Grygla.
He thoroughly enjoyed ranching and working on equipment for his neighbors and friends, activities he continued
into his retirement years. He also enjoyed his cattle, talking ploitics and spending time with family and friends.
Ruben is survived by his wife, Angie of Garzke; four children, Evelyn (Dale) Rogers of Gatzke, Nancy (Ray) Holhenstein
of Valley View, TX, Glenda (Wally) Chaplinski of Middle River, and Rex "Butch" (Anne) Brawley of Burlington, ND; ten grandchildren;
two brothers, Richard Brawley of Brownwood, TX and George (Juanita) Brawley of Mena, AR; three sisters, Eulah Collier of Valley
View, TX, Erma Harris of Gatzke and Martha Graf of Fosston; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one son, Henry "Bo" Brawley; his parents; and one sister, Jenny Dearman.
Submitted by Vanessa DeShazer