Ida Mae Brunemeier

BRUNEMEIER, Ida May, 90. Widow of Arthur P. Brunemeier. Celebration of her life memorial service on Thursday, Dec. 30, 10 a.m., Kibbey Fishburn Funeral Home. Inurnment Berthoud Greenlawn Cemetery. Reception to follow at First Methodist Church in Mead. Memorial contributions to Mead First Methodist Church.

Publish date: 12/27/2010

 

Ida MayBRUNEMEIER , 90, went through the valley of the shadow of death with her good Shepherd on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Philip Brunemeier; her brother Cecil Beckner and his wife Wilma; two grandsons, Philip Brunemeier and Loren Philip Tangbakken.

She is survived by four children, James A. Brunemeier (Beverly), Gerald A. Brunemeier (Wanda), John P. Brunemeier (Gail) and Betty Tangbakken (Harold).

She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Lynn Brunemeier (Thelma), Lorna Cave (Tom), Angela Hamm (Brett), Kris Struwe (Charlie), Jerod Brunemeier, John Brunemeier and Rachelle Ludwig (John); and nine great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Jean Messinger wrote of Ida May in her book, “Same War Different Battlefields,” inspiring stories from civilians impacted by World War II.

“We can only regret the passing of the kind of lady Ida May Brunemeier represents. ... Today, the Ida Mays of the world are stereotypical grandmother figures. Although not many attend exercise classes at age eight-eight, like Ida May does. Their image is quite different from the young grandmothers of today who run their own businesses, are lawyers, CEOs and public media personalities, who don’t mend socks or make strawberry jam. Making the family’s clothes, canning, raising and processing vegetables, beef, chicken, and pork for home consumption, nursing children through sickness, doing laundry in a wringer washer or on a washboard (with no running water), baking bread daily — are tasks unknown to most of today’s housewives and mothers. ... At the same time Ida May is no anonymous matriarch living a quiet retirement; she has her own claim to celebrity. ... Ida was recognized as the baker who introduced the now world-famous cinnamon rolls at Johnson’s Corner on I-25.”

Our mother and friend, Ida May, chose to serve rather than be served. She was an ordinary person who, by God’s grace, chose to live an extra-ordinary life. We encourage all who have been touched by her kindness to be kind to another.

A visitation with family present will be at the Kibbey Fishburn Funeral Home in Loveland on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, 4-6 p.m.

A celebration of Ida May’s life will be on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, at 10 a.m. at the Kibbey Fishburn Funeral Home, 1102 Lincoln Ave., Loveland, Colo.

Memorial contributions in Ida May’s memory may be made to the Mead United Methodist Church, 511 Palmer Ave., Mead, CO 80542.

This page was updated on June 10, 2011