Phyllis B. Bruns, age 84, of Maple Lake died Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Cottagewood Senior Communities Memory Care in Buffalo.  A special thank you to the staff at Cottagewood Senior Communities Memory Care and the Fairview Hospice Team.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at St. Timothy Catholic Church, Maple Lake with Fr. Samuel Medley and Deacon Ronald Freeman officiating.  Burial will follow at St. Timothy Catholic Cemetery, Maple Lake.  Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Maple Lake.  A prayer service will be held 7:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral chapel.

Phyllis Barbara Bruns was born July 7, 1930 in Glencoe, Minnesota to Phillip and Josephine (Gehlen) Bongaarts.  She grew up in Kimball and graduated from Kimball High School.  On August 30, 1950, she was united in marriage to Francis Martin Bruns in Kimball; he preceded her in death in 1987.  Phyllis worked in the office at the Rural Coop Power in Maple Lake and worked in the kitchen at both St. Timothy's Catholic School, Maple Lake and Maple Lake Elementary School.  She was a member of St. Timothy Catholic Church and Wright County Extension.  She also sang in the St. Timothy Choir and attended Bible Study at St. Timothy.  Phyllis enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening, shopping and spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her children & their spouses Thomas & Cherrie Bruns of Rockford, Marilyn & Brian Vetsch of Monticello, Kenneth & Renee Bruns of Maple Lake and Timothy & LuAnn Bruns of Maple Lake; nine grandchildren Jeremy, Nikolee, Bridget, Aaron, Amy, Jake, Angie, Brianna and Chad; 10 great grandchildren Drake, Macy, Lucy, Logan, Porter, Tyson, Grant, Tanner, Noah and Makenna; siblings & their spouses John & Judy Bongaarts of Delano, Mary Logeais of Annandale and Janice & Jim Dircks of Plymouth; and brothers-in-law Robert Kurkowski of Mankato, Joe Masberg of Kimball and Donald Bruns of Maple Lake.  She is preceded in death by her parents Phillip and Josephine Bongaarts; husband Francis Bruns; son Ralph; and sisters Beatrice Kurkowski and Bernice Masberg.

The pallbearers will be her grandchildren: Jeremy, Jake, Angie, Brianna and Chad Bruns, Nikolee Turner, Bridget Johnson, Aaron Vetsch and Amy Wetch.  Mike Miessen and Krista Elsenpeter Tarbox will provide the music for the service.  Arrangements are entrusted with Dingmann Funeral Care Burial & Cremation Services of Maple Lake.