Richard L. Brusky

Richard Lloyd Brusky, 95, passed away peacefully on Sunday afternoon December 28, 2025 at the Enclave of Newell Creek, Mentor Ohio.

Richard was born on February 11, 1930, son of the late John P. Brusky Sr. and Angeline E. Brusky (nee Nenning), in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Richard was the seventh child of seventeen children.

Richard worked on family farms, and then served briefly in the Army Nation Guard, and transferred to the United States Navy where he served during the Korean War as a Boiler Technician second class. He saw action in the Pacific theater, and then his destroyer was on a world goodwill tour with the fleet. He saw many countries and he and other shipmates were seen by Pope Pius XII in Rome. After the war he moved to Avon Lake where he married his wife Eleanor E. Brusky (nee Lyman). Richard worked as a Stationary Engineer for the Carling Brewing Company in Cleveland for 19 years. When the Carling brewery closed, he worked at the Diamond Shamrock Tower in Cleveland followed by the International Salt Company in Cleveland working their HVAC systems. He worked for six years at the Ford Motor Company Avon Lake van plant powerhouse and waste treatment, followed by General Motors at the New Departure Hyatt Bearing plant in Sandusky, also working waste water treatment plant. Richard was always active in the Knights of Columbus, Father Regan Council in Avon as a Third Degree Knight and at Saint Joseph Church in Avon Lake. Richard was active in Scouting, first as a WEBELOS Den leader, then as Cubmaster, and finally and up to his retirement Scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts of America. Many Eagle Scouts have Richard to thank.

After retirement he and Eleanor relocated to Cambridge, Ohio where Richard was very active in his church, Christ Our Light Parish, as a lector and Lay Eucharistic Minister. Both Richard and his wife travelled extensively throughout the United States and Canada after his retirement, visiting most of the states and many provinces. He loved to paint and spent many hours working on his large property in Cambridge or in his workshop building many things.

Richard is survived by his sons Brian (JoAnn), Michael (Rebecca), Allen (Denise) and Joseph Brusky. He is also survived by brothers Raymond (Darlene) and Howard Brusky, and a sister Carol Miller. He is survived by grandchildren: Jennette Simpson (nee Brusky), Nicolas Brusky, Grant Brusky, Benjamin Brusky, Melanie Baker (nee Brusky), Keith Marsh, Chad Marsh, Todd Marsh, Emily Kirkvold, Naomi Kirkvold, Brianna Barrett (nee Boslett), Abigayle Boslett, and Mary Kate Stuck (nee Boslett) along with eleven great-grandchildren.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Eleanor Brusky (nee Lyman) his son Bernard Brusky, his half-brothers; Aloys, Clarence, Clemence, and John Brusky Jr. (also called Bernard). brothers; William, Harold, Robert, John Jr., and Kenneth Brusky, sisters; Mary Ann Brusky, Ardele Osterbrink, Patricia Shirbroun and Shirley VanDerLeest.

Visitation will be held at McMahon-Coyne-Vitantonio Funeral Home, 6330 Center Street, Mentor, Ohio on Friday January 2, 2025 from 1 to 3 p.m. and again from 4 to 6 p.m.. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday at noon on January 3, 2025, at Divine Word Catholic Church, 8100 Eagle Mills Road, Kirtland, Ohio. The Rev. David Woost will officiate.

Richard will be transported following Mass to Cambridge Ohio. Catholic services will be held at Christ Our Light Catholic Church 701 Gomber Ave, Cambridge, Ohio, Monday January 5, 2025 at 11 A.M. The Rev. Nicholas Ginnetti, will officiate. Following services there, he will be interred with his wife Eleanor at St. Benedict Mount Calvary Cemetery, 6202 Glenn Hwy, Cambridge, Ohio.

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