Dale M. BRUNING

BRUNING Dale M. Dale M. Bruning, age 84, of Pemberville, OH, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2011, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH. On April 15, 1927, he was born to Lawrence and Elsie (Holtmeyer) Bruning in Pemberville, OH. He married Elizabeth Ann (Griffith) Grieser Bruning on August 4, 2001, in Pemberville, OH and she survives. Dale was a 1945 graduate of Pemberville High School and continued his education at BGSU graduating in 1950 with a B.S. in Education, Major in Social Studies with emphasis on History and Minor's in English and Health and Physical Education. In 1956 he received his Master of Arts Degree in History after which he had 30 hours of graduate credits beyond the M.A. He was the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Scholar - 1967 which was the first group at BGSU. Dale was also involved with the American Legion Scholarship to Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge in 1974 through Samford University, Samford, AL. From 1956 - 1959 Dale was employed as a History teacher and head basketball coach at Montgomery Local High School in Wayne, OH, 1960 was the first head basketball coach at Elmwood High School and in 1965 basketball coach at Eastwood High School for 21 years. After 35 years of teaching Dale retired in 1985. As a basketball coach he received many awards: Wood County Class A Coach of the Year 1958-1959, Wood County Class AA Coach of the Year 1960-1961, Wood County Class AA Coach of the Year 1963-1964, Northern Lakes League Coach of the Year 1964, Wood County Class AA Coach of the Year 1965-1966, Northern Lakes League Coach of the Year 1966-1967, named to the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in October 1971 and had a basketball coaching record of 278 wins to 102 losses. Dale was the researcher for the Pemberville Public Library and Pemberville Freedom Area Historical Society from June 2000 until the present and enjoyed telling the history of Pemberville to several organizations, identified and documented all the houses in Pemberville, digitization of local history records at the Pemberville Library, January-June 2001 was Foreman of the Wood County Grand Jury, 2005 Pemberville's Outstanding Citizen and gave several Memorial Day and Veteran's Day Addresses. In 2005 he represented the Mayor of Pemberville, James Opelt in Honor of the Friendship between Roedinghausen, Germany and Pemberville, OH, which are Sister Cities. Dale's memberships included: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pemberville, OH where he was past President of the congregation, Chairman of the 150 church anniversary celebration, Pemberville American Legion Freedom Post #183, Past Master of Pemberville Masonic Lodge # 516 F&AM, Pemberville and Wood County Historical Society, Friends of the Pemberville Library, Wood County Retired Teachers Association and Bowling Green State University Falcon Club. Dale was an honorably discharged Army Veteran serving during WWII in the Technical Sergeant Army Security Agency in Europe. Surviving Dale is his wife: Elizabeth Ann Bruning; daughters: Sue (Thomas) Carson of Charlotte, NC, Carol (George) Kidman of Tarpon Springs, FL, Jill Campbell of Hilliard, OH; step son: Michael (Janice) Grieser of Bowling Green, OH; brother: Robert (Joanne) Bruning of Pemberville, OH; nephew: Tom (Katie) Bruning; niece: Lisa (Rick) Meyer; nephew: Jerry Bruning; nephew: David (Vickie) Bruning, all of Pemberville, OH; niece: Karen (Ron) Risch of Oak Harbor, OH; 4 grandchildren; 2 step grandchildren and 2 step great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents: Lawrence and Elsie Bruning; first wife: Betty Lou (Claypool) Bruning and brother: Ronald Bruning. Friends and family will be received on Thursday, June 2, 2011, from 2-9 PM at the Marsh Funeral Home, 4094 State Route 105, Pemberville, OH, where a Pemberville Masonic Lodge # 516 F&AM service will be conducted at 9 PM. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, June 3, 2011, at 11 AM from Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pemberville, OH where there will be additional visitation from 10 AM until time of service. Officiating will be Rev. Matthew Musteric. Interment will be in Pemberville Cemetery, Pemberville, OH. There will be a bereavement luncheon served at the church immediately following the cemetery committal service. Considerations for memorial contributions are: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pemberville, OH or Pemberville Public Library. Those wishing to express a word of encouragement, share a memory or photo may do so at www.marshfuneralhomes.com