Mr. Marvin O. Brenna This is Me

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1. 1. Obituaries (Proctor, Minnesota) 03-08-2000

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   Published on: 7/25/2001   Last Visited: 7/25/2001

   Marvin O. Brenna , Services were held earlier this week for Marvin O. Brenna. He died Fri. , Mar. 3 , 2000 in his Ugstad Rd. home. He was 81.
   
   A resident of Proctor for 61 years , Mr. Brenna was born in Eden Township , Gully , Minn.. He married Joyce Emberg in Proctor Sept. 8 , 1948. He was employed as a machinist with the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway for 32 years , retiring in 1972. Following his retirement , he operated Brenna's Home Repair for many years. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II , serving as a ball turret gunner on a B-17. He completed 25 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Oak Leaf Clusters. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Proctor , the International Association of Machinists , Proctor American Legion , Proctor Area Historical Society , DM&IR Veterans Association , the Eighth Air Force Historical Society and the 96th Bomb Group.
   
   He was preceded in death by his four brothers and a sister and his great-grandson Jack Swanson who died in January.
   
   Survivors include his wife Joyce , daughters Kristine Lyons of Moose Lake and Kathy Wolffe of Knife River , a son David ( Chris ) Brenna of Proctor , sisters Inez ( Andrew ) Gordon of Klamath Falls , Ore. , Gladys ( Philip ) Megordon of Palm Beach , Fla. , and Vivian ( Halvor ) Rijke of Gully , Minn. , grandchildren Chad ( Becky ) Brenna , Nicole ( Matt ) Swanson , Becky and Adam Wolffe , great-grandchildren Jessica Taylor , Ian Swanson and Cole Brenna.
   
   Service was held Monday in Immanuel Lutheran Church , Proctor , the Rev. Mark Osthus officiating.

2. 2. Obituaries (Proctor, Minnesota) 03-08-2000

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   Published on: 8/26/2002   Last Visited: 8/26/2002

   Marvin O. Brenna, Services were held earlier this week for Marvin O. Brenna. He died Fri., Mar. 3, 2000 in his Ugstad Rd. home. He was 81.
   
   A resident of Proctor for 61 years, Mr. Brenna was born in Eden Township, Gully, Minn. He married Joyce Emberg in Proctor Sept. 8, 1948. He was employed as a machinist with the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway for 32 years, retiring in 1972. Following his retirement, he operated Brenna's Home Repair for many years. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, serving as a ball turret gunner on a B-17. He completed 25 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Oak Leaf Clusters. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Proctor, the International Association of Machinists, Proctor American Legion, Proctor Area Historical Society, DM&IR Veterans Association, the Eighth Air Force Historical Society and the 96th Bomb Group.
   
   He was preceded in death by his four brothers and a sister and his great-grandson Jack Swanson who died in January.

3. 3. Obituaries (Duluth, Minnesota) 03-08-2000

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   Published on: 4/7/2001   Last Visited: 8/31/2001

   Marvin O. Brenna , 81 , of Duluth died Friday , March 3 , 2000 , in his home.
   
   Visitation was Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Bell Brothers Chapel. Services were Monday at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Proctor , with the Rev. Mark Osthus officiating. Interment was in Oneota Cemetery.
   
   Mr. Brenna was born in Eden Township , Gully , and had resided in Proctor for the past 61 years. He married Joyce Emberg in Proctor on Sept. 8 , 1948. He had been employed as a machinist with the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway for 32 years , retiring in 1972. Following his retirement , he operated Brenna's Home Repair for many years. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II , serving as ball turret gunner on a B-17. He completed 25 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Oak Leaf Clusters. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Proctor , the International Association of Machinists , Proctor American Legion , Proctor Area Historical Society , the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Veteran's Association , the Eighth Air Force Historical Society and the 96th Bomb Group.
   
   Marvin is survived by his wife , Joyce ; two daughters , Kristine Lyons of Moose Lake and Kathy Wolffe of Knife River ; one son , David Brenna and his wife , Chris , of Proctor ; three sisters , Inez Gordon and her husband , Andrew , of Klamath Falls , Ore. , Gladys Megordon and her husband , Philip , of Palm Beach , Fla. , and Vivian Rijke and her husband , Halvor , of Gully ; four grandchildren , Chad Brenna and his wife , Becky , Nicole Swanson and her husband , Mat , and Becky and Adam Wolffe ; and three great-grandchildren , Jessica Taylor , Ian Swanson and Cole Brenna.
   
   He was preceded in death by one great-grandson , Jack Swanson , who died in January ; four brothers ; and one sister.