Dennis Braun
SLEEPY?EYE – Dennis Braun, age 81, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on January 14, 2016, at Sleepy Eye Care Center.
Private services will be held at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye.
Interment will be at the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Sleepy Eye, MN at a later date.
Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye, MN.
On line condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com.
Dennis W. Braun was born April, 19, 1934, in Stark Township to Aloys and Loretta (Hoffmann) Braun. He was one of six children. He grew up on the family farm and attended school until the ninth grade. He had a passion for flying, and he managed to get his pilot’s license with the help of his mother at the tender age of 16. He married his teenage sweetheart LaNette Haas on 8/30/1954, at St. Mary’s Church in Sleepy Eye. They met when they were just 15 years of age. Their wedding reception was the first to be hosted by the Orchid Inn in Sleepy Eye. They took a two-week honeymoon and were on the original Braun farm ever since. Together they raised three children Steve Braun (Lynette Helget), Dean Braun (Sherri Kresbach) and Colleen Braun (Thomas Goeritz). Dennis and LaNette shared a love of flying and enjoyed many hours attending flight breakfasts and a few trips to airshows such as Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They also enjoyed snowmobiling with family and friends and hosting the Annual Braun Pork Chop and Turtle Feed. Dennis was a farmer. He worked at the New Ulm Airport recovering airplanes. He trucked for Braun Oil and Kral’s Trucking until his retirement about ten years ago. Dennis was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather brother and friend. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survivors include his wife, LaNette of Sleepy Eye; children, Steve Braun (Lynette Helget) of Sleepy Eye, Dean Braun (Sherri Kresbach) of Sleepy Eye and Colleen Braun (Thomas Goeritz) of Saint James; 9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brother, Linus (Lois) Braun; sister, Jen Berberich; and sister-in-law, Sylvia Braun all of Sleepy Eye.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Victor (Eileen Schumacher) Braun, Wendelin (Delrose Berberich) Braun, and Melvin Braun.