Urban Francis DeBruin

Male 1923 - 2003  (80 years)


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  • Name Urban Francis DeBruin 
    Born 12 May 1923  Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Graduation 1941  St John High School, Little Chute Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 03 Jun 2003  Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Highland Memorial Park, Appleton, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13403  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2007 

    Father William Peter DeBruin,   b. 10 Mar 1891, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1933, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Catherine Helen Vosters,   b. 07 Jan 1894, Town of Vandenbroek, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 May 1926, Town of Vandenbroek, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 08 Jun 1914  St John Nepomucene Church, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1363  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rita Joan Verstegen,   b. 12 Apr 1925, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 2020  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1946  St John Nepomucene Church, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Jane DeBruin
     2. Kenneth John DeBruin,   b. 30 Sep 1948, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 2006  (Age 57 years)
     3. Leo Urban DeBruin
     4. Janet Margaret DeBruin
     5. Roy Benedict DeBruin
     6. Glen William DeBruin
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F10826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    St John High School Yearbook 1941
    St John High School Yearbook 1941

  • Notes 
    • Appleton Post-Crescent June 5, 2003

      DeBruin, Urban F. Kimberly Age 80, passed away at his home on Tuesday, June 3, 2003. He was born in Little Chute on May 12, 1923, son of the late William and Catherine (Vosters) DeBruin. On August 27, 1946, he married Rita Verstegen at St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute. He retired from Combined Locks Paper Mill in 1985 after working 44 years as a machinist. Urban loved to make things and enjoyed working with wood. He was able to fix just about anything and was always willing to help anyone. Urban was an avid fisherman and particularly loved fishing for Northern in Wisconsin Lakes. He was a wonderful, caring husband and father and his grandchildren were his pride and joy. Urban is survived by his wife Rita, six children: Nancy (Kenneth) Geiger of Appleton, Kenneth (Pat) DeBruin of Combined Locks, Leo (Fran) DeBruin of Combined Locks, Janet (James) Burwitz of Appleton, Roy (Debra) DeBruin of Freedom, Glen (Amy) DeBruin of Combined Locks; 15 grandchildren: Ann, Mike, Jeff, Greg (Mollie), Jennifer, Terrie (Jeff), Kristina, Ben, Kate, Andy, Adam, Jessica, Dan, Melissa and Kevin; five great grandchildren; sister, Ceil Nelessen of Little Chute; and a sister-in-law, Marie DeBruin. Urban is preceded in death by his parents, three brothers: Antone, Bernard (Margaret) and Quintin (Johanna); two sisters, Betty (Urban) Nelessen and Jeanette (Ben) Hoersch; brother-in-law, Clarence Nelessen; and two grandchildren: Curt DeBruin and Joshua Burwitz. The funeral liturgy will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2003, at HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH, 600 East Kimberly Avenue, Kimberly, with Fr. Thomas Pomeroy officiating. Friends will be received at Jansen Fargo Funeral Home on Friday, June 6, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. and at the funeral home on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.. Entombment will be at Appleton Highland Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund in Urban's name is being established. Jansen Fargo Funeral Home 204 East Kimberly Avenue Kimberly 788-6202