John Joseph DeBruin

Male 1948 - 2003  (55 years)


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  • Name John Joseph DeBruin 
    Born 09 May 1948  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Graduation 1966  St John High School, Little Chute Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 04 Dec 2003 
    Buried St John Cemetery, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • New/12/19
    Person ID I3891  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2011 

    Father Henry John DeBruin,   b. 01 Dec 1889, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1976, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Laura Marie Boser,   b. 13 Jan 1908, Town of Lawrence, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1972, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 28 Jul 1926  St John Nepomucene Church, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Donald DeBruin
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F1342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    St John High School Yearbook 1966
    St John High School Yearbook 1966

  • Notes 
    • Appleton Post Crescent

      Saturday, December 6, 2003

      John J. De Bruin
      "Bubbles"
      Little Chute

      Age 55, died Thursday, December 4, 2003 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 9, 1948 in Appleton; son of the Henry and Laura Boser De Bruin. John married Juanita R. Shuckhart December 4, 1971 at Holy Name Catholic Church, Kimberly. Mr. De Bruin was employed at Appleton Papers for 37 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served with the 7th infantry in South Korea. John was an avid fisherman, bowling and being with his wife, children and grandson.

      John is survived by his wife Juanita; three children, Don De Bruin and fiancee Carrie Golden, Kaukauna; Lorraine Ann [Steven] Haack and Mary Beth De Bruin, both of Little Chute; four grandchildren; brothers, Robert [Janice], Kaukauna; Gordon, Carter, Oklahoma; Lloyd and fiancee Janice Jansen, Little Chute; Harold [Carolyn], Pulcifer;
      Victor De Bruin and fiancee Jean Moser, Freedom; sisters, Dorothy Hawley, Seymour; Elaine [Casey] Van Cuyk, Combined Locks; Judy [Jim] Menting, Little Chute; Genevieve Van Schyndel, and Evelyn [Martin] Van Schyndel, both of Kaukauna; brothers in-law and sisters in-law, Mary Ann De Bruin, Luxemberg; Virgie De Bruin, Appleton; Harold Shuckhart, Kaukauna; Donald [Joan] Shuckhart, Forest Junction; Mary [Dale] Arnoldussen, Agnes [Dennis] Hietpas, Margaret [Gary] Hoehne and Glen Frank, all of Kaukauna; Jaunita Guyette and Marge Kuntsman, both of Kaukauna; Doris Hoertsch and Joyce Boerdman, both of Menasha; Leola Lodas, Crandon; Edith Becker, Oshkosh; Dorothy [Dan] Haring, Tomahawk; nieces, nephews, and friends.

      He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Lori Lee De Bruin-Haack, his parents, Henry and Laura De Bruin, mother and father in-law, Harold and Lorraine Shuckhart, brothers, Donald, Toby [Pat], Lee and Melvin De Bruin; sister, Clara [Roman] Simon; brothers and sisters in-law, Henry Van Schyndel, Chester Guyette, Marie Frank, Rosa Miller, Myrtle Hoks, Raymond Richard, Ernie and Robert Shuckhart.

      Funeral services will be held at 12 noon Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Holy Name Catholic Church, Kimberly with Rev. Msgr. James Vanden Hogen officiating. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery, Little Chute. Friends may call at the Verkuilen Funeral Home, Little Chute, from 4-8 p.m. Monday and at the church from 11 a.m. Tuesday until the time of mass. A memorial fund has been established.