MALTA-Harvey
Bruckner, 88, of Malta, MT, went to be with his Lord and Savior
on Dec. 18, 2011, at the Hi-Line Center. Funeral service will be 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, December 20, at the Elim Lutheran Brethren Church in Malta. The family will receive friends at the Kirkwood Funeral Home at 7:00 P.M. Monday. Interment with Military Honors will be in the Malta Cemetery following the services. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Kirkwood Funeral Home of Malta is in charge of arrangements.
He was born Oct. 18, 1923, to John and Ida Bruckner at their farm home in the Harb Community. He attended West Harb School and graduated from Malta High School. At age 19, he enlisted in the Navy on the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. He served in the Pacific Front as a master electrician on a Patrol Craft Sweeper, the USS Dutton, until the end of World War II. His ship survived a Kamikaze attack in May of 1945.
Upon his return to Malta, he began a fulfilling career as a farmer and rancher. He first worked for Mr. Byrum in the Harb Community and then purchased the farm from him. He married Elvera Tillman at the Malta Community Church in September of 1948, and they and their five children were very active in the church and community. He was known for his sense of humor and his love of children. One of his great joys was teaching children in Sunday school. He and Elvera enjoyed traveling to visit friends and relatives as well as missionaries whom they supported around the world. Their generosity and encouragement touched many lives.
Eva Solberg helped care for her dear friend Elvera who went to be with the Lord in 2008. Harvey was also preceded in death by his parents, infant sister Lorraine, sister, Muriel Brewer and brothers, Raymond and Laurin.
Harvey married Eva Solberg in February 2009.
He will be truly missed by his family and friends who are blessed and thankful for his life and his example as a father, husband, friend and neighbor.
Survivors include his wife, Eva; children Paul (Nellie) of Billings, Ruth (Dave) Challener of Raleigh, N.C., Mark (Nanie) of Malta, Carol (Charles) Tomes of Green Bay, WI., Tim (Vivian) of Malta; brothers Lee (Lila) of Nashville, TN, Evert (Joanne) of Redlands, CA, and Glenn (Lois) of Malta; brothers-in-law Dan Brewer of Las Gatos, CA. and Donald Tillman of Tampa, FL; sisters-in-law Mary Ellen Bruckner of Billings, Eleanor Hambly of Clinton, TN., 11 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Guest Book
From: Gail Hendrckson Baldridge
Eva, my condolences to you and the Bruckner family. Thank you, Lord, for taking Harvey to a much better place than where he's been for the last several years.
From: Shirley Oscarson Wood
Dear Bruckner Family,
My prayers are with you now and in the days ahead. I remember so fondly your family in church over the years.
May your husband, father, uncle, grandfather of blessed memory live on in your thoughts and lives.
With Sympathy and gratefulness for the life of Harvey Bruckner.
From: Shirley Oscarson Wood
Dear Bruckner Family,
My deepest sympathy to all of you upon the death of you husband, father, and grandfather. I remember your family so fondly and know that your loved one of blessed memory will live on in your hearts and lives.
Prayers for all of you,
Shirley Oscarson Wood
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