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Sula Bruins

March 31, 1944-Sept. 23, 2017

Sula May Bruins, 73,

Minot and formerly of

Donnybrook, died on Sa-

turday, September 23,

2017, in a Minot hospital

from complications relat-

ed to cancer with her lov-

ing family at her side.

Sula was born on

March 31, 1944, in Ken-

mare, ND to Otto and Leo-

na (Cline) Scharbow. She

was reared and educated

in Donnybrook, graduated

from Donnybrook High

School in 1962 and re-

ceived specialized train-

ing in accounting at the

Minot Business College.

As a young adult she was

employed as a bookkeeper

at Ace Hardware.

Sula married Leo

Bruins on May 23, 1964,

in Minot. They made

their home in Fargo brief-

ly before returning to

Minot later in the year.

Sula was employed as a

bookkeeper at TBA, Home

of Economy,

Northwestern Equipment

and Minot Feed Center

prior to finishing her

career at St. Joseph’s and

Trinity Hospitals from

1980 until 2009.

Sula attended Our

Redeemers Church in

Minot and was a member

of the Minot Trail Riders

organization and the

Ward County Dive and

Rescue Team. Also, she

was a 4-H leader in her

younger years. She espe-

cially enjoyed bowling,

sewing and volunteer

work.

Sula’s loving family in-

cludes: her husband of 53

years: Leo; children: Elise

(Sean) Harron of Kingman

AZ, Clinton (Paige) Bruins

of Florence AZ, Lana

(Dan) Clouser of Bethesda

MD and Darla (Alan) Ho-

ward of Cando; eight

grandchildren: Tana Meis-

ter, Bennett Rowell, Sa-

mantha and Nanami

Clouser, Payton, Grant

and Garrett Howard, and

Wyatt Roberts; two

great-grandchildren:

Teagan and Titus Bil-

lirakis; siblings: Elvina

Rockeman of Minot and

Linda (Ira) Scherrer of

Bellevue WA and several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Sula was preceded in

death by: her parents,

brother-in-law Howard

Rockeman, and grandson,

Tanner Rowell.

Celebration of the Life

of Sula Bruins: Wednes-

day, September 27, 2017

at 1:00 p.m. in Our Redee-

mers Church, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Cemetery,

Minot.

Visitation: Tuesday

from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00

p.m. in Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to Our Redeemers Church

or an organization of the

donor’s choice.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories and

condolences are invited to

use the expressions of

sympathy section at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.