Marita Bruning, age 87, of Breda, Iowa, died Sunday, March 10, 2024, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2024 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Breda. The Celebrant will be Fr. Terry Roder. Mass Servers will be Owen Masching, and Morgan Masching. Music will be by Marilyn Hundling and the St. Bernards Choir with Jeffrey Bruning as soloist. Lectors will be Addison Eischeid and Kaleb Bruning. Gift Bearers will be Zoe Bruning, Hayden Eischeid and Hudson Eischeid, McKinlee Bruning, Melodee Bruning, Evander Bruning, Avery Herbolsheimer. Eucharistic Minister will be Mary Snyder. Casket Bearers will be Marita’s grandchildren: Jonathon Bruning, Eric Bruning, Jeffrey Bruning, Justin Bruning, Zachary Bruning, Ali Eischeid and John Herbolsheimer. Burial will be in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Breda. The Carroll Catholic Daughters of the America’s and Breda American Legion Auxiliary will form an honor guard for the funeral mass.

Visitation will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, at St. Bernard’s Church in Breda. A rosary will be prayed at 6:30. Additional viewing will be held from 9:30-10:15 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll, and online condolences may be left for Marita’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.

Marita was born October 11, 1936 at Carroll, the daughter of Leo and Florence (Mueggenberg) Nieland. She graduated from St. Bernard High School in 1954 and on Sept. 1, 1956 married Delmar Bruning at St. Bernard’s Church in Breda. She became employed at Kuker Clinic in Carroll until Delmar needed her assistance as bookkeeper at Delmar’s Standard Service in Breda. In 1982 she became co-owner of Breda Country Store and will always be remembered for her infamous long john’s, breakfast boats and desserts of every kind as Marita loved to bake. In 2003 she sold the store and worked part-time at the Breda Golf course for many years. She enjoyed playing cards, golfing, and socializing. However, her love for her family took precedence over everything.

She was a member of St. Bernard Parish, Breda Catholic Order of Foresters, and St. Bernard Ladies Guild, American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include her children: Dean and his wife Bev of Breda, Mary Jo Schettler and her husband Ken of Breda, and Dan and his wife Cindy of Lake View, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Dona Mae Neu of Rocklin, Calif. and many nieces and nephews.

Marita was preceded in death by her spouse, Delmar Bruning who died in 2010, her parents Leo and Florence Nieland, mother-in-law and father-in-law Lawrence and Laura Bruning; siblings: Norman (Gladys) Nieland, Melvin (Donita) Nieland, Leo (Dorothy) Nieland, and brother-in-law, Jerome Neu.