PAULINE PHIPPS BRAMMER
PAULINE BRAMMER WAS BORN MAY 7, 1913 TO ALICE AND CHARLES PHIPPS AND WAS RAISED IN A RELIGIOUS FAMILY AND SHE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST INTO HER LIFE AT A VERY EARLY AGE AND CONTINUED HER FAITHFUL SERVICE ALL OF HER LIFE.
PAULINE MARRIED RALPH BRAMMER ON AUGUST 14, 1930 AT THE AGE OF 17. THEY SAY OPPOSITES ATTRACT; PAULINE WAS VERY SHY AND WAS HAPPY JUST STAYING HOME WHILE RALPH WAS VERY OUTGOING AND LIKED TO ATTEND MANY ACTIVITIES AND BELONG TO A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS. IT MUST HAVE WORKED AS THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 77 YEARS. AS PAULINE AND RALPH WERE FARMERS, THEY MOVED MANY TIMES. NEVER QUESTIONING RALPH, PAULINE WOULD PACK UP THEIR BELONGINGS AND GO TO THE NEXT PLACE. THE HOUSE WASN’T ALWAYS THE BEST ONLY THE LAY OF THE LAND WAS IMPORTANT. AGAIN, PAULINE MADE THE BEST, OF THE CONDITIONS AND NEVER COMPLAINED. AFTER 17 YEARS OF OF MARRIAGE AND A LOT OF PRAYER, HER ONLY DAUGHTER, JUDY ANN, WAS BORN AUGUST 15, 1947. IT TOOK SOME ADJUSTMENTS BUT PAULINE AND JUDY GREW VERY CLOSE AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR HER DAUGHTER. SHE ALSO MADE SURE JUDY WAS RAISED IN CHURCH, KEEPING THE PROMISE THAT RALPH MADE WITH GOD.
PAULINE WORKED VERY HARD ALONG SIDE RALPH, OPENING GATES, CHORING, WORKING IN THE FIELD AND COOKING FOR HER FAMILY AND ALL THE HIRED MEN RALPH HAD OVER THE YEARS. IT ALSO INCLUDED ANYONE PASSING BY WHO NEEDED A MEAL AND A PLACE TO STAY ENVEN IF IT WAS IN THE BARN. NO ONE WENT HUNGRY, NOT AS LONG AS PAULINE WAS AROUND.
PAULINE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HER NOODLES AND PUMPKIN PIE WHICH WAS HALF THE FUN OF PUTTING UP SILAGE FOR THE VER SO FAITHFUL NEIGHBORS. HER GRANDDAUGHTER, TRACY, WAS HER FAITHFUL HELPER AND IT WAS GRANDMA WHO TAUGHT HER HOW TO COOK MANY GOOD DISHES THAT HAD NO RECIPE. PAULINE ENJOYED HER GRANDCHILDREN ADN WAS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR GROWING UP. PAULINE WENT TO BE WITH HER LORD AND SAVIOR ON JANUARY 18,2009.
LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORY IS HER DAUGHTER JUDY STEWART; GRANDSON RUSSELL AND WIFE JACKIE; GRANDDAUGHTER, TRACY; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, TRENT, HALLIE, MEGANN AND KYLER AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WERE HER PARENTS; HUSBAND, RALPH; SISTERS, MADGE (JOHN) LEAR, LEONA (PAUL) BRUNER, LUCINDA (LEMON) PATRICK AND PEARL (HOWARD) JONES AND A BROTHER, CLAIR (CECIL) PHIPPS.
SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN MOUNT AYR ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2009 WITH REV. ORVAL “BUTCH” BLACK OFFICIATING.
CASKETBEARERS WERE: RUSSELL STEWART, JACKIE STEWART, TRACY STEWART, SHARON BOWEN, DONALD STEPHENS AND BILL QUICK.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE: KYLER STEWART, HALLEE STEWART, TRENT STEWART, KEITH LEAR, JOE PATRICK AND CHARLES PATRICK.
PAULINE WAS LAID TO REST IN THE ROSE HILL CEMETERY IN MOUNT AYR, IA
