Oscar Earl Brandenburg

Oscar Earl Brandenburg, 92, of Mishawaka, passed away Sunday morning, June 24, 2012, at Bremen Health Care in Bremen. Oscar was born December 31, 1919 in Kosciusko County to the late Melvin Roy and Mary Alice (Shirk) Brandenburg. He grew up in the Warsaw area. On August 19, 1941 in Warsaw, he married Lillian J. Barth. They moved to South Bend in 1943, to Mishawaka in 1999 and to Bremen Health Care in 2001. Lillian passed away earlier this year on May 1, 2012. Oscar was a kind, honest and loving man who was dedicated to his family. Oscar retired from Jackson High School where he worked as the heating engineer. In later years Oscar and Lillian enjoyed ball room dancing. He enjoyed playing golf and dancing with his friends at the Moose Lodge in South Bend. Oscar’s surviving family includes his two children; Michael Brandenburg and Arletha “Sam” (Philip) Gleissner; four grandchildren, Laura (Jamie) Johnston, Michelle (James) Shelley, Eric Gleissner and Susan Gleissner; eight great grandchildren, Amanda Ludwick, Brandon Johnston, Steven Tracey, Andrew Tracey, Nicole Shelley, Guy Shelley, Rosalin Shelley and Ethan Gleissner; two great-great grandchildren, Aiden and Kolten Ludwick. Oscar was preceded in death by his loving wife of 71 years and a sister that died in a horse and buggy accident six months before he was born. Services honoring Oscar’s life will be held Wednesday at 11 am in Goethals & Wells Funeral Home, 503 W. 3rd Street, Mishawaka, with Pastor Neil Wonnacott officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may spend time with Oscar’s family Wednesday from 10 - 11 am in the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the St. Vincent DePaul Society - Queen of Peace Church, 4508 Vistula Road, Mishawaka, IN 46544. Assistance with memorials is available at the funeral home. An online guest book with the ability to share memories and condolences with Oscar’s family is available at www.goethalswells.com.