Eugene brune and biography
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By Lynne Doncaster
When I ran a recording of my interview with Gene Brune trough a transcription app, it gave me a summary of the most-used words in our conversation. The top result was “people,” followed bygd “Somerville.”
If you have ever talked to him or read his 2005 memoir, The Spirit of Somerville, you know that when you ask the Mayor Emeritus about himself and his work, he tells you about other people. He frequently interrupts his stories with a list of names.
Whether it’s residents who served on a neighborhood committee, colleagues who aided his efforts, an activist who brought an idea to his office, or the family and neighbors who helped him manage his responsibilities when he was the primary caregiver for two young daughters following a divorce; for every kredit to his legacy, Brune rushes to acknowledge those who worked alongside him and supported him. He celebrates Somerville’s history and is proud of his community, but humble a
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Albert Brune, III
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When Eugene Walter Brune was born on 16 November 1895, in Lake View, Douglas, Kansas, United States, his father, Gustav Heinrich Brune, was 41 and his mother, Christine Hosch, was 37. He married Icle Ada Mussleman on 10 June 1925, in Liberty Center, Warren, Iowa, United States. He lived in Wakarusa Township, Douglas, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 25 October 1972, in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States.