Submitted by: Dan Rich

Kathryn Grace Bralick

July 15, 1923 - April 26, 2000

South Bend Tribune 4/27/2000

Kathryn Grace Bralick, 76 years old, residing on Eastvue Drive in Osceola, passed away at 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday, April 26, 2000, at the Elkhart General Hospital. Mrs. Bralick was born on July 15, 1923, in Elkhart, IN, to the late Howard and Ruth (Leonard) Ernsberger. She has been a lifelong area resident.

On December 25, 1941, in Jimtown, she married Edward C. Bralick. Along with her husband of 58 years, Edward, survivors include one daughter, Jan and Bill VanKeuren of Osceola; two sons, Frank H. and Charlene Bralick of South Bend, and Steven R. and Jo Bralick of Great Falls, Montana; 8 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruth and Harry Stoner of Bristol, IN, and Mary Simper of Osceola; two brothers, twin brother Kenneth and Agnes Ernsberger of Oconto, WI, and Robert Ernsberger of Bristol. One daughter, Katheline; one sister, Edna Kaiser; and 4 brothers, Patrick, William, Harold and Howard Ernsberger, all preceded in death.

Mrs. Bralick retired from the Penn-Harris-Madison School District as a cook for many years. She was a member of the Osceola United Methodist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary of Osceola.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, April 29, 2000, at the Palmer Funeral Home, 1109 Lincoln Way West, Osceola. Rev. Brian L. Beeks, pastor of the Osceola United Methodist Church, will officiate. Graveside services and burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Osceola. Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. on Friday, April 28, at the Palmer Funeral Home in Osceola. Contributions in memory of Kathryn Grace Bralick may be donated to The Alzheimer's Association, 425 N. Michigan Street, South Bend, IN 46601.