Edward "Ed" L. Bromeling

Edward “Ed” L. Bromeling, 78 year old resident of Long Prairie, MN passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the Long Prairie Memorial Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the First Baptist Church in Long Prairie with Rev. Andrew Brown officiating. Burial will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery north of Little Falls. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 PM on Monday, December 12th at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the church. Military Rites will be conducted by the Long Prairie American Legion Post #12 and the VFW Post #1140. Edward “Ed” L. Bromeling was born on October 8,1933, in Eagle Lake, Minnesota to the late Lorin and Dorothy (Brooks) Bromeling. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school. Following his schooling, Ed worked with his father on the family farm, until he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1956-1959. He was united in marriage to Marlene (Mollenhauer) on October 17,1959. The couple farmed with his parents in the Blue Earth County, raising and showing Registered Milking Shorthorns, until moving to Long Prairie, MN in 1974. Ed sold seed corn and was also a 4-H Leader for about 30 years, he loved doing both. and he was very active in 4- H with his children. He worked for Todd County for 1 year when he decided to farm full time. After semi-retiring he went to work for his brother at the Whole Farm Coop, were he loved to go and visit. Ed enjoyed farming and spending time with his children, grand children, great grand children. He loved playing cards and visiting with all his buddies in town, especially at the feed store. Ed always had a joke to tell and would always give anyone a helping hand. He was a very kind hearted man and will be dearly missed by all who knew him. He especially will be missed by his two youngest grand children, who spent a lot of time with him telling stories or just watching grandpa's favorite baseball team, the Twins. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Marlene; sons, Lorin (Judy) Bromeling of South Dakota, Lloyd (Kathy) Bromeling of Illinois; daughters, Donna Wener and special friend, Bill of Burtrum, MN, Debbie (Val) Pachulla of Little Falls, MN Danica Bromeling of Little Falls, MN and Denise (Byron) Gill of Swanville, MN; brother, Robert ( Karen) Bromeling of Browerville, MN; sisters, Alice (Jim) Waite of Big Lake, MN and Diane (Gary) Lindenfelser of North Dakota; 18 grand children, 4 great- grandchildren and sister-in-law, Raberta Bromeling of Bertha, MN. Ed was preceded in death by his daughter, Dawn in 1964; parents, Lorin & Dorothy Bromeling; brother, Warren Bromeling. Pallbearers will be Trevor Zastro, Walley Zastro, Kevin Delsing, John Petron, Bob Tesch and John Johnson.

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Edward "Ed" L. Bromeling

October 8, 1933 - December 7, 2011