Rita M. Bruss

Rita M. Bruss, nee Lehman, 96, of Swansea, IL, born Monday, January 12, 1925, in Belleville, IL, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021; at Mar-Ka Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL.

Rita was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and recently a great-great-grandmother. She was a member of St. Augustine of Canterbury in Belleville, IL and she volunteered in the past at their Friday night bingo. She worked at K & B Mini Mart and sold Tupperware. She was a volunteer in out-patient surgery at Memorial Hospital in Belleville for 8 years and enjoyed dancing at the USO.

She was preceded in death by her:

• Husband, Kenneth Bruss
• Parents, Joseph and Ida, nee Benedick, Lehman
• Sisters:
  • Christina Lehr
  • Dorothy Daubach
• Brothers:
  • Joseph Lehman
  • Paul Lehman
  • James Lehman
  • Theodore Lehman

Surviving are her:

• Children:
  • Robert Bruss of Belleville, IL
  • Carol (John) Byrne of Seguin, TX
  • Bonnie (Scott) Hettenhausen of Belleville, IL
• Sister, Virginia Bollinger of Belleville, IL
• Sister-in-law, Marilyn Lehman of Swansea, IL
• Grandchildren:
  • Krysten (John) Bailey
  • Monyca (Chris) Uecker
  • Bruce (Sunny) Byrne
  • Jeffrey Bruss
  • Robby Bruss,
  • Ashley Hettenhausen
  • Nicole Hettenhausen
• Great-Grandchildren:
  • Dustin (Lucia) Byrne
  • Patrick Byrne
  • Kelsey Byrne
  • Luke Uecker
  • Allison Uecker
  • Will Uecker
  • Ronan Byrne
  • Maeve Byrne
• Great-Great-Grandson, Westyn Byrne-Haseloff

A special thanks to the care givers at Garden Place of Millstadt, IL and Mar-Ka Nursing Home of Mascoutah, IL.

Memorials: Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois, St. Augustine of Canterbury in Belleville, or St. Matthew United Methodist Church.

Visitation: Visitation from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Friday, April 16, 2021, at Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville, Illinois. and from 9:30 – 10:00am, Saturday April 17th, 2021 at St. Augustine of Canterbury in Belleville.

Funeral: Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am, Saturday, April 17, 2021, at St. Augustine of Canterbury-Belleville, with Msgr. Bill McGhee officiating. Interment will follow at Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, IL.