BRAUER, Marie Louise

Marie Louise (Hahn) Brauer, was born March 6, 1920 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died the day before her 90th birthday, March 5, 2010, in Tucson, Arizona. Marie was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. (Sr); her parents, Josephine M. (John) Hahn and Philip J. Hahn; her brother, Edward Hahn and sisters-in-law: Anne, Eunice and Frances Brauer; her brother-in-law, Richard Karolzak. She is survived by her sister, Elizabeth A. Karolzak; her children, Elizabeth J. (Paul) Amstutz, Robert J. "Bob", Jr. and Lawrence E. (Valerie) Brauer; brother-in-law: John "Jack" (Dorothy) Brauer; her grandchildren, Lenore Amstutz, David, Matthew, Sarah, Alexander, Julie, Daniel and Lauren Brauer; nieces, Joanne Karolzak, Mary Brauer and Katie (Mark) Brandfonbrener; nephews, John (Christina) Karolzak, Joseph and Mike Brauer; cousins, Anita Heffernan, Delores Schendt, James and Helen Murphy, Margaret and Emmett Barder, Joanne Pardo, Helen and Fred Haunstein, Doris Conrad, Elenor Honigsberg, Wally Tennyson and many dear relatives and friends, especially the Hamm, John, Brah, Vogel, Amstutz, Ferraioli, Karolzak, Motzkin and Keller families. Marie had a wonderful life. She and Robert raised their family in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit (and Farmington) and Tucson. In Tucson, Marie fell in love with the desert and "her" Santa Catalina Mountains. Marie was a graduate of Divine Savior/Holy Angels Academy (Milwaukee, WI – 1938) and Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, WI – 1942). She and Robert were married on August 19, 1947 in Milwaukee, WI. During her life, Marie worked many jobs including being a stenographer for Nordburg Manufacturing Co. which lead to her doing other jobs in the plant during WWII (making torpedo and Liberty Ship parts) for which she was awarded a Medal of Merit by the US Maritime Authority. Marie was a teacher in Michigan and later a bookkeeper for Our Lady of Sorrows Parish (Farmington, MI) and then again with her husband Bob as they ventured west to Arizona. Even after the age of 70, Marie loved to be around people and held part time jobs in a local Christmas decoration store and Hallmark shop. Marie was a life long member of the Third Order of St. Francis and member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She was a member of St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church and a volunteer in the parish school. Over the years, Marie volunteered with Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Detroit), Our Lady of Sorrows Parish (Farmington, MI), St Rita's in the Desert (Vail, AZ), St. Pius X (Tucson) and her own parish, St. Cyril's (Tucson). She was also a volunteer for the Diocese of Tucson Liturgy Office and St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic. We would like to thank her doctors, the nurses and staff (ER, 5 East and 2 North) of St. Joseph's Hospital for their tender and outstanding care of our mother and family. We especially thank our friends and the many prayer circles throughout Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and the Midwest that supported her on the final journey home. We invite you to a celebration of her life. Visitation, Thursday evening, March 11, 2010 at 4:30 p.m., followed by a Rosary and Mass of Resurrection at 6:30 p.m. St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church, (4725 East Pima Street, Tucson, AZ). Interment will be at Holy Hope Cemetery, Tucson, AZ at 9:00 a.m. Friday, March 12, 2010 (3555 North Oracle Road, Tucson, Az.) Donations in Marie's memory may be made to St. Cyril's Catholic School, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic, Casa de los Ninos, Leader Dogs for the Blind (Rochester, MI) or the charity of your choice. Arrangements by BRING'S BROADWAY CHAPEL, 6910 E. Broadway. Published in the Tucson Newspapers on March 10, 2010