Rock Island, IL
Dec. 8, 2018
Mary Brust
MOLINE — Mary Helen Brust, known at Sacred Heart Church as the “candle lady,” passed peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 7, 2018, a few weeks shy of her 103rd birthday.
She was born Nov. 2, 1915, in Brooklyn, Iowa. She was the fourth of 12 children born to Joseph Bauwens and Maria Louise Van Lancker. She married Willie Brust on Sept. 2, 1939.
They owned and operated Brust Sundries for five years. He passed away suddenly Oct. 28, 1970. They had four children, eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Ministry in the church was her passion and her mission. She received the PDCCW volunteer award from the Peoria Diocese in 1996. She was grateful to help in any way possible: greeter, reader and Eucharistic minister since the 1960s; embroidered hundreds if not thousands of Baptismal gowns; cleaned the church quarterly, worked on the rummage sale, helped out in the parish office, and was a member of Sacred Heart’s Altar & Rosary Society since the 1950s.
She moved to San Diego in 2016 to live with her daughter. She leaves behind numerous friends and relatives.
Funeral services will be Dec. 12, at 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Moline. A luncheon will follow the service in Culeman’s Hall next to the church.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Sacred Heart Altar & Rosary Society candle fund, Lee Parish Center, 1608 13th Street, Moline, IL 61265.
Burial will be at St Mary’s Cemetery in East Moline.
Rock Island, IL
Dec. 8, 2018
Mary Brust
MOLINE — Mary Helen Brust, known at Sacred Heart Church as the “candle lady,” passed peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 7, 2018, a few weeks shy of her 103rd birthday.
She was born Nov. 2, 1915, in Brooklyn, Iowa. She was the fourth of 12 children born to Joseph Bauwens and Maria Louise Van Lancker. She married Willie Brust on Sept. 2, 1939.
They owned and operated Brust Sundries for five years. He passed away suddenly Oct. 28, 1970. They had four children, eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Ministry in the church was her passion and her mission. She received the PDCCW volunteer award from the Peoria Diocese in 1996. She was grateful to help in any way possible: greeter, reader and Eucharistic minister since the 1960s; embroidered hundreds if not thousands of Baptismal gowns; cleaned the church quarterly, worked on the rummage sale, helped out in the parish office, and was a member of Sacred Heart’s Altar & Rosary Society since the 1950s.
She moved to San Diego in 2016 to live with her daughter. She leaves behind numerous friends and relatives.
Funeral services will be Dec. 12, at 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Moline. A luncheon will follow the service in Culeman’s Hall next to the church.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Sacred Heart Altar & Rosary Society candle fund, Lee Parish Center, 1608 13th Street, Moline, IL 61265.
Burial will be at St Mary’s Cemetery in East Moline.
Family Members
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Anne M Bauwens Cincola
1909–1971
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William L Bauwens
1911–1989
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Ernest Gaston Bauwens
1913–1973
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John Henry Bauwens
1917–2003
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Fr Joseph Phillips Bauwens
1920–2000
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Roselyn M. Bauwens Flick
1921–1961
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Katherine June Bauwens Shoemaker
1922–2010
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Jeaneatte Bauwens
1923–1923
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Paul Francis Bauwens
1924–1926
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Robert H. Bauwens
1926–1996
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Francis David "Dave" Bauwens
1930–2015
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