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ASLEEP
IN JESUS. The soul of Rev. Samuel L. Bruer, age 92, was taken to his heavenly
home on Tuesday, July 20, 1976. The funeral text was 1 Cor. 15:57, “Thanks be to
God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.” Christian
burial services were held at The Lutheran Church of the Epiphany, Detroit, MI on
Friday.
Pastor Bruer graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield,
Illinois in 1908. He served as an ordained clergyman for 68 years. He served
Trinity Lutheran Church in Traverse City, MI from 1908 to 1911; St. John
Lutheran Church in Burlington, MI from 1913 to 1914; Trinity Lutheran Church, in
Hartfield, South Dakota from 1918 to 1921.
He
resigned from active ministry in 1921 and continued his education at Michigan
State University and the University of Michigan where he got his master’s
degree. Rev. Bruer taught German at Wayne State University from 1926 to 1953.
During his career as an educator, he assisted at various churches in the Detroit
area. Between the years 1956 and 1965, Pastor Bruer assisted those at Epiphany
by working among the shut-ins and instructing adult confirmation classes.
His
wife, Lydia, preceded him in death on January 23, 1976. Pastor Bruer leaves to
mourn his passing two daughters Mrs. Hortense Prange and Mrs. Allen Hill; two
sons, Dr. Edgar S. Bruer and Dr. Edwin L. Bruer; 11 grandchildren, 12
great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
The
Epiphany Bulletin reads “We shall miss our good, loyal pastor and friend, but we
rejoice with his family in the victory of the resurrection."
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