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Bries, Albin M.
Albin M. Bries, 96, formerly of Delhi, died Aug. 6, 2009, at Ennoble Manor in Dubuque. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Ryan, by Fathers Marvin Bries and Greg Bahl. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home in Manchester, with a 2 p.m. rosary service and 7:30 p.m. Scripture service. Burial, with military honors, will be in Calvary Cemetery, Ryan.
Albin was born Dec. 11, 1912, in Luxemburg, son of Aloysius and Susan (Meyer) Bries. He attended Holy Trinity School in Luxemburg. He operated the DX Service Station in Luxemburg until he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Albin married Geralda L. Kister of Dyersville on June 5, 1943, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville. Albin and Geralda farmed between Ryan and Delhi for more than 50 years.
Albin was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Ryan, American Legion Post 692 in Ryan, Farm Bureau, and he served several years on the Delaware County Extension Council. For the past three years, Albin resided at Ennoble Manor Care Center in Dubuque.
Surviving are a daughter, Janet L. (Perry) Pollock of Rockford, Ill.; a son, John A. (Patty) Bries of Dubuque; eight grandchildren, Laura (Ken) Arvesen of Roscoe, Ill., Brian (Jennie) Pollock of Phoenix, Ariz., Mark (Jessica) Pollock of Centennial, Wyo., John Pollock of Capitol Heights, Md., Jennifer (Chad) Chase of Waterloo, David (Christina) Bries of Ankeny, Bill Bries of Burnsville, Minn., and Katie Bries of Dubuque; six great-grandchildren, Anja, Ingrid and Gehrig Arvesen of Roscoe, Ill., Zachary and Samuel Pollock of Phoenix, and Katelyn Chase of Waterloo; a seventh great-grandchild, Will Bries, expected soon in Ankeny; a sister, Ann Recker of Manchester, two sisters-in-law, Florentine Bries of Luxemburg and Wilma Nurre of Dyersville; and many nieces and nephews.
Albin was preceded in death by his wife, Geralda Bries in 1996; his parents; one sister, Verena Eichacker; and four brothers, Otto, Aloysius, Linus and Leo Bries.
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