Cherie Bramley, 61, 911 Cottonwood Street, New Ulm, Minnesota, 56073, formerly of Earlville, Iowa, died Saturday, November 13, 2004 at her home from cancer.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm, Minnesota with Father Brian Oestreich and Father George Schmit celebrating the mass. Visitation will be 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, with a parish prayer at 7:00 pm, and 7:30 until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. Visitation will also be from 9:30 - 11:00 am on Wednesday at the Earlville United Parish, Earlville, Iowa, with a Funeral Service following at 11:00 am. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Earlville, Iowa. Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in charge of local arrangements.
Cherie Anne Brecht, the daughter of Victor and Oramel (Fulbright) Brecht was born on May 3, 1943 in Waterloo, Iowa. She graduated from the Earlville High School in Earlville, Iowa, class of 1960. On December 26, 1958 Cherie was united in marriage to Jim Bramley at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Earlville, Iowa. Cherie worked as an aid and a Librarian in Altoona, Iowa and Winthrop, Minnesota school districts. For sixteen years she was the Director of Religious Education, six of those years in Winthrop, Minnesota, and the last ten years at the Cathedral in New Ulm. Cherie was a member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, the Council of Catholic Women at the Cathedral and a member of the New Ulm Country Club.
Cherie was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and is survived by her husband, Jim Bramley, of New Ulm, MN; daughters and sons-in-law, Kim and Jeff Fehlhafer of Cedar Rapids, IA, Geni and Dwight DeBoer of Lafayette MN, Pam and David Webster of Warsaw, Poland; a son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Heidi Bramley of Burnsville, MN; eighteen grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sandra and Jim Boddicker of Cedar Rapids, IA, Charlotte and Tom Rohden of Crystal Lake, Illinois; a brother and sister-in-law, Clark and Joanne Brecht of Aromis, CA, and a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bill and Lorie Bramley of Earlville, IA.
Cherie was preceded in death by her parents, Victor & Oramel Brecht.