Sturgis; Rudolf KIRNER, 59, of Gateway Village, Sturgis, Mich., died May 13, 2002, at the Sturgis Hospital.
A native of Austria, Rudolf was born in Vienna on May 25, 1942, a son of Rudolf and Kroline (BRUCHER) KIRNER. He had visited various ports with the Merchant Marine in the United States and in 1965 decided to move here from Vienna.
On Oct. 5, 1985, he married Brenda LIPSCOMB in Giddings, Texas.
Rudolf graduated from high school in Vienna and had four years of college trade school where he mastered carpentry and stone and marble work. He was employed by MedTec Ambulance Corporation and was a skilled carpenter. He enjoyed fishing, politics and just plain working.
Surviving are; his wife, Brenda; one daughter, Kathy Marie CASTRO (CARMEN) of Three Rivers; one son, Rudolf Edmond KIRNER Jr. of Sturgis; two grandchildren, Audriana CASTRO and Ezequiel, both of Three Rivers; one sister, Margarete PETRAN, and one brother, Josef KIRNER, both of Vienna, Austria; and two nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends and relatives may call after 2 p.m. today at the Rosenberg-Schipper Funeral Home Ltd. of Sturgis where the family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Religious services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Rev. Steve Ruger of the Church of Christ officiating.
Memorials may be directed to the family. His obituary is also at www.rosenbergschipperfuneralhome.com
A native of Austria, Rudolf was born in Vienna on May 25, 1942, a son of Rudolf and Kroline (BRUCHER) KIRNER. He had visited various ports with the Merchant Marine in the United States and in 1965 decided to move here from Vienna.
On Oct. 5, 1985, he married Brenda LIPSCOMB in Giddings, Texas.
Rudolf graduated from high school in Vienna and had four years of college trade school where he mastered carpentry and stone and marble work. He was employed by MedTec Ambulance Corporation and was a skilled carpenter. He enjoyed fishing, politics and just plain working.
Surviving are; his wife, Brenda; one daughter, Kathy Marie CASTRO (CARMEN) of Three Rivers; one son, Rudolf Edmond KIRNER Jr. of Sturgis; two grandchildren, Audriana CASTRO and Ezequiel, both of Three Rivers; one sister, Margarete PETRAN, and one brother, Josef KIRNER, both of Vienna, Austria; and two nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends and relatives may call after 2 p.m. today at the Rosenberg-Schipper Funeral Home Ltd. of Sturgis where the family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Religious services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Rev. Steve Ruger of the Church of Christ officiating.
Memorials may be directed to the family. His obituary is also at www.rosenbergschipperfuneralhome.com
Sturgis; Rudolf KIRNER, 59, of Gateway Village, Sturgis, Mich., died May 13, 2002, at the Sturgis Hospital.
A native of Austria, Rudolf was born in Vienna on May 25, 1942, a son of Rudolf and Kroline (BRUCHER) KIRNER. He had visited various ports with the Merchant Marine in the United States and in 1965 decided to move here from Vienna.
On Oct. 5, 1985, he married Brenda LIPSCOMB in Giddings, Texas.
Rudolf graduated from high school in Vienna and had four years of college trade school where he mastered carpentry and stone and marble work. He was employed by MedTec Ambulance Corporation and was a skilled carpenter. He enjoyed fishing, politics and just plain working.
Surviving are; his wife, Brenda; one daughter, Kathy Marie CASTRO (CARMEN) of Three Rivers; one son, Rudolf Edmond KIRNER Jr. of Sturgis; two grandchildren, Audriana CASTRO and Ezequiel, both of Three Rivers; one sister, Margarete PETRAN, and one brother, Josef KIRNER, both of Vienna, Austria; and two nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends and relatives may call after 2 p.m. today at the Rosenberg-Schipper Funeral Home Ltd. of Sturgis where the family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Religious services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Rev. Steve Ruger of the Church of Christ officiating.
Memorials may be directed to the family. His obituary is also at www.rosenbergschipperfuneralhome.com
A native of Austria, Rudolf was born in Vienna on May 25, 1942, a son of Rudolf and Kroline (BRUCHER) KIRNER. He had visited various ports with the Merchant Marine in the United States and in 1965 decided to move here from Vienna.
On Oct. 5, 1985, he married Brenda LIPSCOMB in Giddings, Texas.
Rudolf graduated from high school in Vienna and had four years of college trade school where he mastered carpentry and stone and marble work. He was employed by MedTec Ambulance Corporation and was a skilled carpenter. He enjoyed fishing, politics and just plain working.
Surviving are; his wife, Brenda; one daughter, Kathy Marie CASTRO (CARMEN) of Three Rivers; one son, Rudolf Edmond KIRNER Jr. of Sturgis; two grandchildren, Audriana CASTRO and Ezequiel, both of Three Rivers; one sister, Margarete PETRAN, and one brother, Josef KIRNER, both of Vienna, Austria; and two nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends and relatives may call after 2 p.m. today at the Rosenberg-Schipper Funeral Home Ltd. of Sturgis where the family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Religious services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Rev. Steve Ruger of the Church of Christ officiating.
Memorials may be directed to the family. His obituary is also at www.rosenbergschipperfuneralhome.com
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