The Mass of Christian Burial, celebrating the life of Adeline Brenny, age 95 of Holdingford, was held at 2:00 PM, Monday, November 12 at All Saints-St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church in Holdingford. Burial was in the parish Cemetery. Fr. Ken Brenny and Fr. Gregory Mastey officiated. Adeline died Thursday at the Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany.
Adeline was born December 17, 1916 in St. Wendel to Peter and Mary (Opatz) Lampert. She grew up in the St. Wendel area and graduated from Technical High School in St. Cloud. Adeline married Stanley Brenny on August 30, 1938 in St. Columbkille Catholic Church in St. Wendel. Together, the couple owned the Scenic Theater in Holdingford, and the Brenny Funeral Home and Ambulance Service in Holdingford. After Stan died in 1979, Adeline stayed in Holdingford for a few years and then moved to Arizona for 10 years. She returned to Holdingford and then moved into Mercy Manor apartments in Albany. She was a member of the Church of All Saints-St. Hedwig, the St. Hedwig Christian Mothers-Rosary Sodality, the Third Order of St. Francis and the Daughters of Isabella.
Adeline is survived by her son and daughter, Bob (Pat) Brenny, Albany and Mary (Dick) Struzyk, Holdingford. She is also survived by her sisters and brother, Martha Kuklok, St. Cloud; George (Harriet) Lampert, Coon Rapids; Alvina (Claude) Korman, Gold Canyon, AZ, five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Stanley, her grandson, Scott Brenny, and her brother, Eddy Lampert.