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Elmer J. "Lou" Brisse,   Age 94
Visitation Location: SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Richmond, MN
Visitation Date/Time: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM
Funeral Time: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Funeral Location: SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Richmond, MN
Burial Location: SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Richmond, MN
   
    ELMER J. “LOU” BRISSE
    Richmond
    November 25, 1917 - October 12, 2012
    
    
     Elmer J. “Lou” Brisse, age 94, Richmond, MN died peacefully at Assumption Home in Cold Spring, MN on Friday, October 12, 2012.
     Memorial Mass will be on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 11:00 am at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Richmond, MN. Visitation will be held from 9:00 am to 11 am at the church in Richmond prior to Mass. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Funeral arrangements were made by Benson Funeral Home in St. Cloud, MN.
     Lou was born November 25, 1917 in Richmond, MN to John and Mary (Meyer) Brisse. He married Dorothy Torborg on May 12, 1943 in Richmond, MN. They owned the Gamble Store in Richmond for many years. Lou and Dorothy spent 20 winters in Mesa, AZ enjoying the warmth and many new friends.
     He is loved and will be missed by two sons, Vernon (JoAnn) and Allen (Monique), and daughter, Diane (Gary). He loved his five grandchildren: Lisa, Eric, George (Emily), Dan (Melissa), Bre (Dale) and his 3 great grandson’s, Mathew, Colin and Zealand. He is also survived by two of his sisters, Viola Duncan and Lillian Weirens. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, his brother, Melvin, and his sister, Celine Leyendecker.
     Lou was an avid sportsman all of his life. He bowled in leagues at the Richmond Bowling Alley, he was a pitcher on the Richmond Baseball team, which is where he acquired the nickname “Lou”, after Lou Gehrig. He started golfing in Paynesville in the 1950’s and was one of the founders of the Rich-Spring Golf Course. He hit a hole-in-one at age 81.
     Lou’s family would like to extend their gratitude to Assumption Nursing Home and Heartland Hospice for their loving care.
    
 
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