Background
Brust, John Bartlett was born on January 18, 1928 in Melrose Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Frederick Wilhelm and Irene Wilhelmina (Gustafson) Brust.
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John Bartlett Brust
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Student, University Illinois, Chicago, l945-48; student, Worsham College, Chicago, l949; student, Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois, l970.
Career
Pay master, Chicago Screw Company, Bellwood, Illinois, l950-54; owner, founder, manager, Brust Funeral Home, Lombard, Illinois, l952-; owner, founder, manager, Brust Funeral Home, Carol Stream, Illinois, l985-; owner, founder, manager, Thompsonite Mining Company, Grand Marais, Minnesota, l973-78; owner, founder, manager, J.B.B. Leasing Corporation, El Paso, Texas, l982. Owner, manager Precision Parking Corporation, Lombard, l958, Brust Tree Farms, Osseo, Wisconsin, l965-80. Designer jewelry TyBrus Gem Company, l968-79.
Membership
Trustee Helen Plum Library., Lombard, 1959. Board governors Elmhurst (Illinois) Memorial Hospital, since 1976. Founder Lilac Festival Parade and Ball, Lombard, 1966.
Member Lombard Minutemen, 1976, Lombard Bicentennial Commission, 1977. Founder, president Young Men’s Christian Association, Lombard. With United States Army, 1946-1947.
Member National Funeral Directors Association, Illinois Funeral Directors Association, DuPage County Funeral Directors Association (founder 1960, president l960-6l, 77-78), Lombard Chamber of Commerce (president, Man of Year award l960), International Order Golden Rule, Rotary (past president Lombard), Lions (past president Lombard).
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Married Anita Lenore Raasch, June l0, l950 (deceased December l978). Children: John Brandon, Clara Bonnie, Thomas Edwin, James Frederick. Married Marilyn Elaine Kelley, August 3l, l984.
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Lutheran -
Political Party
Republican