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Linn County News

Published July 22, 2020

 

Dennis Lloyd Brumback, 76, of La Cygne, Kan., died Saturday, July 18, 2020. Dennis was born Aug. 24, 1943, in Columbus, Kan., to Ernest Lloyd and Betty Jean (French) Brumback. He graduated from Cherokee Rural High School in Columbus.

Dennis was a foreman for P&M Coal Co. for many years. He retired from Chevron. Dennis was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and helping his farming buddies.

He married Linda Turpen in Bullhead City, Ariz., on April 15, 1995. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include three daughters, Amy Brumback, Anna LawRance and Patti Ravnikar; two brothers and their wives, Ernie and Mary Brumback and Joe and Terry Sue French; two sisters and their husbands, Billee and Joe Hall and Terrie Lou and Birch Porter; five grandchildren, Ashleigh Ravnikar, Daren Shackelford, Joshua Ravnikar and wife Chelsea, Tasha Shackelford, and Trent LawRance and fiancé Riley Badders; four great grandchildren, Kaysen Lee DuRossette, Brinley Mae LawRance, Abel Andrew Hensley and Cooper David Ravnikar; and a host of friends and extended family.

The family will have a Celebration of Life service for Dennis at a later date. Friends and family may leave online condolences at www.schneiderfunerals.com. The family suggests contributions to Dennis Brumback Memorial Fund, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, PO Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel.

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