Darrell George Bruning was born June 6, 1941 at Yankton, SD to Vincent and Evelyn (Suing) Bruning. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Philip and James Catholic Church at St. James, NE. Darrell attended and graduated from Holy Trinity Catholic School in Hartington, NE. On September 22, 1962, he was united in marriage to Nancy Giese at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wayne, NE. While living in Wayne, he worked for Roy Coryell Chevrolet. The couple moved to Wisner and Darrell was employed at Al Sundahl Chevrolet and later went to work for Einung Concrete and later was called Husker Concrete. After Husker Concrete was purchased by Gerhold Concrete, he worked in Columbus for approximately 5 years. He has operated Bruning Repair and Wrecker Service for the last several years. Darrell also delivered the Sunday Omaha World Herald for over 40 years. Darrell was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and was a former member of the Wisner Volunteer Fire Department. Darrell enjoyed bowling, golfing, shuffleboard and especially spending time with the children, grandchildren and wrecker calls.