Brookfield, Wisconsin
Marian Emilia Steffens
1924 — 2023
Marian Emilia Steffens, age 99 years, passed into the arms of her heavenly Father Monday November 20, 2023, in her home at Azura Assisted Living, Mierow House, in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Marian was born April 19, 1924, in Butternut, Wisconsin, the third of seven children of George and Eleanore Bruch. Marian grew up on the family farm in this small rural community in the northwest corner of the state sharing everything with her siblings from hand-me-down clothes to lard sandwiches. She always said life was not easy growing up as poor farmers during the Great Depression, but she also said it was a wonderful upbringing built on unconditional love and deep faith shared amongst all the family. "We...