Brenda ’s Story

Site created on November 20, 2021

On Thursday, November 18th, Brenda was walking and fractured her hip. She was taken by ambulance to Sanford because family was not able to move her due to the amount of pain she was having. After countless hours of waiting, doctors came and told us that they were concerned that she fractured her hip just from walking. They wanted to run more tests such as a CT and MRI scan and lung scans. We got the news last night that she has lung cancer that has metastasized to her femur and hip bones, and kidneys. For now, this is all we know. We created this page to keep family and friends updated.

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December 25, 2022

Journal entry by Jena Gustafson —

Today Sunday, December 25th at 1:40 PM Brenda passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family. Thank you everyone for your support to mom, dad, myself, and my brothers during this past year. We wouldn’t have gotten through this without the support from our family. There will be arrangements made for some type of service/visitation in the coming days. 

Thank you. 🙏🏼
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