Willie Mae Bronstad

Willie Mae Murphree Bronstad passed away on July 13, 2020 in Granbury, Texas at the age of 95. Service: 10:30 AM, Friday, July 17, 2020, Our Savior Lutheran Church with burial to follow at 1:15 PM, Friday, Saint Olaf Cemetery, Cranfills Gap, Texas.

She was born 10/06/1924 to Walter and Theresa Sorenson Murphree in Clifton, TX. She grew up in the Meridian Creek Community and graduated from Cranfills Gap High School in 1941. She attended Clifton Junior College where she received an Associate Arts degree in 1943.

She married Weldon Allen Bronstad in 1944 and lived in Meridian, TX where their 2 children, Donna and Thomas, were born. They moved to the Ft. Worth area in 1950 where they lived until retiring to their lake home in 1986 at Lake Granbury. This is the home that fulfilled her lifelong dream to live near the water.

Her work experience included North American Aviation in Grand Prairie, Pangburn’s Candies and General Dynamics in Ft. Worth. She retired from General Dynamics in 1988 after 22 years in Human Resources and Facilities Engineering.

Willie Mae loved to travel. She and Allen took cruises to almost all the continents. They also took the entire family on several trips.

She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters, Allen, her husband of 69 years and her daughter, Donna Boelter. She is survived by her, son, Thomas Lowell Bronstad and wife, Julia of Flower Mound, TX, son-in-law Melvin Boelter of Seguin. Grandsons, Shannon Boelter and wife, Carrie of Leander, TX, Grant Boelter and wife Lisa of Cibolo, TX, Jeffrey Bronstad of Cibolo, TX, Jason Bronstad and wife, Melissa of Austin, TX. Great grandchildren, Kaitlin, Jackson, Matthew and Mark Gonzalez, Jacob, Vivien, and Holden. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Charlene Tergerson of Cranfills Gap and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family is forever thankful for the many caregivers at The Cove at Waterview, Interim Hospice and especially, Cheryl Lockenbugh.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1400 North Meadows Dr. Granbury, TX 76048.

The service will be live streamed at 10:30 AM on Friday, July 17, 2020 at www.oursaviorgranbury.com