Wilma L. Brass

March 11, 1931 - May 10, 2012

Wilma L. (Tudy) Brass, 81, of Hampton, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012, at the Rehabilitation Center of Hampton in Hampton, Iowa. She was born March 10, 1931, to L.B (Deke) and Anna K. (Bahls) Walker in Hampton. She graduated from Hampton High School and attended one year at Simpson College in Indianola where she met and later married Bernard (Pete) Petersen. To this union were born three children: Cathy Petersen, Jane Shackelton, and Jon Petersen. After Tudy was widowed, she married Gene Brass of Hampton on February 12, 1982, in Hampton. They later moved to Newton with the Maytag Co. Upon retirement, they returned to Hampton where they both could enjoy their friends and families. During her lifetime, Tudy enjoyed baking for her family, especially favorite Christmas treats for her children. She also enjoyed dancing, solving crossword puzzles, crafting, reading, organizing family potlucks, and putting together jigsaw puzzles with Gene during the winter months. She was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ of Hampton and belonged to a Hampton reading club. She is survived by her husband Gene Brass of Hampton; daughter Cathy Petersen of Hampton; daughter Jane (Steve) Shackelton of Mariposa, California, son Jon Petersen of Hampton, step daughter Connie (Mark) McDowell of Hampton, and sister Jean Connelly of Hampton. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Dana Shackelton of Mariposa, CA, Andrew (Nicole) McDowell of Davenport, and Melinda McDowell of Cedar Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband (Bernard), brothers Robert (Alice);William (Evy); Herbert (Harriet); Edward (Elsie); Richard (Ramona) Walker; infant brother Byron; sisters Fannie (Mike) Manifold, Leila (Duane) Anderson, and special niece Judy Wullbrandt. Burial will take place at the Hampton Cemetery in Hampton, Iowa