Ned Brause

Ned George Brause, 66, of Holland, passed away on February 27, 2025 in Grand Rapids, MI.

Ned was born in Lima, OH to Dorsey Wayland Brause and Doris Lucille Brause on June 19, 1958. He attended Taylor University for one year and went on to earn four post-high school degrees: a B.A. in Bible from Greenville College, a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Seminary, an Electrical Engineering Technology Associates Degree from ITT Tech, and a Masters in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. After a year as pastor at the Free Methodist Church in Birds, IL, he eventually worked as an electrical engineer at Group Dekko in Kendallville, IN for 17 years and at Underwriters Laboratory in Northbrook, IL for 12 years. He was a model railroader and an avid reader of a wide variety of subjects: i.e., Christian literature, historical novels and biographies, wartime fiction and mystery novels. Ned was a talented singer, musician and tuba player. He played sousaphone in his high school marching bands in NJ and NY. In college, Ned was the student director of the Greenville College Band, at Asbury Seminary he sang and toured with their “Singing Seminarians”. Ned Brause was a musically gifted, spiritually faithful man you could count on, diligent, ready-with-a-smile man and he will be greatly missed.

Ned is survived by his wife, Linda P. Brause; two sons, Nathan James Brause and David Dorsey Brause, both of Holland, MI; his sister, Ann Brause Barkley, (Don) of Laguna Niguel, CA; nephews Taylor Barkley (Rachel) , Camden Barkley (Catherine), Colson Barkley (Haylie) and Elizabeth (Barkley) LeGris (Danny). Ned is also survived by his uncle, John Oswalt, (Karen), aunt, Marvel Oswalt Johnson, and cousin, Elizabeth Oswalt West, along with husband Tim and son Jonathan. The Wests have been a dedicated and sacrificially-loving support since the Brause family moved to Holland in 2015. He is preceded in death by his parents, Dorsey and Doris Oswalt Brause, of Mission Viejo, CA.

Funeral service will be held at First Reformed Church, Holland, MI on March 17, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Louis Ford officiating. Visitation will be held at Dykstra Funeral Home, Mulder Chapel in Holland, MI on Sunday, March 16, 2025 between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Dykstra Funeral Home will be handling the funeral home arrangements.

Memorial donations may be made to First Reformed Church, 630 State St., Holland, MI 49423 Donate Here or Search Ministries, Home Office, Donate Here.

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