Michael Edward Brune

Mr. Michael Edward Brune, age 60, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013, in Ocean Springs. Michael was born on April 30, 1952, in New Orleans, LA. He moved to Baton Rouge in 1967 and graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1969. He attended LSU and was an avid Tiger fan and proudly served his country in the Army Reserves. Michael opened Brune Plastics Inc in 1980. He lived in Baton Rouge until the last few years. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to hunt and fish. Survivors include his children, Christopher Edward Brune of Baton Rouge and Nicholas Monroe and Emily Brune of San Diego, CA, parents, August and Joyce Brune of Ocean Springs, siblings, Pamela and Gary Biddix of Ocean Springs, Janet Brune of Naples, FL, and Kevin and Diana Brune of Orlando, FL, nieces and nephews, Corey and Cheryl Brune, Jeanne M. and Mike Dennis and Michael A. Pasvantis and Linda, lots of great-nieces and nephews and one great-great-niece. Visitation will be on Friday, February 8, 2013, from 1 pm until 2 pm, with a 2 pm Memorial Mass, all at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church . In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to the Humane Society of South MS, 2615 25th Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501 or to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd St., New York, New York 10016. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. .