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BRAUNBERGER: Thelma Audrey (nee Jensen) 1924 - 2006 Thelma Audrey Braunberger (nee Jensen) passed away May 2, 2006, aged 82, at the Drumheller Regional Health Centre. She was born on February 10, 1924 on the family farm north-west of Morrin Alberta. She received her education at Hillsgreen School after which she worked on the family farm until 1942 when she began working for the E.O. Parry family in Morrin. In 1944 she began working for the Bank of Montreal in Morrin and Drumheller and in the early 1950's worked for the Drumheller Associated Physicians. In 1944 she met Buck Braunberger and they were married on June 18, 1947. After living and working in town they moved to the farm south of the Horseshoe Canyon in 1957, living there until 1964 when they moved back to Drumheller. In 1966 they moved out to the farm five miles south-west of Drumheller. They retired to Drumheller in 1993 where she resided until her passing. Thelma is survived by her loving husband Clarence (Buck) of Drumheller, son Wayne (Lynn), granddaughters Candace Austin and Christina Austin, brother Kenneth Jensen, all residing in Calgary, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents Knut and Jane Jensen, sisters and brothers-in-law Margaret and Chester Aarsby, Eunice and Tom Jakeman, Doris and Harry Morrison and Louise and Henry Braunberger, sister Elsie West, brother Walter Jensen and nephew Howard Jensen. Funeral services were held Monday May 8th, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in Drumheller at Knox United Church. Interment followed in the Drumheller Municipal Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers donations may be made to S.T.A.R.S. or the Drumheller and area Health Foundation. Courtney-Winter's Funeral Chapel entrusted with the arrangements. www.courtneywintersfuneralhome.com