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==Background==​

==Background==​

Brun (pronounced BRUNN) was the son of Edwin Louis Brun (1925-2013), a native of Shreveport who during [[World War II]] was attached to a mobile field hospital in the [[Solomon Islands]] in the battles of [[Guadalcanal]] and Bougainville in preparation for the liberation of the [[Philippines]].<ref name=elbobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-brun&pid=162899894&fhid=6692#fbLoggedOut|title=Edwin Louis Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref> His mother was the former Faye Hendrick (1927-2012), a native of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]], who met her husband in class at Union College, a [[Seventh-day Adventist]] institution in the capital city of [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]. Mrs. Brun was an award-winning [[history]] teacher, guidance counselor, and a supervisor of student teachers at Rusheon Junior High School in [[Bossier City]] under the jurisdiction of the Bossier Parish School Board.  Through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, she evaluated educational institutions in both Louisiana and once during a two-week trip to the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=158900787#fbLoggedOut|title=Fay Hendrick Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>​

Brun (pronounced BRUNN) was the son of Edwin Louis Brun (1925-2013), a native of Shreveport who during [[World War II]] was attached to a mobile field hospital in the [[Solomon Islands]] in the battles of [[Guadalcanal]] and Bougainville in preparation for the liberation of the [[Philippines]].<ref name=elbobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-brun&pid=162899894&fhid=6692#fbLoggedOut|title=Edwin Louis Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref> His mother was the former Faye Hendrick (1927-2012), a native of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]], who met her husband in class at Union College, a [[Seventh-day Adventist]] institution in the capital city of [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]. Mrs. Brun was an award-winning [[history]] teacher, guidance counselor, and a supervisor of student teachers at Rusheon Junior High School in [[Bossier City]] under the jurisdiction of the Bossier Parish School Board.  Through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, she evaluated educational institutions in both Louisiana and once during a two-week trip to the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=158900787#fbLoggedOut|title=Fay Hendrick Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref>​

In his early working career, Edwin Brun was a pharmaceutical salesman. He became a science teacher and then counselor under the Caddo Parish School Board. The Bruns traveled throughout the world to augment their interest in various areas of knowledge ranging from wildflowers to [[telescope]]s. Edwin Brun's obituary implies that their son, Roy, was born in [[Baton Rouge]], where he would later attend college and law school. The family did not settle in Shreveport until 1954, when Roy was one year old. The Bruns also had a daughter, Dr. Sylvia Brun Gage (born 1956). The senior Bruns are interred in her native Maine.<ref name=elbobit/>​

In his early working career, Edwin Brun was a pharmaceutical salesman. He became a science teacher and then counselor under the Caddo Parish School Board. The Bruns traveled throughout the world to augment their interest in various areas of knowledge ranging from wildflowers to [[telescope]]s. Edwin Brun's obituary implies that their son, Roy, was born in [[Baton Rouge]], where he would later attend college and law school. The family did not settle in Shreveport until 1954, when Roy was one year old. The Bruns also had a daughter, Dr. Sylvia Brun Gage (born 1956). The senior Bruns are interred in her native Maine.<ref name=elbobit/>​