Bruce Lynn "Joe" Brackney (64) of Dieterich

Funeral services celebrating Joe’s life will be held at noon Saturday, August 21, 2021, at the Meyer Funeral Home in Dieterich, Illinois, with Fr. Frank Folino, OFM, officiating. Burial will be in the St. Aloysius Cemetery in Bishop Creek, Illinois. Visitation will be held two hours before the service.  In loving memory of Joe, memorials may be made to the Winterrowd Masonic Lodge #664. Online condolences may be left by clicking here.

Bruce Lynn, better known as “Joe” was born March 2, 1957, the son of Melvin and Bonnie (Jones) Brackney. He married Sandra Niemerg on September 25, 1993, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bishop Creek, Illinois.Joe graduated from Dieterich High School in 1975. He worked for the Village of Dieterich for almost 20 years and for Niemerg Construction for 22 years. 

Joe was a member of the Winterrowd Masonic Lodge #664 for 16 years and was a Shriner and member of the Ainad Temple in East St. Louis, Illinois. Joe could build almost anything that anyone asked him to and he had an attention to detail, that not many did.  He enjoyed fishing, gardening, wood working and talking politics, he always enjoyed a good debate but always had the last word. 

Joe is survived by his wife, Sandy of Dieterich; children, Bridget (Eric) Bohnhoff of Dieterich; Michelle (Jimmy) Fatheree of Iuka and William Brackney of Dieterich; granddaughters Briley and Berkley Bohnhoff of Dieterich; brothers, Bill (Lisa) Brackney of Effingham and Doug (Eric) Brackney of Springfield, Illinois; mother-in-law Verena Niemerg of Dieterich; nieces, great-nieces and nephews; sister-n-Law’s and families also survive.
Joe was preceded in death by his parents and father-n-law Celestine Niemerg.