Résumé

Partner, Neste, Brudin and Stone, Incorporated, Consulting Engineers, San Bernardino, CA, c. 1965-1986. Brudin was a Vice-president for Engineering in 1977.

High School / College

Graduate, Hemet Union High School, Hemet, CA, c. 1947.

B.S., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1953. Brudin was listed among UCB's distinguished military graduates of 1953. (See University of California Register, 1952-1953, Vol. II, [Berkeley: University of California, 1953], p. 149.)

Relocation

John Brudin was born in Hemet, CA, on 12/27/1929. A year later, the US Census located him living with his parents on South Thompson Street in Hemet. The Brudins owned their own house, valued at $4,000 in 1930. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Hemet, Riverside, California; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2339918, accessed 09/01/2022.)

In 1940, the Brudins lived next door to Alfred Berg (born 09/27/1878 in Norway-d. 04/02/1946 in Hemet, CA) and Nina Adele Swain (born 01/23/1880 in MI-d. 10/03/1967 in San Jacinto, CA), his mother's parents. They lived at 334 South Thompson Street.

In 1950, the Brudins lived at 329 South Thompson Street in Hemet. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hemet, Riverside, California; Roll: 3680; Sheet Number: 19; Enumeration District: 33-21, accessed 09/01/2022.)

He lived in Hemet, CA, in 1954, according to Riverside County voter records. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1954, accessed 09/01/2022.)

In later life, he maintained his residence in Hemet, CA.

Parents

His mother was Gladys Lavina Berg (born 10/04/1904 in Northwood, ND-d. 03/02/1997 in Riverside County, CA). She resided in Hemet, CA, for 77 years and managed the Brudin household.

Axel Emil "Aleck" Brudin (born 03/10/1899 in Sweden-d. 09/15/1989 in Riverside County, CA), John's father, operated a hardware store in Hemet, CA. He migrated from Sweden in 1899, according to the 1930 US Census, and was naturalized by that time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Hemet, Riverside, California; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2339918, accessed 09/01/2022.) He served in the US Navy during World War I, between 08/12/1918 and 06/18/1919. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, accessed 09/01/2022.)

By 1950, the US Census listed Aleck as a plumbing and heating contractor who owned his own shop. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hemet, Riverside, California; Roll: 3680; Sheet Number: 19; Enumeration District: 33-21, accessed 09/01/2022.)

Spouse

He wed Patricia Louise Sheppard on 12/12/1953 in Riverside County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, accessed 09/01/2022.)

Biographical Notes

Brudin registered as a Republican voter in 1954. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1954, accessed 09/01/2022.)