BRO. DUWAYNE BRISENDINE, S.M. died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 18, 2024, at the age of 89 with 70 years of vowed life. He was born in Addison, Michigan.  His parents to Edgar and Ardith L. Brisendine Metler on December 13, 1935.

Bro. DuWayne was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Ronald and is survived by numerous relatives including Kathy Brisendine (niece), Dale Brisendine (half-brother), half-sisters, Gloria and Nancy, Douglas Brisendine (nephew), as well as Margaret Brisendine Gibbons (sister-in-law) and Peggy Brisendine (niece).

Following his graduation from Maryhurst Normal Prep in 1952 in St. Louis, he entered the Marianist Novitiate in Galesville, Wisconsin and professed his First Vows on August 15, 1953 on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and professed his Perpetual Vows in 1958 in St. Louis.  He earned his BS in Math in 1956 from St. Mary University in San Antonio, and his MS in Math from the University of Notre Dame in 1964.

In seventy years of service, Bro. DuWayne ministered in many settings as a teacher and administrator in various high schools in Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois, Hawaii and Texas. From 1994 to 1996 Bro. DuWayne served as an Asst. Superintendent in the Office of Education for the Archdiocese of San Antonio.  In addition, his role as a Marianist educator took him to international ministries in Japan, India and Rome, Italy.

MEMORIAL SERVICES

Saturday, December 28, 2024

9:00 AM  Rosary / 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial

(Both Services at Marianist Residence Chapel, 520 Fordham Ave, San Antonio, TX)

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Memory of Bro. DuWayne to the Marianist Mission,

Mt. St. John, 4435 East Patterson Road, Dayton, OH, 45430-1033.