in 1954, he married the love of his life, Ruth Carney.
preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Bronkhorst, in 2014; and siblings Gilbert Bronkhorst, Doris Polegay, Viola Daubel and Beverly Paddock.
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9SB-NJL : accessed 18 January 2018), Billy Bronkhurst in household of William Bronkhurst, Election Precinct 99 Wanita, Yakima, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-99, sheet 4B, line 65, family 76, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4373.