Brenda Jaramillo

She was born in Bloomfield, Iowa on October 7, 1966 the daughter of Kenneth and Dorothy (Brennfoerder) Glass.  She was a 1984 graduate of Topeka West High School.

Brenda was a Legal Secretary for the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office.  She had previously worked for Fisher, Patterson, Sayler and Smith Law Firm.

Brenda will be remembered for her love of her family and especially being a mother, caring for her home, doing puzzles and enjoying sports.

She believed in her husband, Daniel, during his endeavor to write his book, Fortitude without Acknowledgement.  Consequently, she lived by example many of the ideals contained in his book.

She married Daniel J. Jaramillo in Lake Tahoe on December 22, 1992.  He survives of the home.  Other survivors include her son, Daniel Luke Jaramillo of the home, step daughter, Danielle Jaramillo of Topeka, her parents, Kenneth Glass and wife Connie of Ottumwa, Iowa and Dorothy Glass of Topeka, two brothers, Duane Glass and wife Kendra and Gene Glass all of Topeka, and her grandmother, Evelyn Barge of Edgar, Neb.

Brenda will lie in state at the Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home on Tuesday where the family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. with a Vigil Service at 7:00 p.m.  Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at Christ the King Catholic Church.  Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  She will be carried to her final resting place by pallbearers; Duane and Gene Glass, Frank, Tom, Johnny and Mark Jaramillo.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to an educational fund for Daniel Luke Jaramillo at Core First Bank and sent in care of Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 West Sixth Ave., Topeka, Kansas  66603.