Nida M. Brought
1922 – 2015
Tarkio, Missouri

Nida Mae Brought, born on October 31, 1922, in Westboro, Missouri, to Rubert and Mina (Spencer) Morgan passed away from this world Friday, June 19, 2015, at the age of 92. She had been a resident of New Mark Care Center, in Kansas City, Missouri, the last four years of her life. She grew up in Westboro, where she graduated from high school in 1941.

Nida married Gareld Wesley Brought of Tarkio, Missouri, on January 27, 1946, in Troy, Kansas. Gareld and Nida made their home in Tarkio until Gareld’s untimely death January 22, 1962. Nida continued to live in Tarkio until 2001 when she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, along with her sister, Liva June Miller, to a retirement complex.

Besides her parents and husband, Gareld, Nida was preceded in death by an infant son, Jerry Lee Brought; infant sister, Winifred; two sisters, Elizabeth E. Bayless and Fawn Dot Miller; and one brother, Arden E. Morgan.

Nida is survived by two sisters, Mary Martina Osborn, St. Joseph, Missouri, and Liva June Miller, Mustang, Oklahoma; four sons, Randy (Sharon) Brought, Kearney, Missouri, Richard Brought, Overland Park, Kansas, Curt (Brenda) Brought, Platte City, Missouri, and Blaine Brought, Tarkio; seven grandchildren, Jodie (Dustin) Ebersole, Kearney, Stewart (Lauren) Brought, Castle Rock, Colorado, Hannah (Brenden) Hensley, Platte City, Hilary (Ryan) Sirridge, Bonner Springs, Kansas, and Matthew, Maria and Sarah Brought, Tarkio; one step-granddaughter, Deanna Hertensen, Essex, Iowa; two great-grandsons, Cayson Ebersole and Colton Brought.

One of the things Nida liked to talk about and was most proud was that her mother was a teacher and her father a master carpenter and musician. She would tell how her mother’s former students would tell her what a wonderful teacher her mother was. One of Nida’s fondest memories of her father was listening to him play the fiddle for Friday night dances at the town hall. Nida used her inherited love for music by singing in the school glee club, quartet, sextet and the chorus. In her adult years, she was a member of a chapter of the Sweet Adeline’s in Rock Port, Missouri. Nida was also active with civic organizations: Business and Professional Women, receptionist for the Tarkio Rodeo and First Baptist Church nursery. Professionally, Nida worked for local accounting firms, floral shop and assisted Gareld in operating his trucking company.

Nida’s favorite holiday was always Christmas. She would literally spend hours putting the lights and ornaments on the Christmas tree or cutting off a branch and replacing it back on the tree in a different spot that nature had forgot to fill in. She loved to decorate the whole house at Christmas and nobody could make a beautiful bow like Nida Mae.

Nida’s favorite music came from the Big Band era of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and the Dorsey brothers. One thing Nida liked more than listening to their music, was dancing to it. She loved to “cut a rug” as they would say in those days dancing the Jitterbug, Waltz and the Foxtrot.

Nida would also tell the story of her father walking ahead of them on the way to school in the winter while he held his coat out to protect them from the wind. She told of having one old sled that didn’t have any way to be guided except by shifting your weight, and they would sled down hills all day on Sundays.

She also told the story of taking Randy around and delivering May baskets made out of leftover wallpaper. She would take him to the neighbor’s houses and tell Randy not to forget to holler. He would go to the neighbor’s door and yell “Holler!”

But what Nida loved most in life was her family. She wants to be quoted as saying, “I’ve loved each one of you more than life itself and I’ve done the best I could.”

Services: 10:00 AM, Monday, June 22, Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio.
Interment: Home Cemetery, Tarkio.
Visitation: From 9:00 – 10:00 AM, prior to the service.
Memorials:
New Mark Care Center, 11221 N. Nashua Drive, Kansas City, MO 64155
Online obituaries and condolences: www.minterfuneralchapels.com.
Services: Davis Funeral Home.