BRIDGADINE ANN (GARVIN) SPIEGLER
BRIDGADINE ANN (GARVIN) SPIEGLER
Bridgadine Ann (Garvin) Spiegler (Feb. 26, 1950-Jan. 14, 2024) passed peacefully Jan. 14, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. Bridge fought a courageous battle with breast cancer, lived with metastatic breast cancer for the last five years, all the while with a positive outlook on life.
Bridge will be remembered most for her animated story telling, her strength and generosity. Her smile lit up a room; her laugh was contagious. She dearly loved all three of her daughters; and her grandchildren were her pride and joy. Bridge was an avid and loud Packers fan, she loved going to casinos, fishing, making and selling her crafts and going to warahahas. More than anything, she loved her family and spending time with them.
Bridge was a 1968 graduate of Wisconsin Dells High School; she attended Mt. Scenario College in Ladysmith, where she met the father of her three daughters, the late Daniel DeLong. As a Navy wife, she traveled to Virginia, South Carolina, Hawaii, Connecticut and Michigan. It was in Michigan that she was divorced and chose a sober lifestyle. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, she met the love of her life, Leonard Spiegler. They met in 1981, married in 1991 and renewed their vows in 2019. They had multiple fur children, the late J.J., Piggles and Misty and currently Daisy and Ella.
Bridge is survived by her husband of 43 years, Lenny; daughters Amy Jo DeLong (Brad Herzberg), Lisa Rae DeLong (Ryan Peters) and Danielle DeLong; grandchildren Isabella, Dominick, Asia and Sabra DuBray and Jennifer, Andrew and Benjamin Adams; her mother, Lillian Thundercloud, and Naani Hattie Walker; siblings Twila Garvin, Roger Thundercloud, Beth Thundercloud Anacker (Jim), Mary Thundercloud Eary (Mark), Gary Thundercloud (Patty), Byron Thundercloud (Liz), Sam Thundercloud (Rosie); nieces and nephews Tim Decorah, Roy, Rory and Ria Thundercloud, Micah, Nicole and Kate Anacker, Hunter and Brandy Thundercloud, Eary, Ryan, Kyle and Brant Thundercloud, Damian and Byron Thundercloud, Matt and April Thundercloud; and fur babes Daisy and Ella.
She was preceded in death by her father Ernest Garvin; sister Renee Thundercloud; and Naani Frances Wentz; maternal grandparents Daniel and Lydia (Lowe) Thundercloud; and paternal grandparents George and Ellen (Winneshiek) Garvin.
Detailed information regarding funeral services for Bridge can be found at www.buswellfh.com/obituaries.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the United Church of Christ Indian Mission, W8879 Mission Road, Black River Falls, WI 54615, 715-284-2625.
The Buswell Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements, 715-284-2231.