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Marin Independent Journal
Thursday, August 1, 1985
JOHN BRUSATI
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Raphael’s Church in San Rafael for John Brusati of Novato, a lifelong Marin resident and long a member of the local auto sales industry.
Mr. Brusati, 66, died unexpectedly Tuesday at Kaiser Hospital in Terra Linda after collapsing.
He was a native of San Rafael and attended local schools.
Mr. Brusati was senior-class president at San Rafael High School and captain of the school’s first undefeated football team in 1937.
He attended St. Mary’s College, and while there, he became one of the first San Rafael residents drafted into the Army in 1940.
Mr. Brusati served in Europe and the South Pacific in World War II and retired from the Army as a captain.
After his return to San Rafael, Mr. Brusati went to work for the Rossi Garage on Fourth Street.
He remained in the auto business and most recently worked for Campbell Bishop Leasing in Corte Madera and Leslie Leasing in San Rafael.
Mr. Brusati was a member of the Rotary Club of San Rafael.
Survivors include his wife, Helen of Novato; three daughters, Nancy Brusati Dias of Novato, Patricia Brusati of Burbank and Cheryl Brusati of Novato; and a brother, Ray Brusati of San Rafael.
Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery in San Rafael.
The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at St. Raphael’s church. Friends may call at Keaton’s Mortuary in San Rafael until 5 p.m. Friday.
The family prefers memorial contributions to the American Heart Association or the Hanna Boys Center in Sonoma.
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