Monica (Nickel) Bruex, age 103, of Appleton and formerly Darboy, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2022. The daughter of the late Andrew and Anna (Ritzke) Nickel was born on December 8, 1918. Monica grew up on a farm in Stockbridge with her four sisters. She married Robert Bruex on June 24, 1950. Monica was a homemaker, enjoying baking and sewing. Later years, she worked at the Darboy Club.

Monica is survived by her children: Donald (Sally), Carolyn, Nancy (Otto) Schley and Ann; grandchildren: Monica (Stephen) Schildbach, Andrew (Rachael) and David (Beverly); great-grandchildren: Zephyr, Victor, Jude, Naomi, Grace, and Dorian; her sister Marie Wolf; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Robert; sisters: Ceil (Reynold) Hopfensberger, Sally (Norbert) Gries, Dorothy (Arthur) Zahringer; brothers-in-law Roy Wolf, Norman (Ceil) Bruex, John Bruex, Victor (Phyllis) Bruex; sister-in-law Joan (Norbert) Schaefer; along with other relatives.

Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 2022, at HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH in Kimberly, 620 E Kimberly Ave, with Fr. Carl Schmitt officiating. Friends may visit from 9:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. and stay for the service. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Appleton.

Special thanks to the doctors and staff at Prairie Home and Promedica Hospice Care for the compassionate and loving care they provided mom in her eleven months stay.