Geraldine Yuk Yang Brosman, 80, Minot and formerly of Glenburn died on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in a Minot hospital.

Geraldine was born on November 1, 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Joe Kong and Fannie

(Ng Shee) Chang. She was reared in Honolulu, graduated from Roosevelt High School and from the University of Hawaii with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Library Science. She continued her education at Vanderbilt University and Peabody College where she received a Master's Degree in Library Science. As a young adult she was employed at Brady and Johnson Air Force Bases in Japan and Torrejon Air Force Base in Spain.

Geraldine married Gilbert M. Brosman on April 27, 1963 in Torrejon, Spain. They along with Gilbert's three children made their home at various air force bases around the world prior to moving to Minot Air Force Base in 1965. She was employed as a librarian at those bases until her retirement in 1984. They had resided in Glenburn, ND from 1979 until 1994 when they moved to Minot. They had resided in Tucson AZ and in California during the winter months of their retirement years. Gilbert died on March 2, 2000. Most recently she had resided in Minot.

Geraldine was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Minot Retired Military Association and was a former member of the American Library Association, Federal Librarians and ND Library Association. She was a former member of the Kalihi Union Church in Honolulu and had attended the First Baptist Church in Glenburn and Immanuel Baptist Church - Minot.

Geraldine is survived by her step children: Judith (Jim) Bolduc of Minot and Allen (Sandy) Brosman of Hammond, IN; grandchildren: Joann and Jason Brosman and David (April), Michael and Susan Bolduc; great grandchildren: Erica and Christopher; sisters: Henrietta Kwong and Eleanor Bethel both of Honolulu, Hawaii; brothers: Lawrence Chang of Honolulu, Hawaii and George Chang of Medford, Oregon and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Geraldine was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brothers Ernest Chang and Francis Chang, sister Beatrice Chang and daughter: JoAnn Leslie Brosman.

Funeral Service: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in Immanuel Baptist Church - Minot.
Interment will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery - rural Mandan.
Visitation: Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. in Thomas Family Funeral Home - Minot.
Memorials are preferred to the Immanuel Baptist Church or to the American Heart Association.