Cora Mabel Bacon Brugman was born on May 24, 1920 in Heron Lake, Minnesota to the late Albert O. and Clara A. (Estenson) Frederickson. She received her early education in District #115 in Wilder, Minnesota and graduated from Windom High School in the Class of 1937. Cora was baptized in May of 1920 at the Delafield Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural Wilder and was confirmed in that same church on May 5, 1935. On April 17, 1937, Cora was united in marriage to Lyman Oliver Bacon. This marriage was blessed with five children, Allen, Barbara, Carol, Dale and Elaine. After marriage, they lived in Windom and on March 10, 1971, Lyman passed away. Cora later united in marriage to Eldon Peter Brugman on December 12, 1975. Eldon passed away in 1983. For many years thereafter, Cora and John Moede were good friends until his death. Through the years, Cora worked at TORO Manufacturing in Windom until retiring on October 27, 1990 after thirty-nine years of employment. She began working at TORO three months after the plant opened and was one of the first women to work there. While at TORO, she was the recording secretary of Local IAM-CIO for twenty-years. In September of 2008, Cora became a resident of the Mikkelsen Manor in Windom and in April of 2012, she became a resident of the Good Samaritan Society-Sogge in Windom and remained there until passing away on Friday, May 31, 2019, at the age of 99 years. Cora was a longtime member of the Delafield Evangelical Lutheran Church until its closing when she became a member of the American Lutheran Church in Windom. In both churches, she belonged to Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (WELCA) and sang in the choir while a member of Delafield. She was also treasurer of the Delafield Township Cemetery Association for many years and on the executive board of the Windom Hospital Auxiliary where she also served as their treasurer for twenty years. Cora also had many enjoyments in life which included belonging to several card clubs, sewing, traveling, coffee parties, golfing (which she started at age 70), cooking and baking. Cora is survived by three of her five children, Allen Bacon of Reynolds, IN; Barbara (special friend, Lloyd Rauch) Locke of Warner Robins, GA; Elaine (James L.) Nelson of Windom; daughter-in-law, Doris Bacon of Windom; step-families, the Doug and Jon Brugman families of Arizona; 11 grandchildren, Albert (Nicole) Bacon of New Palestine, IN; Dan (Udine) Locke of Richmond, Kentucky; David (Theresa) Locke of Waukomis, OK; Donna (Harry) Hinsey of Monroe, GA; Donavon Johnson of Guffey, CO; Rhonda Johnson of Colorado Springs, CO; Marshall (special friend, Diane) Johnson of Livermore, CA; Lance (Amy) Johnson of Colorado Springs, CO; Shelley (special friend, Michael) Widmer of Fargo, ND; Angela (Robert) Krueger of St. Peter; Jody (Katarina) Nelson of Greensboro, NC; 26 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren; and several other relatives. Cora is preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; son, Dale Bacon; daughter Carol (Doug) Johnson; son-in-laws, Jay Locke and Doug Johnson; and brother, Orvil Frederickson. Blessed be the memory of Cora M. Brugman.