Remembering Rusty: Late Elma High School student remembered on his birthday

EHS celebrates birthday of Brycen Rustemeyer, a student who died of leukemia.

By Stephanie Morton • October 27, 2016 1:30 am
(Photo by Robert Beldin) Students from Elma High School organized a birthday memorial for classmate Brycen Rustemeyer and raised $250 for Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in his honor. Brycen would have been 18 on Oct. 20. His schoolmates sang happy birthday and released balloons from Davis Field behind Elma High School. From leftt: Dallas Trusty, Peyton Elliott, Reanna Gibson, Kohlby Jo Saylor, Madisen Moore, Barrett Burbidge, Matt Hitchner, Tawni Heller and Brooke Sutherby.
(Photo by Robert Beldin) Students from Elma High School organized a birthday memorial for classmate Brycen Rustemeyer and raised $250 for Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in his honor. Brycen would have been 18 on Oct. 20. His schoolmates sang happy birthday and released balloons from Davis Field behind Elma High School. From leftt: Dallas Trusty, Peyton Elliott, Reanna Gibson, Kohlby Jo Saylor, Madisen Moore, Barrett Burbidge, Matt Hitchner, Tawni Heller and Brooke Sutherby.

By Stephanie Morton