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SOLOMON KESNER
SOLOMON KESNER, insurance and loan agent, was born in Perry County, Ind., in 1832, where he lived until 1855, when he moved to Illinois, remaining there one year; thence to Iowa, and in 1857 located in Coffey County, Kan., and engaged in farming. Cleared up and improved a farm and remained there until 1860. Thence to Woodson County, where he improved another farm and engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. K. was among the pioneers of Woodson County. In 1879, he sold out and improved another farm, putting up a large stone house and other buildings and planted an orchard of twenty acres, and sold this and engaged in the hotel business at LeRoy, Coffey County. After remaining there one year, he traded this property for a grist mill in Elk County, and after a short time traded this for his present farm at Yates Center, Woodson County. In 1883, he engaged in the insurance and loan business Chautauqua County, with headquarters at Sedan, and has been doing a large business. For a number of years he was engaged in selling goods on the road and handling patent rights, besides attending to his farming interests, and for six months has been at work on a double bunch hay rake, which he has just succeeded in getting patented, which he is confident will take the lead in rakes in this country. Mr. Kesner is a public-spirited man, who takes a lively interest in all improvements or anything of a progressive tendency, and being a good business man, has accumulated a nice property since he came to Kansas, although he has been afflicted with poor health for several years. In 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Sabra Kitterman, of Indiana. They have seven children–Christopher C., Elizabeth C., John W., Sarah A., George T., Amanda J. and Nancy E. Mr. K. is an active member of the Christian Church, and has been a member since eighteen years of age.
Kansas Collection Books
William G. Cutler’s History of the State of Kansas
Woodson County, Part 3
Biographical Sketches (Bailey-Pickett)
http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/
Gravesite Details Solomon Kesner
- BIRTH 21 Oct 1832
- Perry County, Indiana, USA
- DEATH 7 Oct 1926 (aged 93)
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
- BURIAL
- Westview Cemetery
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
MEMORIAL ID 51344397
C.J. Evrard
“One of the leading citizens of Blytheville, AR is C.J. Evrard, president of the Evrard Abstract Company and the Blytheville Insurance Company. He was born in Perry county, Indiana, a son of Godfroid and Pauline (Lambert) Evrard, the former a native of St. Medard, Belgium, and the latter of Libramont, Belgium. C. J. Evrard’s birth occurred just eight days [ s/b abt 28 days later ] after his parents landed in Derby.
In the acquirement of his early education, C. J. Evrard attended the district schools near the home farm and prior to his seventeenth birthday he began teaching school. For more than thirty years he was engaged in educational work and won a widespread reputation in that connection. He is a highly educated and intellectual man and speaks French fluently. At one time he was offered the chair of French at Notre Dame University but his health would not permit such close confinement. In 1902 Mr. Evrard came to Blytheville and engaged in the abstract and loan business, which he is now actively conducting under the name of Evrard Abstract Company. In 1920 he established the Blytheville Insurance Agency and he is achieving well merited success in both connections.
On the 9th of February 1881, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Evrard to Miss Sarah Jane Ballard of Perry county, Indiana, and to their union eight children have been born: Daisy is the wife of S.C. Moore, a successful farmer of Mississippi county; Gordon is railroad agent at Black Oak, this state; James B. is a despatcher at Wynne, Arkansas. He served for twenty-seven months in the navy as wireless operator during the World war and crossed the ocean ten times; Marcus, who is associated with his father in business, served as first-class yeoman in the navy for twenty-seven months during the World war. The other children are deceased.
Extract in part from; Volume 3 of the Centennial History of Arkansas (Dallas Tabor Herndon, published 1922 by S.J. Clark Publishing Company), pages 871 and 872
Luke Mitchell Added
Luke Mitchell has been added to my data base. He was a son of William Nathaniel Mitchell Born Abt. 1812 and Elizabeth Rebecca Cassidy Born September 19, 1819.
Luke Mitchell S/o William Nathaniel Mitchell & Elizabeth Rebecca Cassidy Was Born December 28, 1856 In Kentucky, And Died February 25, 1932 In Hopkins, Kentucky. He Married Alice Louetta Gaddis. She Was Born August 23, 1869, And Died May 07, 1936 In Hopkins, Kentucky.
More About Luke Mitchell:
Burial: Concord Cemetery #1 Hopkins County, Kentucky
More About Alice Louetta Gaddis:
Burial: Concord Cemetery #1 Hopkins County, Kentucky
Children Of Luke Mitchell And Alice Gaddis Are:
I. Leonard L. Mitchell, B. January 12, 1892; D. May 09, 1939, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
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Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery Clay, Webster County, Kentucky
Ii. Maggie C Mitchell, B. July 20, 1902, Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, Kentucky; D. May 06, 1990, Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana; M. Charles Baker Henretty; B. March 24, 1907, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; D. September 02, 1972, Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana.
More About Maggie C Mitchell:
Burial: Scottsburg Cemetery
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Burial: Scottsburg Cemetery
Janice Laverne (Lamkin)Kipp
Tell city, in
Janice Laverne Lamkin passed away Aug. 1, 2021 in Tell City, IN.
She was born July 28, 1941 in Bristow, Indiana the daughter of Harold E. and Mary M. (Aders) Lamkin.
Janice was a cheer leader and a graduate of Oil Township High School. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with family.
She is survived by a son Steven Robert Lutz and daughter Rita Olga Lutz of Cannelton, In. Brothers Riley Lamkin of Tell City, IN., and Lunnie Lamkin of Grayville, IL. Her grandchildren, Jason Haddon Günter, Mitchell Lee Lutz, Daniel Wayne Branam, Steven Dwayne Branam.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by a brother, Harold W Lamkin.
LEE MYERS, 19-YEAR-OLD BOY, DROWNED
Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle
Fort Dodge, IA
Wednesday, September 10, 1924
Page 1
LEE MYERS, 19-YEAR-OLD BOY, DROWNED TODAY
Lee Myers, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Myers was drowned at San Diego, according to a telegram sent to his parents here today. Young Myers who was a member of the United States navy, in the service less than a year fell from a gang plank, the message states and the body has not been found. No further details were given in the telegram and the family is eagerly awaiting the letter which it stated would follow.
The young man is the only son and besides his parents one sister, Virginia, survives. His father who travels for the U. S. Gypsum company was not at home when the message came but he was located this morning and the sad news given to him.
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Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle
Fort Dodge. IA
Tuesday, September 30, 1924
Page 1
Body Lee Myers, Drowned Sept. 9, Found Monday
The body of Lee J. Myers, nineteen year old sailor son of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Myers, 109 south Eighteenth street, who was drowned in the harbor of San Francisco Tuesday, September 9, has been found, according to word received by the parents yesterday, just twenty days after the accident. The telegram which stated that the identification of the body was complete contained no details as to where the body was found. The telegram was sent from the mayor of San Francisco.
The body will be sent to Fort Dodge for burial but as the time of the arrival is uncertain no funeral arrangements have been made.
The young sailor was drowned when he slipped from the gang plank after an evening in San Francisco. An undercurrent in the harbor made it impossible to rescue him although the family here have been assured that every effort was made to do this. Aside from his parents one sister, Virginia, survives.
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Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle
Fort Dodge, IA
Saturday, October 4, 1924
Page 12
Military Honors For Lee Myers; Funeral Is Today
Military honors accorded to Leo J. Myers, sailor who was drowned at San Francisco, September 9, at his funeral here today. Short services were held at the home of the young man’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Myers, 109 south Eighteenth street, at 8:30 and from there the body was taken to Sacred Heart church where requiem high mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Desmond. Burial was in Corpus Christi cemetery and the pall bearers were Ewald Trost, Andrew Jensen, Albert Kallansrud, Sidney Ackerson, Fay Fowler, Chris Heller, Carl Treband and W. E. Heileman, all of whom were in military uniform.
Young Myers, who had lived all his life in Fort Dodge enlisted in the navy last spring. He was stationed in San Francisco on the S. S. Stoddard for fleet maneuvers, one night returning from liberty lost his footing on the gang plank and was drowned. It was twenty days before the body was found. Mrs. William Tardy of Chicago, Mrs. Oscar Wenner of Garrison, Iowa, were here for the funeral.
Grand Parents are Joseph Henry (Jacques) James, Jr. and Mary Joseph Catherine Lamkin born Apalona, Perry Co., Indiana
ARNOLD ELDER
ARNOLD ELDER was born January 30, 1810 in Washington Co., KY, and died September 22, 1854 in Perry Co., IN. He married MARY REBECCA HARGIS June 10, 1837 in Perry Co., IN, daughter of JOHN HARGIS and NANCY ALLEN. She was born July 24, 1821 in Derby, Perry Co., Indiana, and died December 16, 1901 in Rooks Co., KS.
In 1860 Mary (Marey/Masey), age 38 from IN, was a merchant in Perry Co., IN (page 842) with p roperty valued at $1,600 and personal assets of $1,000; at home were George F, from IN; Na ncy C., from IN; Thomas G., from IN; Arnold A., from IN.
The family owned a store a half mile east of Derby on the Ohio River. During the Civil War, M ary became nervous about Morgan’s Raiders, so she sold out and moved to Oil Creek in Perry Co . to be away from the river.
Indiana
Historical marker noting Morgan’s activities at Brandenburg, Kentucky, where his forces captured two steamboats, the John B. McCombs and the Alice Dean, before crossing the Ohio River into Indiana
Morgan had sent spy Thomas Hines and a party of 25 Confederates, posing as a Union patrol, on a secret mission into Indiana in June to determine if the local Copperheads would support or join Morgan’s impending raid. After visiting the local Copperhead leader, Dr. William A. Bowles, Hines learned that no desired support would be forthcoming. He and his scouts were soon identified as actually being Confederates, and, in a small skirmish near Leavenworth, Indiana, Hines had to abandon his men as he swam across the Ohio River under gunfire. He wandered around Kentucky for a week seeking information on Morgan’s whereabouts.
By now reduced to 1,800 men, Morgan’s main column had arrived on the morning of July 8 at Brandenburg, Kentucky, a small town along the Ohio River, where Hines rejoined them. Here, the raiders seized two steamboats, the John B. McCombs and the Alice Dean. Morgan, against Bragg’s strict orders,[5] transported his command across the river to Indiana, landing just east of Mauckport. A small company of Indiana home guards contested the crossing with an artillery piece, as did a riverboat carrying a six-pounder. Morgan chased off the local defenders, capturing a sizeable portion as well as their guns. After burning the Alice Dean and sending the John B. McCombs downriver with instructions not to pursue him, Morgan headed away from the river.
Governor Oliver P. Morton worked feverishly to organize Indiana’s defense, calling for able-bodied men to take up arms and form militia companies. Thousands responded and organized themselves into companies and regiments. Col. Lewis Jordan took command of the 450 members of the Harrison County Home Guard (Sixth Regiment, Indiana Legion), consisting of poorly trained civilians with a motley collection of arms. His goal was to delay Morgan long enough for Union reinforcements to arrive.
Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, commander of the Department of the Ohio with headquarters in Cincinnati, quickly organized local Federal troops and home militia to cut off Morgan’s routes back to the South. Morgan headed northward on Mauckport Road, with another brother, Colonel Richard Morgan, leading the forward elements. On July 9, one mile south of Corydon, Indiana, the county seat of Harrison County, his advance guard encountered Jordan’s small force, drawn in a battle line behind a hastily thrown up barricade of logs. The colonel attacked, and in a short but spirited battle of less than an hour, he simultaneously outflanked both Union wings, completely routing the hapless militia. Accounts vary as to the number of casualties of the Battle of Corydon, but the most reliable evidence suggests that 4 of Jordan’s men were killed, 10-12 were wounded, and 355 were captured. Morgan counted 11 dead and 40 wounded raiders. Among the dead Federals was the civilian toll keeper who perished near his tollgate. Raiders killed a Lutheran minister, Reverend Peter Glenn, on his farm, 4 miles (6 km) from the battlefield, and stole horses from several other farmers.
General Morgan led his division into Corydon, where he paroled his demoralized prisoners and ransomed the town for cash and supplies. Morgan’s soldiers then traveled east and reached Vienna on July 10, where they burned a railroad bridge and depot, and tapped a telegraph line. After spending the night in Lexington, they headed to the northeast, terrorizing the small towns along the way, including Vernon, Dupont, New Pekin, Salem, and Versailles.
On July 11, while crossing Blue River near New Pekin, Confederate Capt. William J. Davis and some of his men were captured by 73rd Indiana Infantry and a detachment of the 5th U.S. Regulars. Davis and several other soldiers were taken to New Albany and secured in the county jail.
On July 12, Morgan arrived in the town of Dupont, Indiana, where his men burned the town’s storehouse and stole 2,000 smoked hams before riding out of town the next day. The hams were eventually discarded as they began to attract flies, leaving a trail of hams along the side of the road for the pursuing Union Army to follow.
Morgan then headed for Salem where he immediately took possession of the town and placed guards over the stores and streets. His cavalrymen burned the large brick depot, along with all the railcars on the track and the railroad bridges on each side of town. They demanded taxes from area flour and grist mills. After looting stores and taking about $500, they departed in the afternoon.
In Versailles a group of freebooters invaded the local Masonic Lodge, Versailles No. 7, and lifted the Lodge’s badges of office which had originally been made from French silver coins. Morgan, himself a Freemason, ordered the officers’ jewels returned, punishing the thievery of his own men.[6]
Morgan finally left Indiana at Harrison, closely pursued by Federal cavalry.
Descendants of Charles ‘Carl’ Rheinlander
CHARLES ‘CARL’ RHEINLANDER was born May 13, 1837 in Germany, and died March 20, 1899 in Tell City, Perry County, Indiana. He married (1) MARIA REICHART. She was born March 06, 1840 in Germany, and died July 15, 1875 in Perry County, Indiana. He married (2) FRANZISKA LEX April 17, 1876 in Perry Co., IN, daughter of GEORGE LEX and THERESIA RAAB. She was born February 10, 1850 in Indiana, and died August 22, 1891 in Tell City, Perry County, Indiana.
Notes for CHARLES ‘CARL’ RHEINLANDER:
Carl Reinlander came to America from Germany as a butcher. He was about 5 ft 5 in. tall with extra long arms. He was claimed to be the strongest man in Tell City; they say he did not know his own strength. He was famous for his sausage.
Carl opened a meat market in Tell City. His son, Theodore, became his partner. After the marriage of his daughter, Anna, to Jacob Birchler, Jacob also became a partner. Rheinlander & Birchler Meat Market was located on 9th Street in Tell City, Indiana.
More About CHARLES ‘CARL’ RHEINLANDER:
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
More About MARIA REICHART:
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
More About FRANZISKA LEX:
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
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Descendants of Wallace “Wally” Clarence Bruner
Generation No. 1
1. WALLACE “WALLY” CLARENCE3 BRUNER (WALLACE ALBERT2, ALBERT THEODRE1) was born March 04, 1931 in Woodbury County, Iowa, and died November 03, 1997 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. He married (1) PATRICIA RAY THOMAS June 05, 1949 in Perry County IN, daughter of RAYMOND THOMAS and MARY WEANER. She was born November 07, 1931 in Downs, McLean County, Illinois, and died November 16, 2011 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. He married (2) NATALIE MARY MARTIN August 03, 1968, daughter of STEPHEN MARTIN and NATALIE MAMULA. She was born August 02, 1936 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
Notes for WALLACE “WALLY” CLARENCE BRUNER:
Host of TV’s “What’s My Line” after John Daly left. Appeared in other various TV and radio endeavors.
“Bruner, a former ABC News correspondent and host of the television show What’s My Line?, died of liver cancer Monday in Indianapolis. He was 66. He became an ABC News correspondent in 1965 and covered the White House, Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. A year later, Bruner became an anchor at WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., and from 1968 to 1972 he was the host of CBS’ What’s My Line? – a show on which blindfolded panelists quizzed mystery guests in the hope of guessing their identities. During the early 1970s, he and his wife, Natalie, produced and were the hosts of one of television’s first home-improvement programs. Wally’s Workshop was syndicated in 80 markets, running from 1971 to the mid-1980s.”
BRUNER, WALLY: 1931-
Wally Bruner was born in Woodbury County, Iowa, on March 4, 1931, the son of Wallace and Audrey Scott Bruner. However, two articles in the INDIANAPOLIS STAR (June 18, 1972 and July 30, 1978) and the dust jacket of the book listed below state that he is a native of Tell City, Ind. He attended Indiana University. On Aug. 3, 1968, he married Natalie Martin. Since 1951 Brunet has held several positions in radio and television, including performer, writer, owner, correspondent, and show host. He and his wife have co-authored more than twenty-five pamphlets on repair work and related topics.
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Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Notes for PATRICIA RAY THOMAS:
TELL CITY – Patricia Ray Thomas Bruner, mother, teacher, writer and political activist, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Patricia Ray Thomas was born Nov. 7, 1931, in Downs, Ill. She was the oldest of Raymond A. and Mary Alice Weaner Thomas’ four children. Prior to his induction into the U.S. Navy during World War II, Raymond relocated his family from Taylor Ridge to the family homestead near Derby. Patricia graduated from Tell City High School as salutatorian in 1949.
At the age of 17, she married Wallace (Wally) Bruner, also of Tell City. Over the ensuing 15 years, she traveled across the United States as a two-year stint in the U.S. Air Force and work took the couple from Indiana to Phoenix, Ariz., to Washington, D.C. During that time, Ms. Bruner worked as a radio station manager, copywriter and advertising executive, while bearing 10 children.
Following their divorce in 1965, Ms. Bruner chose to remain in Washington D.C. to raise her family. She served as managing editor of the Catholic Voice of Washington D.C. newspaper until 1973, where she was often at odds with the Conference of Catholic Bishops over the issues of birth control, the role of women in the church, the death penalty and the Vietnam War. A pro-life liberal, she believed that being pro-life meant caring for children after they are born as well as before. She was a lifelong advocate for children, opening her home to hundreds of teenagers seeking safety, mentoring and fostering. The house eventually earned the unofficial title of Bruner Community Center. As a staunch opponent of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, she also opened her home to anti-war protesters, U.S. servicemen and women, and other groups seeking redress of grievances against the U.S. government. After the high school graduation of her youngest child, she returned to college, eventually earning a degree in urban and regional planning. Following her graduation from college, she relocated to Dayton, Ohio and spent the next 15 years helping workers displaced by the off shoring of manufacturing jobs develop new skills so that they could re-enter the job market. In 1993, she retired and moved back to southern Indiana to be closer to her parents. She continued to write, research Thomas family genealogy and to teach and counsel the children of Perry County until her final illness.
Surviving are her children, Rick (Ginny) Bruner of Chicago, Ill., Mike (Kathy) Bruner of Greenwood, Ted (Carol) Bruner of Bound Brook, N.J., Tim (Sydney) Bruner of Laurel, Md., Kathy Bruner of Bloomington, Kevin (Gloria) Bruner of Bloomington and Kris Bruner of Ellettsville; her brothers, Dr. John Thomas of Columbus, Ohio, and Dr. James Thomas of Cumberland, Ky.; 18 grandchildren, Christie and Josh Cataldo, Kyle Bruner and Sarah Brown, Kelly Wright, Jennifer Casselberry, Bonnie, James, Jason and Michelle Bruner, Carrie Cristinzio and Ryan Blackwell, Tim, Silas, Michael, Gabrielle and Katrine Bruner; great-grandchildren, Max, Sam and Jack Cristinzio, Bailey Blackwell, Mackenzie Wilmoth and Evan Bruner, Derek Brock, Alex and Curtis Cataldo, Tristan Harvey and Lily Bruner.
Preceding her in death are her parents, Raymond and Mary Alice (Weaner) Thomas; her daughters, Sherri Bruner-Osteen and infant Bonnie, and a brother, Gerry Thomas.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21 (today) at St. Augustine Catholic Church. The Rev. Brian Esarey will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Derby. Visitation was set for 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 and from 9 to 10:15 a.m. today at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Augustine Catholic Church
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Burial: St. Mary Cemetery in Derby, Indiana
Notes for NATALIE MARY MARTIN:
BRUNER, NATALIE MARTIN (MRS. WALLY): 1936-
Natalie Martin was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Aug. 2, 1936, the daughter of Stephen and Natalie Mamula Martin. She received the B.A. degree (1958) from Northwestern University. On Aug. 3, 1968, she married Wally Brunet. Mrs. Bruner was a press secretary (1960-68) for Senator George Smathers of Florida. With her husband she has co-authored more than twenty-five pamphlets on repair work and related topics
Children of WALLACE BRUNER and PATRICIA THOMAS are:
i. RICKEY4 BRUNER, b. 1950; m. VIRGINIA ??.
ii. SHERRI LYN BRUNER, b. July 10, 1951; m. AUBREY OSTEEN.
Notes for SHERRI LYN BRUNER:
BLOOMINGTON – Sherri Lyn Bruner-Osteen of Ellettsville, 59, formerly of Hickory Valley, Tenn., passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010, at Bloomington Memorial Hospital surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born July 10, 1951, in Tell City, the daughter of Wallace “Wally” Clarence Bruner and Patricia Ray (Thomas) Bruner. She was preceded in death by her father, Wally Bruner; a sister, Bonnie Susan Bruner; a brother, John Patrick Bruner, who died in infancy; her maternal grandparents, Mary Alice and Raymond A. Thomas and her paternal grandparents, Audrey and Wallace A. Bruner.
Sherri was a loving and devoted wife, daughter, sister and friend to many whose lives she touched in her special way.
Since 2003, Sherri was the editor-in-chief of The Bulletin–Times Newspaper in Bolivar, Tenn., before retiring last year due to health concerns and moving to the Bloomington area. Prior to that, she was an award-winning investigative reporter and writer for the Fayette County Review and held accounting manager roles at sister newspapers, Mid South Horse Review and the Southern Livestock Review.
She was a strong advocate for the humane treatment of animals and was instrumental in founding animal rescue organizations in Hardeman County, Tenn., in 2005.
In the 1990s, Sherri and partner Lucy Cogbill operated Cogbill’s Store and Museum in historic LaGrange, Tenn., which was lauded near and far for its antiques, local crafts and nostalgic atmosphere.
Sherri moved to Fayette County, Tenn., in 1981 to help manage a federally funded rural health-care study and later held administrative roles at area agencies providing job training and employment programs for the disabled.
Before moving to Tennessee, Sherri was a research consultant and analyst in the Washington, D.C. area in various positions for the Urban Institute, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Labor and the Legal Services Corp. in the 1970s and 1980s.
Just after high school, Sherri worked as a volunteer and fundraiser in Washington, D.C., helping to bring attention and an end to deplorable conditions and outdated programs at Forest Haven, a public institution for the mentally disabled.
She is survived by her husband of 23 years, Aubrey Osteen of Ellettsville; her mother, Patricia Bruner of Tell City; her stepmother, Natalie Bruner of Indianapolis; three sisters, Kathryn Bruner of Bloomington, Kristine Bruner of Ellettsville and Natalie Bruner and her husband, Alan Graeff of Bethesda, Md.; six brothers, Rickey Bruner and his wife, Virginia, of Chicago; Michael Bruner and his wife, Kathleen, of Whiteland; Ted Bruner and his wife, Carol, of Bound Brook, N.J.; Timothy Bruner and his wife, Sydney, of Laurel, Md.; Kevin Bruner and his wife, Gloria, of Bloomington and Wally Bruner and his fiancée, Tanya Ballew of Indianapolis. Also surviving are 21 nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at Saint Paul Catholic Church in Bloomington. A memorial Mass and burial service will be held in Perry County at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hardeman County Animal Rescue, Bolivar, Tenn., or to a favorite.
iii. MICHAEL BRUNER, b. 1952; m. KATHLEEN ??.
iv. TED BRUNER, b. 1954; m. CAROL ??.
v. TIM BRUNER, b. 1954.
2. vi. KATHRYN BRUNER, b. 1955.
vii. KEVIN BRUNER, b. 1955; m. GLORIA STEARNS.
viii. KRISTINE BRUNER, b. 1957.
ix. BONNIE SUSAN BRUNER, b. June 01, 1958, Tell City, IN; d. November 24, 1958.
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Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Vincennes, IN
x. JOHN PATRICK BRUNER, b. infancy.
Children of WALLACE BRUNER and NATALIE MARTIN are:
xi. WALLACE STEPHEN “WALLY”4 BRUNER, JR., b. Abt. 1971; m. (1) ELLEN R. JAMESON, July 30, 1994, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana; b. Abt. 1970; m. (2) TONYA MARIE BALLEW, August 17, 2010, Marion co., IN.
xii. NATALIE “LEE” BRUNER, m. ALAN GRAEFF.
Generation No. 2
2. KATHRYN4 BRUNER (WALLACE “WALLY” CLARENCE3, WALLACE ALBERT2, ALBERT THEODRE1) was born 1955. She married JOHN O’BRIEN.
Child of KATHRYN BRUNER and JOHN O’BRIEN is:
i. TIMOTHY SCOTT5 BRUNER, b. June 17, 1986, Washington, D.C; d. November 30, 2019, Bloomington; m. SYDNEY ??.
Notes for TIMOTHY SCOTT BRUNER:
“Timothy Scott Bruner, 33, known affectionately as Tim or Timbo Slice, passed away suddenly November 30, 2019 at his Bloomington home.
He was born June 17, 1986 in Washington, D.C., the son of Kathryn Mary Bruner and John O’Brien. He moved to Toronto, Ontario and lived there with the L’Arche community from 6 months old to 12 years old. Tim graduated from Harmony School, Bloomington, in 2004 and attended Indiana University.
Tim had a beautiful life in Canada. He was loved and reared there by a community of friends. He loved playing pick up hockey with friends on the frozen pond outside his house. Tim enjoyed cross-country biking with the DeCycles group, reached legendary levels on Halo video games and became a consummate movie buff after a stint as a movie theater usher in high school. Right out of high school, he was employed for several years as a manager and waiter at local restaurants, including Farm Bloomington, Malibu Grill, and Grazie Italiano. Tim’s skills and wit greatly enhanced many a patron’s culinary experience and he took great pride in his work.
He was most recently employed at Catalent Pharma Solutions and also worked for years as a part-time carpenter with his uncle, Kevin Bruner, a local contractor. Tim also had worked as a teacher’s aide at Binford and Templeton Elementary Schools, where students and teachers alike valued his special care in performing his job.
He was a loving son, brother, nephew, cousin, and friend to many. He was very charismatic, outgoing and charming, and often lent friends and even strangers a hand on the spur of the moment. All will miss his great bear hugs and his bright blue eyes.
He was preceded in death by his father, John O’Brien, and his maternal grandparents, Wallace Clarence “Wally” Bruner, and Patricia Ray (Thomas) Bruner. Tim was also preceded in death by his aunts, Sherri Lyn Bruner-Osteen and Bonnie Susan Bruner; an uncle, John Patrick Bruner, and a first cousin, Kyle Nicholas Bruner.
He is survived by his mother, Kathryn Mary Bruner, of Bloomington, sister, Sarah Bruner, of Indianapolis, step-grandmother, Natalie Bruner, of Indianapolis, uncles and aunts, Rickey and Virginia Bruner, of Monroe, Wis., Michael and Kathleen Bruner, of Whiteland, Ted and Carol Bruner, of Marshall, N.C., Tim and Sydney Bruner, of Laurel, Md., Kevin and Gloria Stearns-Bruner, of Bloomington, Kris Bruner, of Ellettsville, Wally Bruner and his wife, Tonya Ballew, of Indianapolis, and Natalie Bruner and her husband, Alan Graeff, of Bethesda, Md. He is also survived by 18 first cousins, and his faithful side-kick, Louie the cat.
A celebration of Tim’s life will be held Saturday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m., at Grazie Italiano Restaurant, 106 W. 6th St., Bloomington.
Friends have set up a sustaining fund at Harmony School in Tim’s honor. Those wishing to contribute may contact fern@harmonyschool.org for details. Arrangements by Allen Funeral Home and Crematorium in Bloomington.
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Wallace “Wally” Clarence Bruner
WALLACE “WALLY” CLARENCE BRUNER son of Wallace Albert Bruner & Audrey G Scott was born March 04, 1931 in Smithland County, IA, and died November 03, 1997 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. He married (1) MARY NELL BROOKS. She was born August 27, 1927 in Carroll, Georgia, and died February 16, 2005 in Doyline Cemetery. He married (2) PATRICIA RAY THOMAS June 05, 1949 in Perry County IN, daughter of RAYMOND THOMAS and MARY WEANER. She was born November 07, 1931 in Downs, McLean County, Illinois, and died November 16, 2011 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana.
Notes for WALLACE “WALLY” CLARENCE BRUNER:
Host of TV’s “What’s My Line” after John Daly left. Appeared in other various TV and radio endeavors.
More About WALLACE “WALLY” CLARENCE BRUNER:
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Tell City, IN
More About MARY NELL BROOKS:
Burial: Doyline, Webster Parish, Louisiana
More About PATRICIA RAY THOMAS:
Burial: Derby Cemetery