OBITUARY FOR - Helene E. Brunner, 93
Helene E. Brunner, 93, of Herington, former resident of rural Burdick, died Saturday, October 13, 2012, at home. She was born on October 2nd, 1919, at Wichita, the daughter of Ernst and Minna (Pigorsch) Domann.
Funeral Service will be held at 1:30 pm Wednesday, October 17th, 2012, at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington, with Rev. Troy Slater officiating. Musician for the service will be Linda Carlson and serving as pallbearers Cory Brunner, Monte Brunner, Landon Brunner, Lance Brunner, Luke Brunner, Kyler Schlesener, Leo Schlesener, and Zac Schlesener. A committal will follow at the Lewis Cemetery, Ramona. A Prayer Service will be held at 7pm Tuesday, at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Herington Chapel.
Mrs. Brunner was a homemaker. She also worked as a telephone operator at the Burdick Switchboard Office, and later retired from Helen’s Christian Bookstore, Herington. She was a member of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington.
She married Victor P. Brunner on January 19, 1941, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Herington; he preceded in death on June 3, 2011. She is also preceded in death by a son Donald (age 25) on September 1, 1968; two (2) brothers: Arthur Domann (07/25/2011) and Edward Domann (07/23/1987); and her parents.
She is survived by two (2) sons: Gaylord Vic Brunner (wife-Kay) of Herington, and Milton Brunner (wife-Chrystal) of Salina; a brother Theodore Domann of Herington; a sister Alice Lehman of Wichita; seven (7) grandchildren; and nine (9) great grandchildren.
Memorials to the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington Hospital Foundation, or Dickinson County Hospice; or they may be sent in care of the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home & Crematory, Herington Chapel, 404 S. Broadway, Herington, KS 67449-3038.
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