Donna Lynn Bruner

Donna Lynn Bruner

Donna Lynn Bruner, age 73, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital emergency room. She was born on Sept. 22, 1945, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Ava “Brownie” Brown and Ethel Goins Brown. She attended Fort Scott schools until December of her senior year when her family moved to Spring Hill, Kan. She always considered herself a member of the FSHS Class of 1963. She married Evert Eugene “Gene” Bruner on Dec. 20, 1963, in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death on June 19, 2015. Donna worked for Western Insurance Company in Fort Scott for 10 years, beginning in 1963. After her boys started kindergarten, she began working for Fort Scott Middle School from 1978 until her retirement in 2015. Donna enjoyed cross stitch, reading, tending her flowers and watching birds at her numerous birdfeeders. She enjoyed working with the Fort Scott kids at school. Her great love was spending time with her family and watching all the grandkids’ activities.

Survivors include her daughter, Genea Bruner, Fort Scott; two sons, David Bruner and wife Michelle, Fort Scott, and Darren Bruner and wife Tracie, Lee’s Summit, Mo.; a brother, Terry Brown and wife Kristy, Spring Hill, Kan.; a sister-in-law, Katherine Ann Pritchett, Pratt, Kan.; grandchildren Kylie and Dylan, Fort Scott, and Ben, Lee’s Summit; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her husband Gene, she was preceded in death by her parents; and in-laws, Homer and Dortha Bruner.

Rev. Dusty Drake will conduct funeral services at 12 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, at the Community Christian Church. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until noon Wednesday, prior to the service, at the church. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.