Orville E Brunner

Orville E. Brunner

Orville E. Brunner, 74, 517 W. 12th, retired engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad, died Monday (Jan. 25, 1999) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus. He was born Sept. 4, 1924, in Newton to Clarence and Rosa Lee (DuPuis) Brunner. He married Nadine Warnke Jan. 30, 1946, in Newton. She survives of the home. He was a member of the Meridian Baptist Church, American Legion, Wayne G. Austin Post No. 2, both of Newton and the United Transportation Union. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a machinist mate second class. He was a member of Tin Can Sailors, an organization for anyone serving on a destroyer during the war. He was city commissioner from 1961 to 1977 and served as Mayor from 1962 to 1964, 1968 to 1969 and 1971 to 1972. Other survivors include: one son, Ted Brunner of Newton; two daughters, Karen Robb and Darla Crowell, both of Newton; two brothers, Ralph Brunner of Emporia and Richard Brunner of Palm Desert, Calif.; two sisters, Julia Klassen of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Mary Margaret Wyman of Placerville, Calif.; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Meridian Baptist Church in Newton with the Rev. Jerroll Martens officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home. Memorials have been established with Meridian Baptist Church and Union Rescue Mission in Wichita in care of the funeral home.