Bonnie Bruner
December 14, 1923 — October 13, 2016
Bonnie Bruner
Bonnie Bruner, 92, of Kingsport, died Thursday, October 13, 2016, at Asbury Place of Kingsport.
She was born December 14, 1923, in Saginaw, MI. She and her husband, Chester A. Bruner, were married December 24, 1943, and moved to Kingsport, TN, where Chet worked at Tennessee Eastman.
Bonnie and Chet were charter members of Waverly Road Presbyterian Church where they had served as elders and deacons. She taught Sunday school for
thirty-five years, served on Community Aid Committee, Holston Presbytery Christian Education Committee, and Meals on Wheels. After moving to Baysmont, she helped with Vespers on Sunday evenings.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Valley Spencer; sisters, Beverly Reinbold and Audrey Breidenbach; and granddaughter, Elizabeth Altman Bruner.
Bonnie is survived by her husband of seventy-two years, Chester A. Bruner; two sons, James Allen Bruner of Kettering, OH, and David Spencer Bruner and wife, Debby McLean Bruner of Columbia, SC; grandchildren, Marianne Baur and husband, Marc, Jennifer Fishinger and husband, Bill, great-grandchildren, Patric Callihan, Andrew Baur, Mary McLean Baur, and Emma Baur; several nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Waverly Road Presbyterian Church, 1415 Waverly Rd., Kingsport, TN 37664.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
She was born December 14, 1923, in Saginaw, MI. She and her husband, Chester A. Bruner, were married December 24, 1943, and moved to Kingsport, TN, where Chet worked at Tennessee Eastman.
Bonnie and Chet were charter members of Waverly Road Presbyterian Church where they had served as elders and deacons. She taught Sunday school for
thirty-five years, served on Community Aid Committee, Holston Presbytery Christian Education Committee, and Meals on Wheels. After moving to Baysmont, she helped with Vespers on Sunday evenings.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Valley Spencer; sisters, Beverly Reinbold and Audrey Breidenbach; and granddaughter, Elizabeth Altman Bruner.
Bonnie is survived by her husband of seventy-two years, Chester A. Bruner; two sons, James Allen Bruner of Kettering, OH, and David Spencer Bruner and wife, Debby McLean Bruner of Columbia, SC; grandchildren, Marianne Baur and husband, Marc, Jennifer Fishinger and husband, Bill, great-grandchildren, Patric Callihan, Andrew Baur, Mary McLean Baur, and Emma Baur; several nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Waverly Road Presbyterian Church, 1415 Waverly Rd., Kingsport, TN 37664.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
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