Owen M. F. Bruner, Grandfather, was born on August 3, 1830 and. died in Phoenixville, Pa. on July 25, 1909, he was 78. he was buried on August 1, 1909 in Honeybrook Methodist Church Cemetery. He resided in Phoenixville, Pa. in 1891 and was a native of Honeybrook, Pa.
"Today Owen F. Bruner, of Phoenixville, will celebrate his sixty-fourth birthday. Mr. Brunner is a citizen well known in Phoenixville, and during the day he will no doubt receive many congratulations from his many firends about his native town." - 1/22/1891 (Note a conflict here in the date 1891. If Owen was 78 and died in 1909, he couldn't have been 64 in 1891. The person had scratched out the date 8/13 or 8/3/1894. The date 8/3/1894 would fit the description of his age in the death notice, so I have chosen to use 8/3/1830 as his birth date. LEM)
"Bruner - In Phoenixville, Pa., on July 25th, 1909, Owen F. Bruner, aged 78 years, 11 months and 23 days. relatives and friends are invited without further notice to attend the funeral services at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Honeybrook, Pa., on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment in adjoining cemetery." Daily Local News. 7/28/1909
"The funeral of Owen F. Bruner, who died at his home in Phoenixville, took place in the M. E. Church here on Thursday morning. Mr. Bruner was a native of Honeybrook Township, being a son of the late Jacob and Ruth Ann Bruner. Rev. E. E. Dixon, of Darby, and Prof. [missing] J. Moran, of Tacony, were among those who attended the funeral." Daily Local News. 8/3/1909
Owen M. F. married Susan Russell, Grandmother, born about 1840. Susan died near Loag's Corner on November 26, 1867, she was 27. Cause of death: after a short illness.
"Bruner - Near Loag's Corner on Tuesday evening, Nov. 26, after a short illness, Susan, wife of Owen Bruner, aged about 27 years." VR. 12/3/1867 (VR stands for Valley Review - LEM)
"It is seldom our lot to record the death of one with whom we felt so unwilling to part, as our late friend. We cannot realize that death, the fell destroyer, has laid his cold hand upon her and claimed her as his own. Only a few days ago we saw her in the bloom and activity of life, the centre of the family circle, radiating joy and happiness all around now cold in the embrace of death. But to her the grave was no terror. As she stood upon the confines of eternity and beheld beautiful angels waiting to bear her away, she was anxious to quit this world of fleeting joys and dwell forever with her Lord. In early life she felt the necessity of a change of heart and besought an interest in the merits of atonement: she connected herself with the Waynesburg Presbyterian Church, in which she continued a faithful member. Recently, on account of the distance, and believing a greater field of usefulness open to her, she united with herself with the Goodwill M. E. Church, thus doubly consecrating herself to Christ and his cause. But her warfare was destined to be short. In the midst of her labots and before that object was accomplished, which had been the subject of so many prayers, and the hope that guardian angles would watch over her three motherless little children, she closed her eyes to death. She lived a life of faith and prayer, and her bible was her daily companion. No one could look upon its well worn pages without being deeply impressed with her love of God's truth. truly it was a lamp shining continually on her way and never did her feet stray from its blessed path of light. Her kindness and hospitality, her unwearied diligence as the head of her family, her unselfish devotion to her relatives, mark a character of unusual generosity, self-denial and self-sacrifice. Yet not in herself was her trust; in Jesus alone it was placed. Clothed with his righteousness and saved by his grace, she rests in peace. Her record is on high, and already we believe she entered her mansion in the skies, a saint in light." -D. S. T. VR. 12/3/1867
They had one child:
Harriet Florence (1866-1928)
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