Susana Flickenger Bruner (1848-1902)

FLICKENGER, BRUNER

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 5/28/2005 at 08:44:23

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, May 29, 1902, page 4, column 3. "C. C. Cory received a telegram Monday morning bearing the sad news that Mrs. G. W. Bruner, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, had died at nine o'clock on Sunday evening. Mrs. Cory, who is the daughter of Mrs. Bruner, had gone to that place on Tuesday previous and was present at the time of her death. The Bruner family had been residents of Story county for many years, having lived on a farm west of town and they are well and favorably known to nearly all Maxwell people. Mrs. Bruner has been an invalid for some time and last winter they sold their farm and moved to Oklahoma in hopes that a change of climate might be beneficial to her, but their hopes were in vain. The Tribune published a letter from Mrs. Bruner in the issue of April 26th, in which she seemed very much pleased with their new home. The many friends of this family extend their heartfelt sympathy to them in this their time of great bereavement. Mrs. Bruner was a woman who commanded the admiration of all who knew her and was ever doing deeds of kindness to those with whom she came in contact."

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, June 5, 1902, page 10, column 1. "OBITUARY - Mrs. Susana Flickinger-Bruner was born in Cumberland county, Pa., February 16, 1848, and died near Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 25, 1902, age fifty-four years, three months and nine days. She was married to G. W. Bruner August 16, 1865, to this union was born five children all of whom together with her husband survive her. During their early married life Mr. and Mrs. Bruner resided in Illinois and from there moved to Story county, Iowa, where they lived for twenty-nine years, moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 4, 1902. Mrs. Bruner has been a sufferer from asthma most all of her life which terminated in catarrh of the stomach, this being the cause of death. The Bruner family moved to Stillwater this spring in hopes that a change of climate might better the condition of Mrs. Bruner's health, but their hopes were vain. Although afflicted for many years she has ever been a patient sufferer, a kind and loving wife and mother, and was always mindful of her friends. Mrs. Bruner has a host of friends in and around Maxwell, as she was always an exemplary christian woman and loved by all who knew her, and though her body sleeps peacefully beneath the sod her spirit has received the welcome words, "Well done good and faithful servant." The funeral was preached by Rev. Basil at the home of the deceased. The bereaved family have the sympathy of all in their sad affliction."