Charles Harry Bruner, 91, of Leesburg, Florida, went to be with the Lord on March 24, 2018 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Leesburg, Florida. Charles was born on September 7, 1926 in Emanuel, Kentucky to his parents Charles S. Bruner and Bessie Thompson.
He was retired from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals as a Facilities Engineer. He and his loving wife moved to Leesburg in 1985 from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was a proud veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Navy and a Pearl Harbor survivor. He was a member of The First Baptist Church of Leesburg, Florida where he and his late wife served in the mission field “Camper’s on Mission” where they spread God’s word to all and helped to build churches.
He is survived by his loving children: Nancy Fretz and her husband Robert of St. Paul, MN, Charles S. Bruner and his wife DeeAnna of Leesburg, FL and Michael H. Bruner and his wife Bonnie of Leesburg, FL; a sister: Jane Vogt of Cincinnati, OH; eleven grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren and several loving nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Henrietta Bruner and a daughter Jane Leah Youngs.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 31, 2018 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Page-Theus Funeral Home, Leesburg, Florida.
The burial will take place at a later date at Beatty Cemetery in Baileys Switch, Kentucky.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to The First Baptist Church of Leesburg, in the loving memory of Charles H. Bruner.