- Mrs. Adolph (Ed) Brunner, 82, of Whitelaw, died Tuesday at home.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Reedsville Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church, Whitelaw. Officiating at the concelebrated Mass will be the Revs. E.A. Radey, Leo Schmitt and Francis Rose. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Brunner was born Aug. 3, 1886, in the Town of Cato, daughter of the late Frank and Margaret Rippe Kohlbeck, and she was married to Adolph Brunner Sept. 24, 1912, at Clarks Mills. She was a 50-year member of the Christain Mothers of St. Michael's.
Survivors include the husband; three daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Margaret) Lomprey of Henderson, Nev., Mrs. Theresa Sitmann of Whitelaw and Mrs. Gregory (Gertrude) Schmelzle of Necedah; three sons, Harold of Dearborn, Mich., Hubert of San Francisco, Calif., and Roy of Manitowoc; three brothers, Louis of Whitelaw and George and Ferd. Of Rt. 1, Cato; 26 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. A son, four brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday where at 7 p.m. the Rosary will be recited.
Manitowoc Herald Times Tuesday, February 25, 1969 pg. 3
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POUR GASOLINE IN BOILING WATER, EXPLOSION, SERIOUS BURNS FOR WHITELAW WOMAN AS RESULT
Mrs. Ed Brunner Suffers Serious Injury as Result of Using Oil in Wash Water Which Had Been Heated
An explosion which resulted when she poured a quantity of gasoline into boiling water which she was using for washing clothes came near resulting fatally for Mrs. Edward Brunner of Whitelaw, Mrs. Brunner being seriously burned about the face, neck and arms as result of the explosion and it is feared that she may be scarred for life as a result of her injuries.
Mrs. Brunner is the wife of Ed Brunner, proprietor of a hotel at Whitelaw and was engaged in superintending the weekly washing at her home. Like many other housewives Mrs. Brunner has on occasions used a small quantity of gasoline in the water used for boiling clothes and intended to do this but had neglected to place the gasoline in the water before heating.
Remembering that this had not been done, Mrs. Brunner attempted to pour the oil in the water while it was heating on the stove with the result that the explosion followed.
Mrs. Brunner's face was seriously burned, her hair scorched and part of her eyebrows burned off and she is under the care of physicians. The burns are not considered dangerous but cause Mrs. Brunner great suffering. The Brunners are well known in this city.
Manitowoc Daily Herald - May 28, 1913 - page 4
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
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