Sharon Kay Bruner, 71, Neosho Falls, passed away Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Sharon was born Aug. 18, 1942, in Gas, the daughter of Clarence and Goldie (Mullins) Rose. She grew up in Iola.
Sharon owned and operated The Downtowner restaurant for a number of years and retired as a bookkeeper from Alco Implement in Iola.
On March 17, 2000, Sharon married Mike Bruner in Iola and they made their home in Neosho Falls.
She enjoyed raising flowers and traveling. She was a member of Neosho Falls United Methodist Church.
Survivors are her husband Mike Bruner; daughter Tanya Vail and her husband, Larry, Olathe; step-son Jay Bruner, Neosho Falls; three step-daughters, Becky Spencer and husband, Jamie, Iola, Angela Whitney and husband, Tad, Piqua, and Robin Tinsley, Overland Park; one brother, Marvin Rose and wife, Nellie, Iola; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, 16 step-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, step-father Everett Wiles, step-daughter Krista Bruner Grogg and granddaughter Aubree Vail.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, at the Neosho Falls United Methodist Church.
Burial will be at LaHarpe Cemetery, LaHarpe.
Memorials can be made to Friends For Life Memorial gifts and left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola.
Online condolences may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Sharon Bruner
