Yolo-San Francisco County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....BRUNER , Katherine “Kit” R.  November 7 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Monday, November 11, 2002
Katherine R. Bruner

Kit Bruner, 55, died on Nov. 7 , 2002, at her home in Davis after an 18-month
battle against a rare form of uterine cancer.

She was born on Feb. 7, 1947, in San Francisco and raised in Tiburon by her
parents, Jim and Sybil Reynolds.

She had lived in Village Homes since moving from Lake Tahoe to Davis with her
family in 1984.

A naturalist, artist and outdoor enthusiast, she enjoyed horses and exploring
the mountains with her family and friends and was particularly interested in the
wildlife of the Sierra and the Cascades. She enjoyed her homes near Mount Lassen
and at Lake Tahoe during the summer. She also enjoyed cooking and travel,
including recent trips to Southeast Asia.

She was a 1969 graduate of Cal State Chico and a member of the Alpha Chi
sorority. A native of Tiburon, she graduated from Redwood High School in Marin
County in 1964.

While living in Lake Tahoe from 1972 to 1984, she and her husband Jim had their
two children, Jonathan in 1976 and Sarah in 1981. She was a teacher's aide at
Bijou Elementary School and active as a parent volunteer at the Tahoe Parent
Nursery School. She also worked as a biologist sampling Lake Tahoe streams for
the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. She was also active in the
League to Save Tahoe, where her husband was the executive director.

At home in Davis, she and her husband raised Jonathan, a 26-year-old commercial
real estate broker in Sacramento, and Sarah, a 21-year-old senior at UC
Berkeley. She was a homemaker, a teacher's aide and a parent volunteer at the
Davis Parents Nursery School and at Fairfield Elementary School.

She was also a volunteer for Yolo County Court Appointed Special Advocates.

She was a tireless supporter of Jonathan and Sarah's interests and activities,
including their youth, high school and collegiate athletic teams.

She has been a member of the UC Berkeley Cal Parents organization since 1995 and
was a member of Davis Community Church.

She is survived by her husband of 33 years, James W. Bruner Jr. of Davis; son,
Jonathan Crow Bruner of Davis; daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Bruner of Berkeley;
mother, Sybil Reynolds of Greenbrae; sisters, Julia Weber of Palo Alto and
Alison Reynolds Trezise of Geneva, Switzerland; and brother, James Reynolds Jr.
of San Rafael.

She is further survived by nieces and nephews, Nick and Toby Weber of Palo Alto;
Calvin, Ted and Christine Trezise of Geneva; Charlie McLeod of Seattle; and
Jamie McLeod of Berkeley.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. at Davis Community
Church, 412 C St.

Remembrances may be made in her name to either Davis Community Church, 412 C
St., Davis, CA 95616; Yolo Hospice, P.O. Box 1014, Davis, CA 95616; or UC
Berkeley Foundation-Cal Parents Fund, 2440 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-4200.


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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