Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Bruner, Harvey C., James Eual and Kenneth c., 1926
09 Oct 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BRUNER, HARVEY C.
BRUNER, JAMES EUAL
BRUNER, KENNETH C.
(11 Nov 1926, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
The charred body of H. C. Bruner, age 32, and those of his two children,
Eual, age 9, and Kenneth, age 5, were taken from the ruins of the home
which was destroyed by fire from a gasoline explosion here at 7:30 o'clock
Wednesday evening.  The bodies were charred beyond recognition.
A burst five-gallon can, said to have contained a quantity of gasoline,
found in the kitchen, from which the father is thought to have poured
gasoline on smoldering coals in the cook stove, is believed to have been
the cause of the explosion which took a toll of three lives.
When the fire had been subdued, the body of Bruner was found lying across
a washing machine near the kitchen door, diagonally across the room from
the cook stove, the childrens bodies on each side of that of the father,
supposedly having been hurled across the room from the force of the
explosion or else the father, in his efforts to locate the door, in his
blinded condition, was overcome by the flames and with his two children,
perished before help could reach them.
The bodies were taken to Fatheree's Undertaking Parlors and prepared for
burial.
The father and two children are survived by the widow and two children,
Sadie, age 7, and Bobbie, age eighteen months.  Other surviving relatives
are four brothers, one residing at Stonewall, Okla., one at Semour, Texas
and two at Printiss, Okla., where the mother of the deceased also resides,
to whom telegrams were immediately dispatched.
Bruner was a member of the order Odd Fellows and of the M.W. of A. Funeral
arrangements had not been definitely decided upon at the hour of going to
press, further than the Rev. Fox of the Baptist church at Buffalo, will
conduct the funeral and burial will be held at Buffalo cemetery.
Mrs. Bruner and her two small children are at the home of the mother's
father, J. R. Bassett in this city.
(18 Nov 1926, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank the people of Erick and surrounding country for their
help and loving kindness and sympathy in our recent loss of our dear
Brother H. C. Bruner and his dear little boys, Eurel (sic) and Kenneth.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wolf,
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Farmer,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bruner,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bruner,
Bill Bruner.
We wish to thank our many friends and the public for their sympathy and
kind offering shown and given us during the death of our loved ones.
Mrs. Bruner and children.