Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Dreyfuss Francis Bruner
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   BRUNER
   Dreyfuss Francis “Chief” BRUNER was born August 25, 1899, in
   Coweta Mission, Indian Territory. He was 83 years old when he died at
   his home in Wagoner in 1983. No information was given on details of
   his date of death, funeral services, or when or where he was buried.
   He was born into the prominent Bruner family and his father was
   Superintendent of the Coweta Government Mission. The Bruner Cemetery,
   which was his family’s cemetery, has been recognized by the
   Oklahoma Historical Society. The younger Bruner played with Jim
   THORPE, the famous Sac and Fox athlete, at Haskell Institute in
   Lawrence, KS. Upon his graduation (from Haskell), Bruner was employed
   by Bert HODGES, a newspaperman in Okmulgee. He later was a printer for
   the Wagoner Record Democrat and Wagoner Tribune for 50 years, working
   both with handset and hot metal type. He also was Creek interpreter at
   Wagoner District Court.
   He is survived by his daughter, Barbara JAMES of Tulsa; two sisters,
   Beatrice BRUNER and Jeannie SMITH, both of Coweta; three grandchildren
   and a great-grandchild.