OBIT: Helen Louise (Ansell) BRUNER, 2006, Indian Head, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BRUNER, Helen Louise 10/19/06 Daily American  
  
  Helen Louise Bruner, 79, Indian Head, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ
  Oct. 17, 2006. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving
  family. She was born Oct. 6, 1927, in Melcroft, a daughter of the late Harry
  Leroy and Daisy Alverta (Miller) Ansell. In addition to her parents, Helen is
  predeceased by a daughter, Karen Elaine Wilders; son-in-law, Richard Eugene
  Wilders; and a sister, Leora G. Ansell. In addition to her own wonderful
  children, Helen and her husband Glenn also raised two grand-children, Neil and
  Bethany Wilders, after the deaths of their daughter Karen and son-in- law,
  Richard Wilders. Helen will be sadly missed but lovingly remembered by her
  family, her husband, Glenn "Jr." Bruner; her children, Dennis Bruner and wife
  Dorothy, Indian Head; Danny Bruner and wife Ruth Ann, Christiana; and Douglas
  Bruner and wife Sally, Indian Head; her grandchildren, David Bruner and wife
  Denise, Indian Head; Michael Bruner, and wife Vynessa, Connellsville; Keith
  Bruner; and wife Gemma, Parkesburg; Eric Bruner, and wife Bonnie, Honeybrook;
  Jeff Bruner, Lancaster; Erin and Megan Bruner, Indian Head; Neil Wilders, and
  wife Alishia, Normalville; and Bethany Wilders, Derry; her great-grandchildren,
  Emily, Seth, Luke, Hannah, Caleb, Elly, Amy and Zachary Bruner; and her sisters,
  Nora Geary, and husband Barney, and Alverta Pritts, all of Indian Head;
  Charlotte Hartz, and husband Harold, of Connellsville; and Mildred Grimm,
  Champion. Helen was a graduate of Connellsville High School with the class of
  1945. Before she got married, Helen worked at C.W. Resh Store in Indian Head
  and in later years she drove a van for Colborn Bus Lines. Helen was a life-long
  and very active member of the Indian Head Church of God. She had served as
  assistant Sunday School Teacher in Mrs. Smith's Nursery Class and belonged to
  the Christian Fellowship Sunday School class. She also had served as a
  Deaconess, on the church council, and helped with Vacation Bible School. The
  family would like to specially thank Medi-Home Hospice for their wonderful and
  kind care during Helen's illness. Family and friends will be received from 7 to
  9 p.m. Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Clyde Brooks
  Funeral Home Inc., Route 711, Melcroft. Additional viewing will be held from 10
  to 11 a.m., the hour of a funeral service, Saturday, in the Indian Head Church
  of God, along Route 711. The Rev. Dennis Arndt officiating. A committal service
  and interment will follow in the Mount Nebo Cemetery, Saltlick Township. In lieu
  of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Indian Head Church of
  God, Indian Head, PA15446, or the Medi-Home Hospice in memory of Helen Louise
  Bruner.