August 8, 2003

Bernice Bruning

Bernice C. "Aunt Bernie" Bruning 79, of Maryland Heights, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis County. She was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of Carl and Dora Kohlfeld. Bruning was a retired manicurist and a member of St. Blaise Catholic Church in Maryland Heights...

Bernice C. "Aunt Bernie" Bruning 79, of Maryland Heights, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis County.

She was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of Carl and Dora Kohlfeld.

Bruning was a retired manicurist and a member of St. Blaise Catholic Church in Maryland Heights.

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Survivors include her husband, Walter L. "Bud" Bruning; three brothers, Wallace Kohlfeld of Murphysboro, Ill., Leo Kohlfeld of Cape Girardeau, Charles Kohlfeld of Bridgeton, Mo.; and a sister, Theresa Balsman of Perryville, Mo.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and a sister.

Friends may call at Ortmann-Stipanovich Funeral Home in Creve Coeur, Mo., from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Blaise Church. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

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