Theress McCann Bruner
Lee's Summit, MO - Theress McCann
Bruner, 96, of John Knox Village in Lee's Summit, MO, passed away on
October 23, 2021. Theress was born on March 14, 1925, in Newton, KS,
to Everett and Myrl McCann. Theress will be interred at the family
plot in Newton, KS. A memorial service for family and close friends
is scheduled for Friday, November 5, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. at the John
Knox Village Chapel.
Theress graduated from Newton High
School in 1943. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, MO, and
later in life studied art at Wichita State University. She married
Robert L. Bruner in 1944, and they resided in Newton raising four
daughters: Robin, Diana, Barbara and Dorothy. She was also the loving
aunt to niece Lynn and nephew Steve who grew up as next-door
neighbors to the Bruner family. Theress was a homemaker and also
worked as a secretary at Newton High School. Following Bob's
retirement from the First National Bank of Newton they moved to
Pinehurst, North Carolina, and after a short residency moved to
Colorado Springs, CO. They purchased a cabin in Silverthorne, CO,
where they enjoyed the mountains, lakes and rivers as avid hikers and
fishermen. Following Bob's death in 2013, Theress moved to John Knox
Village where she was an active part of the retirement community.
Theress was a very talented and
respected watercolor artist and brought many of her mountain,
waterfall, lake, river and wild flower experiences to life in her
paintings. Theress was a member of the Pikes Peak Watercolor Society,
the Chromatic Edge Art Group and the Kansas Watercolor Society. She
was an accomplished bridge player and was active in several John Knox
Village bridge clubs.
Theress was preceded in death by her
husband, Robert, and two daughters, Dorothy Bruner (1974) and Diana
Bruner Brown (2003). She leaves two daughters; Robin Bruner Hudson
and Barbara Bruner Johnson (Gerald); six grandchildren; Karla
Barnhill (Joey); Anderson Rice (Nancy Hess); Ryan Murphy; Rebecca
Ball (Donovan); Robert Bruner Johnson (Heather); and Scott Johnson
(Sarah Buchanan); and 11 great grandchildren; Aaron and Owen
Barnhill; Eli Rice; Ashley and Maddie Piccillo; Keeghan Ball; Robert,
Hadley and Shea Johnson; Brayden and Cole Johnson; niece Lynn
Eldridge and nephew Steve Murphree (Sandy); and family friend Upton
Hudson.
Memorial donations may be sent to the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Colorado Chapter, c/o The Pelican Family,
1629 N. Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO 80907.
Arrangements by Langsford Funeral Home,
115 SW 3rd, Lee's Summit, MO 64063
