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It is with
great regret and sorrow that I must notify you of the death of our classmate, Ed
Bruner, on September 3, 2023, in Bethesda, MD.
Ed is survived
by his wife, Elease; his sons Scott (USMA ’86) and his wife Sandra, and David (USMA
’88); his grandchildren Katherine Levesque and her husband Michael, and Charles
Bruner; and his great-grandchildren Theordore and Margaret Levesque; his stepson
Justin Greenhalgh and his wife Judy; and step-granddaughter Bailee Greenhalgh.
Ed was predeceased by his first wife, Eleanor.
Visitation will
be at 10-11 AM, September 11, 2023, at DeVol Funeral Home, 10 East Deer Park
Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, followed by the funeral service will be at 11 AM.
Interment will follow at Parklawn Memorial Park, 12800 Veirs Mill Rd, Rockville,
MD.
Condolences may
be sent to Elease at 12101 Little Creek Drive, Potomac, MD 20854-3431.
Well done, Ed. Be thou at peace.
Remembrances:
Class Memorial Pages\F-2 Ed Bruner.pdf
Obituaries:
Edward F. Bruner
September 2, 1938 - September 3, 2023
 Edward F. Bruner, age 85
passed away on Sunday,
September 3, 2023 in
Bethesda, Maryland.
Ed was born in Omaha,
Nebraska on September 2,
1938 to the late Winfield
and Margaret (Browne)
Bruner, and raised in
Council Bluffs, Iowa by his
grandparents, the late
Charles and Winnie Adams. He
attended Thomas Jefferson
High School, participating
in band and wrestling, and
becoming an accomplished
pianist, and Eagle Scout.
After a year at University
of Iowa, Ed received an
appointment to the United
States Military Academy at
West Point, NY, Class of
1961. Upon graduation, he
was commissioned as an Armor
officer. Following company
grade assignments in Korea,
Fort Indiantown Gap and the
Armor Officer Career Course,
he deployed for combat in
Vietnam as an advisor to a
Vietnamese Army unit. He
later served as an S-3 and
XO in 4/64 Armor Battalion
and on the 7th Corps staff
in Germany. He commanded
5/33 Armor Battalion at Fort
Knox, Kentucky, before
finishing his career in 1988
as a Colonel following
several staff assignments in
the Pentagon and Tampa,
Florida.
Following his retirement
from the Army, he worked as
a military analyst in the
Library of Congress
Congressional Research
Service, where he eventually
became an Executive Director
(Senior Executive Service)
in the same office, retiring
in 2015.
During his adult life, Ed
enjoyed fine dining,
listening to classical music
recorded or live, playing
the piano and singing,
pheasant hunting with his
grandfather’s shotgun,
owning two MGBs, travelling,
and following Army and
Washington Redskins
football.
He is survived by his wife
of 28 years, Elease (Greenhalgh)
Bruner; his sons Scott
(Sandra) and David Bruner;
his grandchildren Katherine
(Michael) Levesque and
Charles Bruner, his
great-grandchildren
Theordore and Margaret
Levesque, his nieces Tracey
(Jerome) Rayhons and Diane
Ohara, and his step son
Justin Greenhalgh (Judy) and
step- granddaughter Bailee
Greenhalgh. Ed was preceded
in death by his first wife,
Eleanor J. (Putnam) Bruner,
and his younger brother
Thomas Bruner.
Friends may call at DeVol
Funeral Home, 10 East Deer
Park Drive, Gaithersburg,
Maryland on Monday,
September 11, 2023 from 10
a.m. until time of the
service at 11 a.m. Interment
will follow at Parklawn
Memorial Park, Rockville,
Maryland.
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