BRUNNER, Ben

The Payson Roundup, Payson, Arizona, Friday, April 10, 2015 Ben Brunner U.S. Veteran October 29, 1920 - March 23, 2015 Ben Brunner of Payson, Ariz., died March 23, 2015, at the age of 94. He was born in Severance, Colo. on Oct. 29, 1920. He was one of nine children born to Jacob and Elizabeth Brunner and raised on a farm in Windsor, Colo. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. On May 4, 1943, he married Linda Jacoby, and they shared 63 wonderful years together until her death in 2006. After discharge from the Navy in 1945, he returned to farming in Windsor. In 1947, he and his family moved to California where he went to work for Manchester Tank in Lynwood, Calif. He held many jobs before becoming sales manager. In 1962, he moved his family to Bedford, Ind. to start his own LP gas tank business, Brunner Engineering & Mfg., Inc., which he sold in 1980. He and Linda retired to California, Colorado, and finally Arizona. His passions in retirement were golf and flying. He is survived by three daughters, Emily Earlywine (Mike) of Payson, Ariz., Kris Brunner (Harris Weinberg) of Green Valley, Ariz., and Bev Brunner of Paradise Valley, Ariz.; three grandsons; 15 great-grandchildren; one sister, Freida, of Eugene, Ore.; numerous nieces and nephews; and his companion in his later years, Donna Lindstrom of Payson, Ariz. A private family gathering to honor his memory will be held in Colorado in July.