Sidney L. Bruner, died July 25, 2009.
Funeral Service to be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Morningstar Community Church, 11010 East Kellogg, Wichita, Kansas 67207.
"Leonard" was the fifth of ten children born in Burns Flat, Oklahoma to Sidney and Loa Bruner.
After graduation from high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma on a baseball scholarship.
In 1954 he moved to Wichita and began career at the Boeing Aircraft Company in the Motion Picture Lab. It was there where he met his future wife, Shirley, with whom he recently celebrated 50 years of marriage.
In 1972 he opened a Mr. Steak Restaurant in Wichita that he owned and operated for over 22 years until his retirement in 1994.
Sid was an active member of the Kansas Restaurant Association and was inducted by the Board of Directors into the Kansas Restaurant Hall of Fame in 1985.
Sid was an avid outdoorsman and maintained a lifelong passion for hunting and fishing which he shared with his children, grandchildren and friends.
Sid is survived by his wife, Shirley, children; Steve (Meredith) Bruner, Cathy (John) Ellis, Connie (Dan) Horner and Suzanne (Mark) Cross; grandchildren, Samantha, Spencer, Saxton and Sidnee Bruner; Ben, Leslie, Elizabeth and David Ellis, Steven Horner, Riley & Molly Cross.
The family requests that donations be made to the scholarship founded in 2007 in memory of his high school coach, Dale Mullins. Donations may be made in honor of Sid to: Dale Mullins Fund, BFDC Educational Foundation, Lori Piercey, Treasurer, P.O. box 52, Burns Flat, Oklahoma.