George H. Bruer

Sylvia - George H. Bruer, 64, died Friday while stopping overnight at the Leon Hotel, Hutchinson. Born April 23, 1900, at Sterling, he married Velma Underwood who died in 1949. A former resident of Kingman, he was a retired lineman for the Ark Valley Electrical Cooperative. He lived at Sylvia six months.

Member: Lyle Rishel American Legion Post, Hutchinson; Veteran World War I.

Survivors: Daughters, Ann Bruer, Santa Maria, Calif.; Mrs. Lyle McKinney, Arlington; Mrs. Wallace Zimmerman, RFD 1 Hutchinson; Mrs. Ed Gattis, Scottsboro, Ala.; sons, Joseph, Sylvia; John, Arlington; George L., Olympia, Wash.; Rodger, Los Angeles; Martin, Leavenworth; Sylvester, Missouri; mother, Mrs. Josephine, Sterling; brother, Ellery, Sterling; 19 grandchildren.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday, Johnson and Sons Chapel, Hutchinson; Rev. Francis Long. Burial: Sterling Cemetery.


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The Sterling Bulletin

Sterling, Rice, Kansas

Harold Bruer Buried Here Monday

George Harold Bruer, 64, Sylvia, son of Mrs. Josephine Bruer, died Friday at the Leon Hotel, Hutchinson, where he had stopped overnight. Mr. Bruer was born April 25, 1901 at Sterling and married Velma Underwood, who died in 1949.

Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Bruer, a former resident of Kingman, had lived in Sylvia six months. He was a retired lineman for the Ark Valley Electrical Co-operative. He was a member of the Lyle Rishel American Legion Post, Hutchinson and a Veteran of World War I.

Harold attended the Sterling schools and spent the early part of his life here. He is believed to be the youngest man of World War I. He became sixteen an April 25, 1917, and enlisted in Hutchinson on the following day. He was a student in Sterling High School at the time. He served for a time at Kelly Field in San Antonio and was en route to France when the Armistice was signed.

At one time Harold and his wife had five boys in military service.

Survivors include four daughters, Ann Bruer, Santa Maria, Calif.; Mrs. Lyle McKinney, Arlington; Mrs. Wallace Zimmerman, Hutchinson; and Mrs. Ed Gattis, Scottsboro, Ala.; six sons, Joseph, Sylvia; John, Arlington; George, Olympia, Wash.; Rodger, Los Angeles; Martin, Leavenworth; and Sylvester, Missouri; mother, Mrs. Josephine Bruer, and one brother, Ellery, Sterling.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Johnson and Sons Chapel, Hutchinson with Rev. Francis Long officiating. Burial was in Sterling Community Cemetery.