This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TCMitten Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.shawano/17072/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - November 7, 1995 Deceased Name: DONALD M. BRENER APPLE RIVER, Ill. - Donald M. Brener, 69, of Apple River, a retired farmer and breeder of Buelingo cattle died Sunday, Nov. 5, 1995, at Freeport Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bartell-Leamon Funeral Home, Warren, with the Rev. Rod Dye, of Apple River United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Apple River. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Brener was a salesman for Import Specialties Co., of Milwaukee, after his discharge from the Army. He retired after 35 years and moved to Jo Daviess County in 1990. He was born on Feb. 26, 1926, in Shawano, Wis., son of Maurice and Elvira (Nelson) Brener. He married Amy Harrison on July 10, 1948, in Waukegan. He attended school in Shawano and served in the Eighth Army Infantry Scout in World War II. He was vice president of the National Buelingo Society and was a founding member of the World Beef Expo. His memberships included the Illinois Beef Association, Jo Daviess Livestock Association, Jo Daviess Farm Bureau, Apple River Lions Club and Streamwood United Church of Christ. He will long be remembered for his love of Jo Daviess County and the people who reside there. Surviving are his wife, Amy Brener; four children, Scott, Judy and Tom Brener, all of Apple River, and Dave (Debrah) Brener, of Elgin; two grandchildren, Matthew and Bethany; and a brother, Richard, of Wauwatosa, Wis. A Donald M. Brener Memorial Fund has been established by his family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.