Frances Josephine Brune
December 18, 1920      April 26, 2008
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Lanman Funeral Home Staff
Lambert-Frances Josephine Brune, 87, died at her home April 26, 2008. She was born
December 18, 1920 near Dacoma to William W. and Myrtle F. Fox. She attended
Keystone Grade School and graduated from Lambert High School.

Frances was married to Jesse J. Wilkinson on July 16, 1939 in Cherokee, by W.A. Keller
and lived in Lambert until 1940. They moved to California and daughter, Karen Ann was
born in 1942.

During World War II, Frances worked for Western Pipe and Steel as a tack welder in the
shipyards. Jesse and Frances returned to Lambert in 1946 and bought Lambert
Grocery. Jesse died November 11, 1946.

Frances married Herman Brune on December 18, 1948 in Lambert. Two boys and a girl
were born to their marriage. She continued to run the Lambert Grocery until it closed
in 1969. She then worked at the Cherokee Hospital until her retirement in 1992. Her
husband, Herman, passed away May 31, 2001.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Herman; brothers, Oren, Wesley, and Alan
and her sister, Leota Fox Herren.

She leaves behind her daughter, Karen Polly and husband, Clark; her son, Ronnie
Brune and wife, Brenda; her daughter, Saundra Boyd and husband, John and her son,
Franklin Brune.

She also leaves grandchildren, Christina Polly Long and husband, Tim, Michelle Polly
Wilkes and husband, Dwight, Sara Brune Stringer and husband, Louis, James Franklin
Brune, Kacey Boyd and fiancé, Taylor Gilpin and Jodi Boyd; great-grandchildren,
Brindilyn Ferbert, Austin Wilkes, Hunter Long and Collin Stringer; three sisters, Harriet
Farriester, Eva Mae Stout and Opal Mudd and one sister-in-law, Freda Mae Brune
Austin.

Funeral service will be Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 3:00 P.M. at Lanman Chapel in
Cherokee with Rev. Carolyn Murrow officiating.  Burial will be at Cherokee Municipal
Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Cherokee.  Viewing will
be Monday from 11:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 10:00 A.M. until service
time.

Memorials may be given to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society through the funeral
home.
Lanman Funeral Home, Inc.
1305 S. Grand
Cherokee, OK 73728
580-596-2002