Brunner

Brother Richard Brunner, S.S.P.

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Brother Richard Brunner, S.S.P., who was local superior for his Pauline community on Staten Island, died July 28 at Staten Island University Hospital. He was 69.

In addition to serving as superior, he worked in the printing and typesetting department for St. Pauls Publishing. He had previously been bookstore director for Alba House Communications in Canfield, Ohio.

Brother Brunner had also served his order as prefect of postulants, provincial councilor, provincial bursar and secretary, and vocation director.

Born in Erie, Pa., he entered the novitiate of the Society of St. Paul in 1963 and made his final vows in 1970.

His sister Constance Beck and his brother Richard survive him.

A Funeral Mass was offered July 31 in the Society of St. Paul Chapel on Staten Island. Interment was at the Pauline Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.

Brother Richard Brunner, S.S.P.