Obituary for John D. Gruner John D. Gruner, 65, died May 12 at Ames Family Center, Hospice of the Western Reserve in Westlake. Gruner was best known as a world traveler, active member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Fairview Park, officer of the Cleveland chapter of Michigan State alumni, founder of the Northeast Ohio MSU Endowed Scholarship and as former assistant living editor at The Plain Dealer. With extended family in California, Wisconsin and Virginia, Gruner is survived by many friends.
Born in Wisconsin, he was raised mostly in Fairview Park, Ohio and Livonia, Michigan. He was preceded in death by his father George, an auto company executive, mother Margaret (Brogan), a nurse, and twin brother Joseph, a international reservation agent for United Airlines. Proudly using airline travel benefits, he made several trips to Europe, Japan, the Mediterranean, and Australia.
He attended basketball and football games throughout the U.S. with MSU. He once traveled roundtrip from California to Hawaii for dinner with a return stopover in Las Vegas. He was a graduate of the Journalism School at MSU and worked for newspapers in Detroit, Albany, and northern New Jersey before a 36-year stint at The PD.
Death was from complications from cancer. Private interment will be with Joe at Sunset Memorial Park in North Olmsted. Memorial services will be announced later.
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of John D. Gruner please visit our Sympathy Store. Cemetery Details Sunset Memorial Park 6265 Columbia Road North Olmsted, OH, 44070 www. sunsetmemorial.com 2018 About Us Locations Contact Us (440) 249-6252 Search Obituaries Submit Send Flowers Home Obituaries Flowers & Gifts What We Do Grief & Healing Res Plan Ahead Send Beautiful Flowers Share a Memory Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ John D. Gruner May 28, 1952 – May 12, 2018 Login Print The family of John D. Gruner created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.
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Gruner was best known as a world traveler, active member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Fairview Park, officer of the Cleveland chapter of Michigan State alumni, founder of the Northeast Ohio MSU Endowed Scholarship and as former assistant living editor at The Plain Dealer. With extended family in California, Wisconsin and Virginia, Gruner is survived by many friends. Born in Wisconsin, he was raised mostly in Fairview Park, Ohio and Livonia, Michigan.
He was preceded in death by his father George, an auto company executive, mother Margaret (Brogan), a nurse, and twin brother Joseph, a international reservation agent for United Airlines. Proudly using airline travel benefits, he made several trips to Europe, Japan, the Mediterranean, and Australia. He attended basketball and football games throughout the U.S. with MSU.
He once traveled roundtrip from California to Hawaii for dinner with a return stopover in Las Vegas. He was a graduate of the Journalism School at MSU and worked for newspapers in Detroit, Albany, and northern New Jersey before a 36-year stint at The PD. Death was from complications from cancer.
Private interment will be with Joe at Sunset Memorial Park in North Olmsted. Memorial services will be announced later. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of John D. Gruner please visit our Sympathy Store.
Cemetery Details Sunset Memorial Park 6265 Columbia Road North Olmsted, OH, 44070 http://www. sunsetmemorial.com 2018 365 daysof affirmation Sign up for our daily email affirmations by entering your information below.
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