Jasper H. Bruner

Date of DeathAugust 21 1940
Buried
Plot
E
Row
7
Grave
30
Notes
Jasper H. Bruner was born in Louisville, Ohio on August 8, 1863. He moved to Colon, Panama on May 24, 1906 and worked for the U.S. Government in the Canal Zone for 13 years. He then moved to Cerro De Pasco, Peru for about a year. In 1920 he returned to the Canal Zone to work for the Panama Canal Company until retirement. He died on August 21, 1940 at Gorgas Hospital. He was cremated September 7, 1940 and his ashes were held by the Gorgas Mortuary because they could not locate his next of kin. At the request of the Gorgas Mortuary on April 20, 1981, his ashes were buried at the Corozal American Cemetery.