Ernest Leon "Ernie" Abner Obituary (1929

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mr. Ernest "Ernie" L. Abner Mr. Ernest "Ernie" L. Abner, age 88, of Madison, Indiana and former resident of Leesburg, Florida entered this life on October 1, 1929 in Eaton, Ohio. He was the loving son of Pleas and Jannie Ginter Abner. He was raised in Medora, Indiana and was a 1948 graduate of Medora High School. He was inducted into the United States Air Force on July 14, 1949 in Evansville, Indiana. He rose to the rate of Airman First Class serving Head Quarters Squadron 314th Air Base Group at Stewart Air Force Base in Tennessee during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on January 6, 1953 at Stewart Air Force Base in Tennessee receiving the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany). He spent two years in Chicago, Illinois at the Allied Institute of Technology. He was the father of a son, Gary, and a daughter, Jennifer. He married the love of his life, Lynne Cooper, on December 22, 1979 at Faith Lutheran Church in Madison, Indiana. With this union of 38 years, he gained three sons, Christopher, Mark, and William Bruner. He worked for Product Engineering in Columbus, Indiana from 1953 to 1968. He then worked at Reliance Electric in Madison for 25 years and retired as a manufacturing engineering. After this retirement he then worked for five years at the Jefferson Proving Ground in Madison as a supply equipment specialist. After his retirement from JPG he and Lynne wintered in Nokomis, Florida for 12 years then moved to Leesburg, Florida in 2009 residing there until his health required them to move back to Madison. He was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Madison and after moving to Leesburg they also became members of St. Mark Lutheran Church. Ernie was proud to have helped build the sanctuary of Faith Lutheran Church in Madison. He enjoyed wintering in Florida and Arizona, traveling in the RV, was an avid golfer, loved woodworking, gardening and fishing. Ernie loved his Yorkie Poo dog, Misty who was his pride and joy. The last few years he liked working with the other men at the Pole barn working with his tools to help residents with their repairs on their property in the Highland Lakes over 55 community. Ernie died on Friday, January 5, 2018, at 6:00 a.m. at the River Terrace Health Campus in Madison, Indiana. Click Here for Funeral Service Video A LOVING FAMILY Ernie will be missed by his loving wife of 38 years, Lynne Abner of Madison, Indiana; his daughter, Jennifer Gossett and her husband, Kevin of Temperance, Michigan; his sons, Christopher Bruner and his wife, Stephanie of Concord, North Carolina, Mark Bruner and his wife, Michele of Orlando, Florida, William "Bill" Bruner and his wife, Lisa of Hanover, Indiana; his grandchildren, Samuel Gossett, Kristi, John, Joseph, Ryan and Chad Bruner; his great grandchildren, Ryder, Riley, Elizabeth, Savannah and Emma Bruner; his brothers, Paul Abner of Lumberton, North Carolina, David Abner of Norman, Indiana; his sisters, Lida Jane Robertson of Atlanta, Georgia, Carolyn Thompson of Bedford, Indiana, Renotta Wilcox of Bedford, Indiana, Mary Lou Sharer of Columbus, Indiana, Patty Nelson of Rancho Mirage, California; his brother in law, Bob Cooper of Madison, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Pleas Abner who died in June 1974, his mother, Jannie Ginter Abner, died November 14, 2006, his son, Gary Lee Abner, died September 25, 2004, his brothers, William Sidney Abner, Thomas Dewey Abner, Raymond L. Abner, Woodford Ray Abner, Robert L. Abner, Harold Abner, and Boyd Abner, his sister, Ethel Sally Stevens, his sister in law, Patty Cooper, his nephew, Robert "Trey" Cooper, III. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at 11:00 a.m., by Pastor Jeffery Pflug at the Faith Lutheran Church, 3024 North Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Hanover Cemetery in Hanover, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Faith Lutheran Church, 3024 North Michigan Road in Madison, Indiana. MILITARY HONORS Full military honors to follow at the Hanover Cemetery by Jefferson Post 9 of the American Legion. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Faith Lutheran Church in Madison or St. Mark Lutheran Church in Leesburg or Our Hospice in Jennings County or Cornerstone Hospice in Leesburg. Cards are available at the funeral home or the church. Online condolences, www.morgan-nay.com Secure">http://www.paysimple.com/security.html">Secure Payments To send a flower arrangement in memory of Ernest Leon "Ernie" Abner, please click here to visit our sympathy store.