Homer Bryner, 72, of Speyer Avenue, Monaca, died Wednesday, March 24, 1993, in the Medical Center, Beaver, following an extended illness.

Born Dec. 13, 1920, in Shippenville, Pa., son of the late Ezra and Grace Stover Bryner, he was a graduate of Shippenville High School Class of 1938, and had been a resident of Beaver Valley since 1939.  An employee of Crucible Steel Corp., Midland, he retired as a foreman in 1982 with 43 years of service; a U.S. Army veteran of World War II; member of Marion Hill Sportsman Club; Plus 60 Monaca; volunteer with Beaver County Consumer Protection Agency; former member of Jamie-Jammers Square Dance Club, where he served as past president, and he was a member of A.A.R.P.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Jane Burns Bryner; three daughters, Mrs. Terry Mauck, Brighton Township, Ms. Chris Bryner, Monaca, and Mrs. Valerie Drew, Penn Hills; three grandchildren, Danny, Nicole, and Douglas; a sister, Ms. Evelyn Bryner, Beaver.

He was preceded by three brothers, Harold, Merle, and Wayne Bryner, and two sisters Mrs. Lucy Hazlett and Mrs. Margaret Snow.

Friends will be received today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 in Simpson Funeral Home, 1119 Washington Ave., Monaca, where a service will be conducted with the Rev. Richard Rains, pastor of Fairview Reformed Presbyterian Church, Brighton Township, officiating.

Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Daugherty Township.

Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to Beaver County Heart Assoc., 1260 N. Broadhead Rd., Monaca, Pa. 15061.