Brenner Mortuary

Brenner Mortuary is a funeral home in Pittsburg, KS, serving families from Southeast Kansas with traditional funeral and cremation services. The firm holds a 5.00 rating based on 5 reviews, and offers pre-arrangement planning along with grief support resources for those who have lost a loved one.

Brenner Mortuary has been part of Pittsburg history since 1883, when it was founded as the Bowman Furniture and Undertaking Company, making it one of the oldest continuously operated businesses in the city. The funeral business moved to its current location at 114 East 4th Street in 1913. In 1938, George and Jessie Brenner purchased the mortuary and later renamed it Brenner Mortuary. The Ward family took over the business in 1980 when George Brenner died, with Chester and Juanita Ward purchasing the firm. Their son Steve Ward joined as a funeral director in the mid-1980s and operated the mortuary from 2000 until his passing in 2023. His son Craig Ward, a licensed funeral director and owner, now leads the business alongside fellow licensed funeral director and embalmer Glenn White, who has served families in funeral service since 1987 and has been with Brenner Mortuary since 2000, and Alexandra "Lexi" (Milburn) Engstrom, a Kansas City Kansas Community College Mortuary Science graduate from Fort Scott, Kansas. The staff is available by phone or email 24 hours a day to answer questions and assist families.

The funeral home sits on East 4th Street, about a tenth of a mile from North Broadway Street and roughly a fifth of a mile from the Pittsburg Police Department and the United States Postal Service, with the Railroad Depot also a short distance away on West 4th Street.

With a perfect rating from the families who have reviewed it and continuous operation in Pittsburg since 1883, Brenner Mortuary is among the most established funeral homes in Southeast Kansas.