death_place death_date children birth_place parents birth_date spouse article_title name
frankenmuth , michigan , u.s. 1 april 2008 wayne jean bronner , maria ann bronner neal bronner , randall lee bronner , carla frankenmuth , michigan , u.s. herman and ella bronner 9 march 1927 irene pretzer wally bronner
 wallace john `` wally '' bronner
wally bronner

wallace john `` wally '' bronner -lrb- march 9 , 1927 -- april 1 , 2008 -rrb- was the american founder of bronner 's christmas wonderland .
bronner was born to ella -lrb- hubinger -rrb- and herman bronner on march 9 , 1927 in frankenmuth , michigan .
bronner founded the store in 1943 while working as a sign painter -lrb- though bronner considers the start of his business career to be 1945 . -rrb-
bronner ran the day by day activities until he passed it down to his son , wayne bronner .
bronner was still on serving as board chairman up until his death .
bronner died of esophageal cancer on april 1 , 2008 , shortly after his 81st birthday .
bronner is survived by his wife and four children .
