Lorena (Bunck) Schaechtele

Lorena (Bunck) Schaechtele, 100, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014, in Overland Park, Kansas. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 29 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Garden Plain with a Rosary preceding the service at 10 a.m. Lorena was born to John and Barbara (Clasen) Bunck in Garden Plain, Kansas, September 19, 1914. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ed; brothers, Henry and Francis Bunck, and sister, Hildegarde Wulf. Lorena received her Kansas Teaching Certificate in 1935 from Marymount College in Salina. On July 11, 1963, she married Ed Schaechtele. They lived in Wichita where both worked as teachers before moving to Garden Grove, California in 1967. Ed and Lorena returned to Garden Plain at retirement in 1979. Lorena enjoyed needlework, quilting and volunteer work. She was a kind, giving, gentle lady, and a member of Cure of Ars Catholic Church in Prairie Village. Survivors include 4 nieces and 3 nephews. A memorial has been established with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School and Building Fund, 645 N 119th Street West, Wichita, KS 67235. Downing Lahey Mortuary West.