Kathryn B. Bunch
Bunch, Kathryn B., 69, retired Boeing sheet metal worker and former Sedgwick County Reserve officer, died Sunday May 27, 2007. Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 31, at Downing Lahey Mortuary East. She was preceded in death by her parents Mitchell and Eunice (Roberson) Lawson, husband Bobbie Joe Bunch, and grandson Steven Hysom. Survivors include children Bob (Vickie) of Andover, Anita (Murl) Weeks of Towanda, and Pam (Keith) Johnson of Benton; brothers Curtis (Mary) Lawson of Norman, OK., and Paul ( Ann) Lawson of Broken Arrow, OK; sister Darlene (Larry) McGonigle of Haysville; grandchildren, Christina Renee Quigg, Bruce Allen Hysom, Anthony Deer, Erick Daniel Bunch, Bradley Adam Bunch, Kelly Aaron Johnson, Christopher Scott Johnson; seven great-grandchildren. A memorial has been established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, Kansas, 67202.
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Mama, I just have to let you know how much I love you. I know I told you every time I talked to you but it just seems now like it wasn’t enough. You know you taught us well. And now in this time we are trying to pull together and find that inner strength that you always knew was there. For one thing is sure, you put it there. I know that for me the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and will ever do is to tell you it was okay to go home and be with Daddy. But the comfort in that is that I know you and him both are happy and together again. It was hard to let Daddy go, but nothing compared to letting you go. It wasn’t just hard for me but for all of us kids. Mama we miss you. I think that we all started missing you with that last breath you drew. If not before. I can’t tell you how many times the last couple of days I have wanted to pick up that phone and call you to ask what do we do now? Or just to hear your voice. I keep thinking that if I do you will answer and then this nightmare will go away. But I know it wont. You know I understand that it is selfish of me to want that. Because I would never want you to go through what you went through again. You had a difficult life. With alot of things to overcome. And you did it. That is just one other of the things that I have to thank you for. Because you taught us through example. There is so much I want to say to you right now and I can’t. It seems like I can’t pull my thoughts together enough to do that. Right now I am asking God to give Pam, Bobbie Joe and I the strength that we need to make it through the next several days. And you know I know that you are still watching over us. Mama I love you and miss you. But most of all I thank God for giving you to us. I believe it was an honor and privelege to have you as our Mother. Rest easy now Mama and be in the arms of Jesus and enjoy Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa and all of our family that you have missed so much. Run through those streets of gold and shout your victory!! I love you!
This message is for my grandma…..My grandma was a very kind hearted and loving woman, she always loved us no matter what our flaws were. She was the kind of person who loved and cared for people no matter what. She taught people how to be kind and to help others. Now I know where my mother got her kind and loving heart from because she always taught us to be kind and loving to others. She also taught us how to give others a chance. When someone doesnt have a friend be there for them anyway. My grandma was a wonderful woman and I am very blessed to have had her as my grandma. I will miss you tremendously and you will be in my thoughts every day. I love you.
To my Aunt: I remember the many times we would come up from Oklahoma and visit you. And then later, it was you and Uncle Bobby who helped us get a new start in Kansas. I loved going to your house. Your personality and the way you talked made everyone want to be around you. You always made me laugh, and you always gave the best advice. You always had a good head on your shoulders, and always knew what to do. How I loved the ‘gatherings’ we would have at your house on Rock Road on the holidays. You always welcomed everyone with open arms. I can still hear your voice, and remember you and Uncle Bobby sitting at the table, talking about this or that, laughing and cuttin’ up. I’m proud to call you my Aunt, and will miss you. I wish I would have came around more in the last years, and for that I am sorry, because I missed out on being around you. I want to thank you for the memories, and for letting me stay with you for a while when I was a teenager. I will always remember you as kind, with a smile on your face and a twinkle in your eyes. I love you, Aunt Kathryn. You will be missed, and you will be remembered. Chelle
To my dear Sister. I am sure you knew how much I had always loved you. We spent so many hours on the phone. Late at night, oh my those were the sweetest times. We would have to get off the phone because our hands went to sleep. I don’t think there was anything we could not talk about. Those were just our times. They were special. I have missed all the talks Bobby and I had and now I will miss all of ours. But I will remember. I will still forget and start to call you, I will forget and say I have to tell Kathryn that. As I have many times with Moma and Bobby. Then I remember. In my heart I will carry you every day, as I have Daddy, Grandma, Papa, Moma, Bobby, and Wilbur. You were my beautiful sister. Your were the girly girl, and I was the tom boy, but we always had our bond. We did not have to say one word, it was there. You are missed.