Mrs. Reita Lea Bunch, 85, of Noel, Missouri, departed this life on Thursday evening, September 10, 2015, at the Freeman Hospital in Neosho, Missouri, after a recent decline in health.
Reita entered this life on September 19, 1929, in Noel, Missouri, daughter of the late Charles Arthur and Mattie Ellen (Donaghue) Browning. She was raised in Noel, Missouri and was a 1948 graduate of Noel High School. She was united in marriage to George Bunch on May 23, 1951, in Bentonville, Arkansas, and to this union two sons and a daughter were born. In 1951, they moved their family to Wichita, Kansas. They resided in Wichita for forty years, before returning home to Noel in 1991 to assume ownership of the family business, Bluff Dwellers Cavern. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, traveling and tending to the needs of the business. Reita was a longtime member of the Noel United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and all of her siblings.
Reita is survived by her husband of 64 years, George Bunch of the home; two sons, Michael Bunch and wife, Carolyn, of Wichita, Kansas and Ray Bunch and wife, Ann, of Duncan, Oklahoma; a daughter, Mary Barnes and husband, Tom, of Wichita, Kansas; four grandchildren, Taylor Bunch, Lacy Barnes Wulfers, Collin Bunch and Casey Bunch; two great grandchildren, Ellcie and Ender Bunch; as well as a host of other family and friends.
Memorial services for Mrs. Bunch are 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 14, 2015, in the Noel Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes with Pastor Mark Kailbourn officiating. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.ozarkfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Noel, Missouri.
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