Myrtle Bunnell

MYRTLE ROBERTSON BUNNELL Aged 104, died Monday, July 12, 2004, at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. The daughter of Charles Wesley and Clara Dillon Robertson, she was born September 16, 1899, at Highland, Kansas. She graduated from Dodge City High School and taught for a number of years in Ford and Gray Counties as well as in the Dodge City School System. She married Harley Oakes on May 8, 1920, in Meade, Kansas. He died August 24, 1940. On July 30, 1948, she married John E. Bunnell. He preceded her in death October 9, 1976. She moved to Coffeyville in 1996. Mrs. Bunnell was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Dodge City, Kansas; a member of the United Methodist Women; a Past Matron of and a 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star; a member of the Social Order of Beauceant; and a member of the Kansas Teachers Association. She is survived by a daughter, Sharon Tongier, of Coffeyville, Kansas; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by Her parents, four brothers and two sisters. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at a later date in Dodge City under the direction of Swaim Funeral Home. Local arrangements were handled by Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the donors choice and may be left at the funeral home.