Bunch, Ida 1879-1962

BUNCH, TURNMIRE, PATTERSON, FRANCE, IRELAND, WOOD

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Date: 9/21/2009 at 09:59:09

Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; Dec. 13, 1962

MISSOURI RITES ON FRIDAY FOR MRS. IDA BUNCH

Mrs. Ida Bunch, 83, formerly of Unionville, Mo., died Wednesday morning at a Grinnell hospital following an illness of the past five years.

She had been living in Grinnell to be near her family.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Unionville, Mo. Burial will be in Thompson cemetery in Putnam County, Mo.

She was born Nov. 12, 1879, in Putnam County, Mo., the daughter of Jay Hugh and Lucretia Turnmire Patterson and received her education in the schools of that area. On Dec. 23, 1895, in Putnam County, she was united in marriage with George Washington Bunch.

To this union five children were born, all surviving: Mrs. Eugene (Edna) France of Malcom; James H. Bunch of Michigan; Mrs. Wynema Ireland of Grinnell; Victor Bunch of Grinnell; and Mrs. Frank (Annis) Wood of Colorado.

Also surviving are 13 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; and three brothers and one sister: John Patterson of Union, Vern Patterson of Queen City, Mo., Bert Patterson of Washington State, and Ina Patterson of Kirksville, Mo.