Patricia (Phillips) BUNTENBACH

BUNTENBACH, PHILLIPS, HASTINGS, WILKEN, BOSS, HICKS, ALBERTSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/11/2010 at 12:17:35

The Garner Leader & Signal - Iowa
February 25, 2009

Patricia Buntenbach, 79, of Garner, died on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, February 21, at the United Presbyterian Church in Garner, with Rev. David Wagner officiating. Cremation will follow with inurnment at a later date in the Concord Township Cemetery. Visitation was from 4-7:00 p.m., on Friday, at the United Presbyterian Church in Garner and continued one hour prior to the services at the church. Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetes Association.

Patricia Buntenbach, the daughter of Dr. Earl (Dora) Phillips, was born on May 23, 1929 in Garner. She graduated from the Garner High School in 1947 and continued her education at Frances Shimer College in Mt. Carroll, Illinois and Iowa State University in Ames. On August 28, 1949, she was married to E.D. "Red" Buntenbach at the Immanuel Reformed United Church of Christ in Klemme. They lived in Garner where they raised their family. Pat had worked at the Garner Livestock Sales and operated Mrs. B's Bed and Breakfast for a time. She enjoyed visiting with family and friends, cooking for others, listening to music, playing bridge, reading and gardening. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Women and Progressive Club.

Pat is survived by her husband, E.D. "Red" Buntenbach of Garner; four children, Mary Pat (Steven) Hastings of Blaine, Minnesota, Edward P. "Phil" (Jeanine) Buntenbach of Norwalk, Brian (Shannon) Buntenbach of Klemme and Andrew (special friend, Teresa) Buntenbach of Mason City; grandchildren, Benjamin Hastings, Adam (Rachel) Buntenbach, Eric Buntenbach, Wesley Buntenbach, Amanda Wilken and Jocelyn Boss; great-grandchildren, Naiya and Jaeda Hastings and Gavin and Kennedy Buntenbach; and a sister, Jean Hicks of West Lafayette, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Leonard Phillips; and a grandson, Trevor Albertson.