Helen Irene (Slade) Bunning (1924 - 1997)

Born 7 Nov 1924 in Chase, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Wesley Luther Bunning — married 8 Dec 1941 in Benkelman, NE

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1997 at age 72 in Denver, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Helen Irene (Slade) Bunning was born to Guy and Fern A. (Ridlen) Slade on Nov. 7, 1924, in Chase County, Neb. She died in Denver, Colo., while a patient at Presbyterian/St. Luke Hospital on Sunday, April 27, 1997, at the age of 72 years, 5 months and 20 days. She was raised north of Benkelman, Neb., and attended school in the Hiawatha precinct in northwestern Dundy County, finishing the eighth grade. She was united in marriage to Wesley L. "Bud" Bunning on Dec. 8, 1941, at the courthouse in Benkelman with Judge Woodward officiating. To this union three children were born: Helen Delores, Jonathan "Jack" Duane, and Dennis Leroy. She assisted in raising her three nephews: Lee, Gary and Ernie, and her niece, Pam Slade, after their mother's death. She thought of these children as her own. As a young housewife and mother, she raised large gardens and chickens which she dressed and sold to local people. She enjoyed sewing for her family and playing pitch and rummy with family and friends. She was employed at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman for many years. She helped families with painting, wallpapering and any other job that needed to be done. She and Bud worked for Vi and Ben Gottschalk of rural Benkelman for many years. Following Bud's death she continued to live on the farm. This was still her home at the time of her passing. She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Dennis; her parents; three brothers: Marion, Kenneth and Guy Jr.; a granddaughter, Alisha M. Browder, and a son-in-law, Bob Roney. Survivors include her daughter, Delores Roney of Stratton, Neb.; her son, Jack, and his wife, Connie, of Wallace, Neb.; a daughter-in-law, Bonnie Bunning of Clarkson, Neb.; 3 sisters-in-law: Gladys Bunning of LaBelle, Fla., Ruth Parker of Broken Bow, Neb., and Fern Tanksley of Chehalis Wash.; a brother, Leonard Slade, and his wife, Donna, of Cambridge, Neb.; 8 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins, and very special friends Virginia Clark and Nora Lee Hutchinson, both of Benkelman. Final rites for Helen Bunning were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 1997, at Jones Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with the Rev. Michael Davis officiating. Betty Erdman was the organist and Richard Bartholomew, with guitar accompaniment, sang "Sweet Hour Of Prayer" and "Rock Of Ages." Bearers were Gayle Jensen, Boyce Warning, Jerry Shafer, Jerry Fries, Merwin Petersen and Larry Clark. Interment was in the Benkelman Cemetery with arrangements by Jones Funeral Home of Benkelman.

• 1924 Nov 7 NE birth^[1][2]
• 1930 Census NE age 5 in home of parents Guy L. age 35 and Fearn(sic) A. age 24 Slade^[3]
• 1940 Census NE age 15 in home of parents Guy age 45 and Fern age 34 Slade^[4]
• 1950 Census NE age 25 with husband Wesley L. age 32 Bunning^[5]
• 1997 Apr 27 CO aged 72 death^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1924; Find A Grave: Memorial #70719902
2. ↑ Year: 1924; Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
3. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Lutz, Dundy, Nebraska; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2341015
4. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Benkelman, Dundy, Nebraska; Roll: m-t0627-02245; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 29-3
5. ↑ Year: 1950; United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Benkelman, Dundy, Nebraska; Roll: 5453; Sheet Number: 9; Enumeration District: 29-4
6. ↑ Year: 1997; Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
7. ↑ Year: 1997; Find A Grave: Memorial #70719902

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2F-2YJB : 11 July 2016), Helen Irene Slade Bunning, 1997; Burial, Benkelman, Dundy, Nebraska, United States, Benkelman Cemetery; citing record ID 70719902