Taken from the Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Le Mars, Iowa, Monday, December 23, 2002.
Cletus Bunkers, 81, of Remsen, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.
Cletus Bunkers was born April 14, 1921, at Remsen, the son of Joseph and Mary (Bohlke) Bunkers. Cletus was raised and educated in the Remsen area. As a child he helped his father on the family dairy farm. On Feb. 4, 1942, he married Adeline Ritz at Remsen.
He entered the U.S. Army on Aug. 22,1942, and served during World War II in the European Theater, being discharged Nov. 29, 1945. He then returned to the Remsen area. After working
as a farm laborer for a short time, he was employ-ed as a milkman for Bunkers Dairy and eventually Wells' Blue Bunny as "The Milkman." Cletus served the people of the Remsen area for many years. Many people remember him from the milk route days giving treats off the milk truck. He retired in March 1984.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Catholic Order of Foresters at Remsen.
Survivors include his wife, Adeline of Remsen; two
daughters and their husbands, Cheryl and Ron Paulsen of Granville and Meredith and Dave Scott of Meriden; three sons, Randy and his special friend Phyllis, Todd and his special friend Kay, all of Jefferson, and Brian and his wife, Shawn, of San Bernardino, Calif.; seven grandchildren,
Tammy and her husband, Mark Lessman, Connie and her husband, Dan Pomrenke, Scott and his wife, Stacey Paulsen, Ellen Bunkers, Evan Bunkers, Cheri and her husband, Glenn Waterhouse, and April Wiederholt; seven great grandchil-ren, Marci, Nina, Jacob, Isaac, Deven, Drew and Quinn; two brothers and their wives, LeRoy and Ruth of Remsen, Dale and Mary of Granville; one sister, Armella Loesche of Remsen; four sisters-in-law, Ginger Bunkers and Esther Bunkers, both of Remsen, Mary Ann Ritz of Le Mars and Sister Margaret Bunkers O.S.F. of Dubuque.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Vernon and Louis; two sisters, Marina and her husband, Vets Kobberman, and Doris and her husband, Paul Kestel; two brothers-in-law, Robert Ritz and Gilbert Loesche.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen with the Rev. Timothy Johnson officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Remsen with graveside military rites conducted by Post 220 American Legion and Post 3328 V.F.W.
Friends may call any time after 2 p.m. today (Monday) at the Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen. There will be a parish rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and a Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at the funeral home.
Casketbearers will be Curt, Dean, Mick, Steve and Terry Bunkers and Larry Kobberman. Catholic Order of Foresters honorary bearers will be Ervin Ahlers, Isidore Harpenau, Lyle Heidesch, Marcel Matgen, Hubert Nothem and Donald Ortmann.
Cletus Bunkers, 81, of Remsen, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.
Cletus Bunkers was born April 14, 1921, at Remsen, the son of Joseph and Mary (Bohlke) Bunkers. Cletus was raised and educated in the Remsen area. As a child he helped his father on the family dairy farm. On Feb. 4, 1942, he married Adeline Ritz at Remsen.
He entered the U.S. Army on Aug. 22,1942, and served during World War II in the European Theater, being discharged Nov. 29, 1945. He then returned to the Remsen area. After working
as a farm laborer for a short time, he was employ-ed as a milkman for Bunkers Dairy and eventually Wells' Blue Bunny as "The Milkman." Cletus served the people of the Remsen area for many years. Many people remember him from the milk route days giving treats off the milk truck. He retired in March 1984.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Catholic Order of Foresters at Remsen.
Survivors include his wife, Adeline of Remsen; two
daughters and their husbands, Cheryl and Ron Paulsen of Granville and Meredith and Dave Scott of Meriden; three sons, Randy and his special friend Phyllis, Todd and his special friend Kay, all of Jefferson, and Brian and his wife, Shawn, of San Bernardino, Calif.; seven grandchildren,
Tammy and her husband, Mark Lessman, Connie and her husband, Dan Pomrenke, Scott and his wife, Stacey Paulsen, Ellen Bunkers, Evan Bunkers, Cheri and her husband, Glenn Waterhouse, and April Wiederholt; seven great grandchil-ren, Marci, Nina, Jacob, Isaac, Deven, Drew and Quinn; two brothers and their wives, LeRoy and Ruth of Remsen, Dale and Mary of Granville; one sister, Armella Loesche of Remsen; four sisters-in-law, Ginger Bunkers and Esther Bunkers, both of Remsen, Mary Ann Ritz of Le Mars and Sister Margaret Bunkers O.S.F. of Dubuque.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Vernon and Louis; two sisters, Marina and her husband, Vets Kobberman, and Doris and her husband, Paul Kestel; two brothers-in-law, Robert Ritz and Gilbert Loesche.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen with the Rev. Timothy Johnson officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Remsen with graveside military rites conducted by Post 220 American Legion and Post 3328 V.F.W.
Friends may call any time after 2 p.m. today (Monday) at the Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen. There will be a parish rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and a Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at the funeral home.
Casketbearers will be Curt, Dean, Mick, Steve and Terry Bunkers and Larry Kobberman. Catholic Order of Foresters honorary bearers will be Ervin Ahlers, Isidore Harpenau, Lyle Heidesch, Marcel Matgen, Hubert Nothem and Donald Ortmann.
Taken from the Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Le Mars, Iowa, Monday, December 23, 2002.
Cletus Bunkers, 81, of Remsen, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.
Cletus Bunkers was born April 14, 1921, at Remsen, the son of Joseph and Mary (Bohlke) Bunkers. Cletus was raised and educated in the Remsen area. As a child he helped his father on the family dairy farm. On Feb. 4, 1942, he married Adeline Ritz at Remsen.
He entered the U.S. Army on Aug. 22,1942, and served during World War II in the European Theater, being discharged Nov. 29, 1945. He then returned to the Remsen area. After working
as a farm laborer for a short time, he was employ-ed as a milkman for Bunkers Dairy and eventually Wells' Blue Bunny as "The Milkman." Cletus served the people of the Remsen area for many years. Many people remember him from the milk route days giving treats off the milk truck. He retired in March 1984.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Catholic Order of Foresters at Remsen.
Survivors include his wife, Adeline of Remsen; two
daughters and their husbands, Cheryl and Ron Paulsen of Granville and Meredith and Dave Scott of Meriden; three sons, Randy and his special friend Phyllis, Todd and his special friend Kay, all of Jefferson, and Brian and his wife, Shawn, of San Bernardino, Calif.; seven grandchildren,
Tammy and her husband, Mark Lessman, Connie and her husband, Dan Pomrenke, Scott and his wife, Stacey Paulsen, Ellen Bunkers, Evan Bunkers, Cheri and her husband, Glenn Waterhouse, and April Wiederholt; seven great grandchil-ren, Marci, Nina, Jacob, Isaac, Deven, Drew and Quinn; two brothers and their wives, LeRoy and Ruth of Remsen, Dale and Mary of Granville; one sister, Armella Loesche of Remsen; four sisters-in-law, Ginger Bunkers and Esther Bunkers, both of Remsen, Mary Ann Ritz of Le Mars and Sister Margaret Bunkers O.S.F. of Dubuque.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Vernon and Louis; two sisters, Marina and her husband, Vets Kobberman, and Doris and her husband, Paul Kestel; two brothers-in-law, Robert Ritz and Gilbert Loesche.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen with the Rev. Timothy Johnson officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Remsen with graveside military rites conducted by Post 220 American Legion and Post 3328 V.F.W.
Friends may call any time after 2 p.m. today (Monday) at the Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen. There will be a parish rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and a Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at the funeral home.
Casketbearers will be Curt, Dean, Mick, Steve and Terry Bunkers and Larry Kobberman. Catholic Order of Foresters honorary bearers will be Ervin Ahlers, Isidore Harpenau, Lyle Heidesch, Marcel Matgen, Hubert Nothem and Donald Ortmann.
Cletus Bunkers, 81, of Remsen, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.
Cletus Bunkers was born April 14, 1921, at Remsen, the son of Joseph and Mary (Bohlke) Bunkers. Cletus was raised and educated in the Remsen area. As a child he helped his father on the family dairy farm. On Feb. 4, 1942, he married Adeline Ritz at Remsen.
He entered the U.S. Army on Aug. 22,1942, and served during World War II in the European Theater, being discharged Nov. 29, 1945. He then returned to the Remsen area. After working
as a farm laborer for a short time, he was employ-ed as a milkman for Bunkers Dairy and eventually Wells' Blue Bunny as "The Milkman." Cletus served the people of the Remsen area for many years. Many people remember him from the milk route days giving treats off the milk truck. He retired in March 1984.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Catholic Order of Foresters at Remsen.
Survivors include his wife, Adeline of Remsen; two
daughters and their husbands, Cheryl and Ron Paulsen of Granville and Meredith and Dave Scott of Meriden; three sons, Randy and his special friend Phyllis, Todd and his special friend Kay, all of Jefferson, and Brian and his wife, Shawn, of San Bernardino, Calif.; seven grandchildren,
Tammy and her husband, Mark Lessman, Connie and her husband, Dan Pomrenke, Scott and his wife, Stacey Paulsen, Ellen Bunkers, Evan Bunkers, Cheri and her husband, Glenn Waterhouse, and April Wiederholt; seven great grandchil-ren, Marci, Nina, Jacob, Isaac, Deven, Drew and Quinn; two brothers and their wives, LeRoy and Ruth of Remsen, Dale and Mary of Granville; one sister, Armella Loesche of Remsen; four sisters-in-law, Ginger Bunkers and Esther Bunkers, both of Remsen, Mary Ann Ritz of Le Mars and Sister Margaret Bunkers O.S.F. of Dubuque.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Vernon and Louis; two sisters, Marina and her husband, Vets Kobberman, and Doris and her husband, Paul Kestel; two brothers-in-law, Robert Ritz and Gilbert Loesche.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen with the Rev. Timothy Johnson officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Remsen with graveside military rites conducted by Post 220 American Legion and Post 3328 V.F.W.
Friends may call any time after 2 p.m. today (Monday) at the Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen. There will be a parish rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., and a Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at the funeral home.
Casketbearers will be Curt, Dean, Mick, Steve and Terry Bunkers and Larry Kobberman. Catholic Order of Foresters honorary bearers will be Ervin Ahlers, Isidore Harpenau, Lyle Heidesch, Marcel Matgen, Hubert Nothem and Donald Ortmann.
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