Amagene (Jean)
Roper Bunch, 80, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 29,
2007. She was a resident of Autumn Wind Assisted
Living Center
in Caldwell.
Jean was born in
Roosevelt,
Mo., on June 8, 1926. She attended
Little Zion School in Douglas County, Mo. On Dec. 14, 1945,
she married Troy Bunch. They lived in West
Plains, Mo., where Troy
farmed. In 1951 they moved to Wilder, where Troy worked for Wilder Farms and Jean worked
cleaning the Wilder Farms office and several homes until
retirement. Jean was the oldest of 14 living children, and had
many stories to tell about helping raise her siblings. At the
time she got married, her mother was still raising babies.
Jean loved them all, along with her growing number of nieces
and nephews. In 1947, Jean's only child, Leland was born. He
was the apple of her eye and grew up playing with some of his
aunts and uncles. Jean is survived by
her son, Leland Bunch and his wife Jeanne of Twin Falls; two
grandsons, Matt (Kim) Bunch of Twin Falls, Tim (Naomi) Bunch
of Wilder; four great-grandsons, Declan, Alex, Daniel and
Zachary; one brother, Charles (Carol) Roper of West Plains,
Mo.; eight sisters, Lucille Cunningham and Verla (Marvin)
Honeyfield of Willow Springs, Mo., Eula (LeRoy) Parsons,
Thelma (Wayne) Tooley, and Phyllis (Ron) Franks of West
Plains, Mo., Nina (Ed) Loring of Sheridan, Wyo., Joyce Smith
of Mountain Grove, Mo. and Mary (Don) Turner of Caldwell. Jean
was welcomed into heaven by her husband Troy, parents, Henry and Retta (White) Roper.
She was also preceded in death by four brothers, Edgel Roper,
Joe Roper, Henry Roper Jr. and Earl Roper.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1,
at the Wilder Cemetery,
Wilder. |