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The funeral for Benny
Clarence Bunch, 68, will
be at 11:30 AM Saturday,
Sept. 19, 2009, at Davis
Park Christian Church,
with Rev. Alan Seibel
officiating. In honor
of Benny’s love of
Oklahoma State
University, those
attending the funeral
service are asked to
wear orange. Burial
will be in Grace Hill
Cemetery, Perry at 3:00
PM with arrangements by
Anderson-Burris Funeral
Home.
He was born to
Clarence E. and Myrtle
E. (Barnes) Bunch on
Dec. 14, 1940, in Okla.
City, and died
Wednesday, Sept.16, 2009
in Enid.
Benny grew
up in Stillwater and
graduated from
Stillwater High School
in 1958. He earned a
Bachelors Degree from
Oklahoma State
University in 1963 and a
Masters Degree in 1968.
Benny was employed by
Ramada Inn in Houston,
TX, in 1964 and was
Manager at El Sol
Restaurant in Stillwater
from 1965-67. He then
taught at O.T., Autry
Vo-Tech from 1967
-1978. On Oct. 22,
1975, he married Vivian
Culp in Enid. Benny
owned a Dairy Queen in
Enid from 1978 –1985.
He was the Director of
Food Services for Enid
Public Schools from 1985
to 2009 when he retired.
Benny was
involved in local, state
and national softball
associations. He was an
inductee into the
Oklahoma and National
Softball Hall of Fame.
He was a member of
Cushman Club of
American, Masonic Lodge,
and lifetime member of
OSU Alumni Association
and Posse Club. Benny
loved watching his
grandkids play sports,
and the family traveled
throughout the U.S. and
abroad.
He is survived by
his wife Vivian of the
home; two daughters,
Bonnie K. Bunch Dean and
husband Don of Spring,
TX, and Barbara Bunch
Ponder and husband
Johnnie of Baytown, TX;
five grandchildren,
Lauren Dean, Austin
Dean, Pam Davis, Justin
Ponder and Jake Ponder;
five
great-grandchildren,
Hailey Foster, Dain and
Gracie Davis, Joseph and
Jace Ponder;
sister-in-law Donna
Bunch; and nephews
Dalton and Dustin Bunch.
Benny was
preceded in death by his
parents, Clarence and
Myrtle Bunch, and
brother Donald Bunch.
Memorials may be made to
OMRF – Diabetes Division
or Enid Public Schools
Foundation.
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