Geneva M. Bunse

Obituary, Geneva M. Bunse December 12, 1910 ~ January 29, 2006 Geneva M. Bunse of Monmouth, Oregon passed away January 29th at the age of 95. She was born in Seattle, Washington on December 29, 1910. She moved with her family to the town of Navajo in the eastern part of Montana in the early 1920's. After a short time the family settled in Flaxville, Montana where her father ran a general store. One of four in her senior class she graduated high school in 1930. She married Clayton Archibald Bunse on July 11, 1932. They has two sons while still living in Flaxville,. Work in the shipyards of the San Francisco bay area drew the family to Vallejo, California in 1943. They had a third son before moving to Salem, Oregon where Clayton was employed as an electrician. Geneva worked for more than fifteen years as a cook for the Salem School District. Geneva was kind and generous and never stopped nurturing and sustaining relationships with friends, neighbors and community. She was an excellent cook and loved sharing recipes and food. She enjoyed basketball and crocheting. She was devoted to family and some years ago one of her granddaughters wrote that Geneva "always seems happy and she miles a lot. And she is really soft, inside and out and very polite." Geneva Bunse is survived by Richard, Carol, Robin and Marta Bunse of Monmouth, Oregon. Dale Bunse of Otis, Oregon Loie Bunse of Newport, Oregon Meta Bunse of Woodland, CA. Garth and Wendy Bunse of Burlingame, CA. A Memorial Service will be 2:30 PM Thursday Feb. 9th at Monmouth Christ Church in Monmouth. Arrangements Entrusted to Farnstrom Mortuary, Independence.