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Submitted: 12/18/19 • Approved: 12/18/19 • Last Updated: 12/21/19 • R823959-G823959-S3
Hollace - Father
Jul 20, 1912 Winigan, Sullivan, MO
Aug 3, 1937 Shelton, Knox, MO
Son of Willis Marion Bunch and Irva Ann Belzer
Husband of Opal Mae Pope
(Struck by lightning and killed instantly, 20 days before his son was born.)
Hollace - Son
Aug 23, 1937 Adair Co., MO
Jul 16, 1963 Navajo Co., AZ
Son of Hollace and Opal (Step Father Leo Parker)
From The Edina Sentinel-August 1, 2012 Issue:
Old Time News
75 Years Ago
Thurs., Aug. 5, 1937
Lightning Kills A Man
Hollace Bunch, 25 year old farm hand, was killed instantly when struck by a bolt of lightning Tuesday evening, and with him the horse he was riding on the farm on Jim Conders, about 7 or 8 miles south of Hurdland.
He had gone horseback after the cattle, as a part of the chores of the evening, between 5:30 and 6 o'clock, and it was while riding across a field the lightning struck and killed both. The bodies were found by Mr. Conder, by whom he was employed.
Funeral services were expected to be Friday at Youngstown, eight miles west of Kirksville, with burial in the Pinkerton Cemetery. The Rev. Albert Blood, a former schoolmate, will conduct the services. The time of the funeral was dependent upon the arrival of one brother from Oklahoma.
Bunch was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bunch, who survive, and came to this county five years ago from Greencastle. He was born at Winnigan, Mo., July 20, 1912, and married Miss Opal Pope in December, 1934. There were no children. Besides the wife and parents a sister, Dora, who married a Bunch, and ten brothers survive.
The brothers are: Harley of Greencastle, Volley of Sublette, Otis of Sasahawa, Okla., Ermine, Alvin, Frank, Asa, Dean, Dick and Marion of LaPlata.
LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
July 18, 1963
H. EUGENE BUNCH
---Hollace Eugene Bunch, 25, of La Plata, was killed instantly in a truck accident approximately 6 p.m. Monday near Winslow, Arizona.
---The truck in which he was riding struck a bridge abutment on a highway there and went down the embankment where it caught fire. The driver died a short time later.
---The son of the late Hollace Bunch and Opal Pope Parker, he was born August 23, 1917 at Youngstown. He was graduated from the La Plata High School.
---He was married in January, 1960 to Jeanie Slaughter at Queen City.
---Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Parker, a daughter, Sandra; two brothers, Russell of Berlin, Germany and Richard Parker of Germany.
---He was a member of the Christian Church. He served in the United States Navy.
---Funeral arrangements have not been completed as yet. Services will be conducted by Rev. Frank Stout and Rev. Glen Moyer. Music will be by Mrs. Wendell Williams. Vocalist will be Harod Moyer accompanied by Diana Moyer.
---Bearers will be Don White, Aldace Naughton III, Roger Crawford, Jim Sizemore, Gary McLaughlin and Bobby Biggs. Interment will be in the Pinkerton Cemetery in Adair County.
---Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of services.
Photo donated by Larry and Susan Olson
Contributed on 12/18/19
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Record #: 823959