The 1936 class of Lewisburg Union High School has received word of the Monday, September 29, 2003, death of class mate Marianna (Bunger) Keown, 86, at Foxwood Living Care Center in Raymore, Mo.
Member of the family were well-known Lewisburg residents and graduates of Lewisburg Schools.
In 1939, she was one of 14 graduates from the Good Samaritan School of Nursing. In 1941, she was sent to Zor Zor, Liberia, [Africa] as a Lutheran medical missionary, where she spent more than four years treating leprosy patients.
In 1984, she returned to Liberia for two years, teaching licensed practical nursing. She and her husband resided in Jefferson City, Mo., where she taught licensed practical nursing for 18 years. [She did prison ministry for women at Renz, Missouri and was selected "Woman of the year in Missouri" for her many volunteer projects.]
She was preceded in death by her [by her first husband, ?Hanks,] [2nd] husband, Richard Keown; parents, Robert and Goldie (Brown) Bunger; brothers, David, Burton and Samuel Bunger.
Survivors include a sister, Ellen Bunger Estes of Cuppertown, Calif.; nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial was in Independence, Mo.
Member of the family were well-known Lewisburg residents and graduates of Lewisburg Schools.
In 1939, she was one of 14 graduates from the Good Samaritan School of Nursing. In 1941, she was sent to Zor Zor, Liberia, [Africa] as a Lutheran medical missionary, where she spent more than four years treating leprosy patients.
In 1984, she returned to Liberia for two years, teaching licensed practical nursing. She and her husband resided in Jefferson City, Mo., where she taught licensed practical nursing for 18 years. [She did prison ministry for women at Renz, Missouri and was selected "Woman of the year in Missouri" for her many volunteer projects.]
She was preceded in death by her [by her first husband, ?Hanks,] [2nd] husband, Richard Keown; parents, Robert and Goldie (Brown) Bunger; brothers, David, Burton and Samuel Bunger.
Survivors include a sister, Ellen Bunger Estes of Cuppertown, Calif.; nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial was in Independence, Mo.
The 1936 class of Lewisburg Union High School has received word of the Monday, September 29, 2003, death of class mate Marianna (Bunger) Keown, 86, at Foxwood Living Care Center in Raymore, Mo.
Member of the family were well-known Lewisburg residents and graduates of Lewisburg Schools.
In 1939, she was one of 14 graduates from the Good Samaritan School of Nursing. In 1941, she was sent to Zor Zor, Liberia, [Africa] as a Lutheran medical missionary, where she spent more than four years treating leprosy patients.
In 1984, she returned to Liberia for two years, teaching licensed practical nursing. She and her husband resided in Jefferson City, Mo., where she taught licensed practical nursing for 18 years. [She did prison ministry for women at Renz, Missouri and was selected "Woman of the year in Missouri" for her many volunteer projects.]
She was preceded in death by her [by her first husband, ?Hanks,] [2nd] husband, Richard Keown; parents, Robert and Goldie (Brown) Bunger; brothers, David, Burton and Samuel Bunger.
Survivors include a sister, Ellen Bunger Estes of Cuppertown, Calif.; nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial was in Independence, Mo.
Member of the family were well-known Lewisburg residents and graduates of Lewisburg Schools.
In 1939, she was one of 14 graduates from the Good Samaritan School of Nursing. In 1941, she was sent to Zor Zor, Liberia, [Africa] as a Lutheran medical missionary, where she spent more than four years treating leprosy patients.
In 1984, she returned to Liberia for two years, teaching licensed practical nursing. She and her husband resided in Jefferson City, Mo., where she taught licensed practical nursing for 18 years. [She did prison ministry for women at Renz, Missouri and was selected "Woman of the year in Missouri" for her many volunteer projects.]
She was preceded in death by her [by her first husband, ?Hanks,] [2nd] husband, Richard Keown; parents, Robert and Goldie (Brown) Bunger; brothers, David, Burton and Samuel Bunger.
Survivors include a sister, Ellen Bunger Estes of Cuppertown, Calif.; nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial was in Independence, Mo.
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