Russell Wayne Bunch ”1962 - 2010”

Russell Wayne Bunch

When I'm Gone When I come to the end of my journey and I travel my last weary mile Just forget if you can, that I ever frowned and remember only the smile Forget unkind words I have spoken Remember some good I have done Forget that I ever had heartache and remember I've had loads of fun Forget that I've stumbled and blundered and sometimes fell by the way Remember I have fought some hard battles and won ere the close of the day Then forget to grieve for my going I would not have you sad for a day But in summer just gather some flowers and remember the place where I lay and come in the shade of evening When the sun paints the sky in the west Stand for a few moments beside me and remember only my best ~ Mrs.Lyman Hancock

Russell Wayne Bunch, born on June 14, 1962 passed away at St. John’s Hospital in Joplin, Missouri on December 23, 2010 after an extended illness. Russell was a lifelong resident of Northeastern Oklahoma and a member of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma. He was a graduate of Grove High School and attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Russell was a longtime employee of the Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco Company prior to his illness. Russell’s hobbies were fishing, golf and making people laugh. Russell is survived by his four beautiful daughters, Jenna Marie, Megan Nicole, Ally Michelle, and Bailey Lee of Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Additional survivors are his mother, Sandra Kingston of Miami, Oklahoma; siblings Robin Brobst of Pagosa Springs, Colorado and Stephen Bunch of Grove, Oklahoma; a nephew, Stephen (Packie) Bunch of Grove, Oklahoma; his grandmother Reva Wabaunsee of Miami, Oklahoma; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Russell’s life will be celebrated in traditional Native American ceremonial rites. A one-night wake will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at the Seneca-Cayuga AOA Building in Grove, Oklahoma. Celebration of Life Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 27, 2010 at the AOA Building with Dallas Gonzalez conducting. Burial services will be held 2:00 pm. at the Wyandotte Nation Cemetery, in Wyandotte, Oklahoma with Charles Diebold, Ceremonial Chief conducting Native American Rites. Services are under the direction of Paul Thomas Funeral Home of Miami, Oklahoma. Resource: Paul Thomas Funeral Home Online Obituaries (2010)

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