Obit for BUNKER, Jeraldine Olga (b.1921 d.2005), Murray Co., MN

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  Jeraldine Olga Bunker was born June 11, 1921, to Oscar and Idena 

(Polzine) Olsen in Stevens County, Minnesota. She grew up, living on 

various farms in Minnesota and graduated from Westbrook High School in 

1939. Jeraldine was united in marriage to Charles Alro Bunker on October 

4, 1941, in Balaton, Minnesota. She wrote for the Westbrook Sentinel, 

cooked for the Westbrook School and worked at the Keith Villa Dairy and 

Oak Grove Dairy, making ice cream. Jeraldine was a dedicated Sunday 

School and Bible School teacher for several years and a Girl Scout 

leader. She was a lifetime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in 

Westbrook. Jeraldine Olga Bunker passed away at her home in Westbrook, 

Minnesota on May 11, 2005, at the age of 83. 

  She is survived by her husband Charles Alro Bunker, Westbrook; daughter 

Brenda Bunker; grandchildren Jacob and Tirhas Nygren, Matt Nygren, Meghen 

McNamara and Reginald Ratliff; great-grandchildren: Aaliyah Ratliff and 

Daejona Ratliff; Siblings Verna Cohrs, Ivan (Alice) Olsen, Dale (Marlys) 

Olsen, LaVae Schmidt and Garry (Kitty) Olsen; sisters-in-law Betty Olsen 

and Pat Olsen and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was 

preceded in death by her parents, sisters: Georgina Wolfe, Imogene 

Patterson and brothers Lloyd and Orville Olsen. 

  Funeral Services were held on Sunday 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church 

in Westbrook. Burial in Pleasant View Cemetery - Dovray, MN. In Lieu of 

flowers, memorials preferred to Murray County Hospice.

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