Benny Clarence Bunch

The funeral for Benny Clarence Bunch, 68, will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at Davis Park Christian Church with Rev. Alan Seibel officiating. In honor of Benny's love of Oklahoma State University, those attending the funeral service are asked to wear orange. Burial will be 3 p.m. in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. He was born to Clarence E. and Myrtle E. (Barnes) Bunch on Dec. 14, 1940, in Oklahoma City, and died Wednesday, Sept.16, 2009, in Enid.Benny grew up in Stillwater and graduated from Stillwater High School in 1958. He earned a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University in 1963 and a master's degree in 1968.Benny was employed by Ramada Inn in Houston, Texas, in 1964 and was manager at El Sol Restaurant in Stillwater from 1965 to 1967. He then taught at O.T. Autry Vo-Tech from 1967 to 1978. On Oct. 22, 1975, he married Vivian Culp in Enid. Benny owned a Dairy Queen in Enid from 1978 to 1985. He was the director of food services for Enid Public Schools from 1985 to 2009, when he retired.Benny was involved in local, state and national softball associations. He was an inductee into the Oklahoma and National Softball Hall of Fame. He was a member of Cushman Club of American, Masonic Lodge and lifetime member of OSU Alumni Association and Posse Club. Benny loved watching his grandkids play sports, and the family traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad.He is survived by his wife, Vivian, of the home; two daughters, Bonnie K. Bunch Dean and husband Don of Spring, Texas, and Barbara Bunch Ponder and husband Johnnie of Baytown, Texas; five grandchildren, Lauren Dean, Austin Dean, Pam Davis, Justin Ponder and Jake Ponder; five great-grandchildren, Hailey Foster, Dain and Gracie Davis, Joseph and Jace Ponder; sister-in-law, Donna Bunch; and nephews, Dalton and Dustin Bunch.Benny was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Myrtle Bunch, and brother Donald Bunch.Memorials may be made to OMRF, diabetes division, or Enid Public Schools Foundation. Condolences may be made online at www.anders onburris.com.(Paid Obit 9-18-1)