Carl F. Mundis

Carl Frederick Mundis, 79, passed away Aug. 7, 2023, at Great Plains Health Hospital, North Platte.  Mundis was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on Dec. 6, 1943, the eldest child of Frederick F. and Myrtle E. (Stoker) Mundis.  The family resided in Parsons, Kansas, where his siblings Barbara, William (Bill), and Patrick were born.  Mundis graduated from Parsons High School in 1961 and subsequently earned his B.A. and M.A. in history from Kansas State College at Pittsburg (Kansas), now Pittsburg State University.  He was married to Marilyn K. Lett on April 27, 1963, two children were born to that marriage: Daryl A. (in 1963) and Marla K. (in 1965).  Mundis taught history and coached track at Labette County (Kansas) High School until moving to North Platte in 1969 to take up a teaching position at North Platte Junior College, later Mid-Plains Community College.  Over the course of the next three decades, he taught US history, Western Civilization, philosophy, and ethics at MPCC.  On March 9, 1984, he was married to Colleen Mulligan, of North Platte, who survives him.  For many years, he played volleyball on the MPCC inter-city league team, but his greatest passion was rock music, and he enjoyed listening to and playing rock with his friends.  He enjoyed his dachshunds, cats and feeding the squirrels and birds in his backyard.  He was very proud of the accomplishments of his children and six grandchildren and treasured the time they had together, sharing stories, laughing and enjoying life.  He had also been a collector of Corvairs, at one time owning more than a half-dozen of those ill-fated rear-engined automobiles and vans.  Although he was quite handy in restoring and patching these cars up, the family struggled to think of many examples of long-distance trips without one break-down or another.  His children were also the proud recipients of twenty-five cent pool lessons, which their dad liberally dispensed at select North Platte locations which also dispensed adult beverages.  A devoted follower of both the Kansas City Royals and democracy, he remained hopeful about the fate of both until the end.  He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Barbara, and his brother Pat.  He is survived by his wife, Colleen, his brother Bill (Tammy), his son Daryl (Ruth Froelich) of Baldwin Place, NY, daughter Marla (Sam Miller) of Oakland, CA, his granddaughters, Natasha, Alexandra, and Jackie, of Boston, MA, and his grandsons Mark, Leo, and Eli of New York.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Partner-Up Rodeo at Equitable Bank.  Online condolences may be shared at Adams-Swanson.  Private inurnment is at a later date in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Parsons, Kansas.