Frank Bunce

Frank Sonny Bunce February 20, 1929 - May 20, 2015 Frank was a WW2 veteran, he served from 1945-1949. After 16 years as a police officer with the Topeka Police Department and the Lakeport, California Police Department he retired in 1975. After retiring, he and his wife, June, bought and ran a restaurant for 5 years in Lakeport, CA. He and June moved to Ottawa, KS where they bought a skating rink which they ran for 15 years. They moved back to Topeka where Frank worked security. He had a love for flying planes and was a sport pilot for 6 years. He and June were happily married for 65 years. Frank passed at the age of 86 in hospice care. Frank was preceded in death by his son, Frank Skip Bunce; daughter, Gayla Whitehead; and sisters, Betty Braxton, Jaquie Fischel, and June Looney. Frank is survived by his wife, June Bunce, Kansas; sister, Joanie Davis, Kansas; children, Pete and Joni Bunce, Wyoming, Joe and Frances Bunce, California, Jeff Bunce, Kansas; seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and one great, great-grandchild.