Excerpt from In Memoriam: Charles Dean Bunker, 1870-1948

Charles Dean Bunker died on September 5, 1948, at his home at 1380 West Ninth Street, Lawrence, Kansas. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered from the tower of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas. He was born on December 12, 1870, at Mendota, Illinois, the youngest of the seven children of David and Susan Jane (spencer) Bunker. On January 19, 1897, at Lawrence, Kansas, he married Clara Parnell, the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Elvira (thompson) Parnell. Two daughters and no sons resulted from this union. He is survived by his wife, his daughter Fedalma, his daughter Audrey Maurine (mrs. Don P. Warner), and the latter's two sons, James Donald and Charles Harry.

His schooling was delayed because his parents, acting on medical advice, encouraged him to spend his childhood out of doors instead of in school. This may have had much to do with developing his interest in natural history, much of his time afield was given to hunting and to observing animals.

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