Selma F. Bunker  1927-2009

Funeral services for Selma F. Bunker, 82, of Chamberlain, will be Monday, September 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Reliance Methodist Church in Reliance, SD with burial in the Reliance Cemetery at Reliance. Visitation will be Sunday, September 20 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service at the Hickey-Wevik Funeral Chapel in Chamberlain.

Selma Fern Bartholow was born January 14, 1927 on the family farm near Reliance, SD to Robert L. and Mary Jane (Howard) Bartholow. She attended Pleasant View Country School through the eighth grade and graduated from Reliance High School in 1944. She then attended Southern State Teachers College in Springfield, SD throughout the summer and began her teaching career that fall. She taught in several Lyman County rural schools for six years and later attended Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, SD. She then taught first grade in the Highmore Public School. She lived in Seattle, WA for one year, working as a telephone operator.

On June 12, 1955, Selma was united in marriage to Daryl Bunker at the Methodist Church at Reliance. Daryl passed away on March 11, 1985 and she remained on the family farm until 1986 when she moved into Chamberlain. She worked for the Adjustment Training Center for over 15 years and retired in 2005. She moved into the Regency Retirement Assisted Living in June 2006. She was a faithful member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Pukwana.

Selma passed away on September 15, 2009 at Sanford Mid Dakota Medical Center in Chamberlain at the age of 82 years. Gratefully sharing in her life are her sons Ted Bunker and wife Karon of Union Bridge, Maryland, Frank Bunker and wife Wanda of Chamberlain and Jim Bunker and wife Rita of Reliance, SD; five grandchildren Ben Bunker and wife Laurel, Toni Price and husband John, and Matt, Daryl, and Alex Bunker; a great grandchild Marissa Bunker; and a sister Betty Isburg and husband Lee of Chamberlain.

Preceding her in death were her husband Daryl; her twin Howard; two brothers Robert F. and Donald Bartholow; and two sisters Mary Jane Hieb and Evelyn Bingen-Savory.