Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-21
THOMAS WOOD BUNDY

Thomas W. Bundy died at his home
in Pasadena, California, at 1890 on
the morning of March 18th, 1913, in
his 18th year, after a lingering i'll
ness of more than a year, which
affected the kidneys and lungs and re-
suited in an abcess which gradually
sapped mis- vitality
He was never confined to his bed
but was up and dressed every day to
the last, sitting in his easy chair or
lying on the couch. His chief suffer
ing was weakness and shortness of
breath, which he bore with great
patience, cheerfulness and consider
alton for his devoted wife who minis
tered faithfully to his wants.
The funeral services were held on
Friday afternoon, March 18th, and
were conducted according to the Gus
tom of the Society of Friends, (of
which Mr.. and Mrs. Bundy were birth
right members,) at the Friends
Meeting House, interment was made
in their cemetery on the slope of the
beautiful foothills of Pasadena, over
shadowed by the Sierra Madre range
of mountains.
Many beautiful testimonies were
borne by the friends who had come
to know Mr. Bundy best, with the as
surance that he is AT Rest in his
Heavenly home, as the appropriate
plate on the grey casket testified
Mr.. Bundy is survived by the widow
Mrs. Abbie D. Bundy, of Pasadena,
two sisters, Mrs. ]. W. Daudna, of
Barnesville, Ohio, and DR.. Elizabeth
B. Frame, of Pasadena, Cal, one
brother, Mr.. Jesse E. Bundy, OF
Bisbee, Arizona, and one grand
daughter, Miss Anna Faye Hastings,
of Wa-Keeney, Kansas
Among those who gathered at the
home and attended the services were
Drs. Ira S. and Elizabeth B. Frame,
of Pasadena; Mrs. Jennie Daudna, of
Prescott, Arizona, a sister-in-law to
Mrs. Bundy; Mr.. and Mrs Allen
Wood, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. /. Verbeck, formerly of
Wa-Keeney, Kansas, now of Long
Beach, Cal; Comrade II. B. Tuttle, Of
Sawtelle, Cal, who was a member of
the same regiment with Mr.. Bundy
in the sixtys, and many other old
friends of former times and places,
and new friends of recent years Be-
fore leaving the house, the fol-
lowing telegram was received by Mrs.
Bundy and read which seemed to
bring those signing it and others in
the presence with other friends and
relatives gathered in the home, Tele-
gram, "Wa-Keeney, Kans., March Ii,
1918, Mrs. T. W. Bundy, S45 east
Orange Grove avenue, Pasadena, Cal.
Our very dear friend: We, few of
your many Wa-Keeney friends, real
izing we cannot be with you and do
more, are sending this to express our
heartfelt sympathy in your loss and
sorrow Messrs and Mesdames Mar
shall, Keraus, Ufford, Hays. P Ker-
aus. Givler and Ellermeyer"
his and other expressions of love
and sympathy from old friends and
neighbors, Mrs. Bundy and the rel
atives, deeply appreciate and wish to
express thanks
Do-A0y was DO1n near
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, December 9Th, 1S43
His father, John Bundy, was a sue
cessful farmer of that neighborhood
His mother was Sidney Wood Bundy
Mr.. Bundy was educated in the pub
lie and Friends Schools, having just
entered the Friends Boarding School
at Westtown, Penn, in 1863, when
feeling the call to serve his country,
he left school and enlisted and served
in the army to the close of the war.
After returning from service. he
married on December z, 1865, Miss
Abbie Daudna, the widow who SUR
wives him, daughter of Elisha and NJ
P Daudna- They were married ''In
Meeting" as the Friends say, by the
simple and impressive ceremony of
that sect.
To this marriage were born four
children, Clinton E., Frank w, Mary
E., and Edith NJ, but one of whom
grew to maturity.
Mary E married Frank D. Hastings
of Wa-Keeney, Kansas. Mrs. Hast
ings died May z, 1906, survived by
her husband one one daughter, Miss
Anna Faye Hastings, who resides
With ber father and IL a<-endipp