Obituary of Tyler H. Bunce

Tyler H. Bunce, 89, of 1322 Shadyside Road, died Thursday February 10, 2011 in WCA Hospital. He was born June 1, 1921, in Jamaica, NY, a son of Tyler and Mary Naughton Bunce. Following graduation from Jamestown High School in 1939, he attended Dartmouth College. He was a WWII veteran of the US Army Air Force serving as a staff sergeant. Prior to his retirement he was employed by Marlin Rockwell Corporation for 23 years. He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Lakewood Rod and Gun Club and Lakewood Memorial Post #1286 American Legion where he had held the office of Sergeant-at-Arms. Surviving are his wife the former DeLoris Hey, whom he married August 11, 1946; seven children Barbara (Scott) Garlock of Fairport, NY, Mary (Steve) Hailer of Stow, OH, John (Jeannie) Bunce of Norwalk, CT, Nancy (Mike) Robinson of Roswell, GA, Robert Bunce of Pittsburgh, PA, William (Bettie Kenny) Bunce of Pittsburgh, PA and Thomas (Suzie) Bunce of Grand Island, NY; seventeen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a great granddaughter Reazen Love Vaughn. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Lind Funeral Home. Rev. Eric M. Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 4-6 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Lakewood Memorial Post #1286, 174 Chautauqua Avenue, Lakewood, NY 14750. You may light a candle in remembrance of Tyler at www.lindfuneralhome.com.