Rex Bundy - 2nd Great Grandson of William & Sarah

Mexico Ledger

October 21, 1970

Rex Bundy Rites To Be On Friday

CEJNTRALIA-Funeral services for Airman First Class Rex Bundy, 22, of Centralia, who died in a plane crash Oct. 2 in Taiwan, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Centralia United Methodist Church. Airman Bundy was in flight from Taipei,Ching Chaun Kang Air Force Base on the island of Taiwan. He was one of 43 men aboard the flight who perished. He was born Jan. 3, 1948, in Seattle, Wash, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Barnthouse of Centralia. Airman

Bundy was a 1965 graduate of Centralia High School and graduated from Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville, in August 1969. He entered the Air Force and received his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex. He received training at Wichita, Kan. He was a member of the Centralia United Methodist Church.

 On Aug. 16, 19C9, he was married to the former Andrea Gayle Rohr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Homer Rohr of Centralia. Mrs. Bundy has been living with her parents at Route 1, Centralia, since her husband's departure for Taiwan a few days before the accident. Airman Bundy is survived by his wife, his parents; a sister, Mrs. Tom (Kay) Cox of Centralia; and his grandfather, James Scholl of Centralia. Military services will be held in Centralia by Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster. The Rev. Thomas Adams will officiate at funeral services with burial in Glendale Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Fenton Funeral Home in Centralia from Thursday noon until Friday noon