Anna Kiessling Bunch
Anna Kiessling Bunch, age 88, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2012.
Anna was born January 29, 1924, to Andreas Kiessling and Maria Lechner Kiessling in Kobermoor, Germany. She was born into a family of seven brothers, one of whom survives her.
As a teenager at the end of WW II, Anna was forced to work as a train conductor on the railway line from Munich, Germany to the Brenner Pass in Italy. She was responsible for evacuation of the train many times due to the bombardment of the train.
After the war, Anna worked as a waitress in a restaurant where she met her future husband US Army Staff Sergeant William (Bill) Bunch serving in Bad Aibling, Germany. They were married September 10, 1955, in Kobermoor. The following year, Bill, Anna and son, Klaus F. Bunch, moved to the USA. Anna was so proud of her naturalized American citizenship.
In 2003, Anna returned to her native country only to find she missed America and her many friends too much. She returned to the Overland Park area and due to declining health eventually moved to a nursing facility where she died. Anna was a long-time member of Lenexa United Methodist Church.
Anna was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and six brothers.
Anna is survived by her son, Klaus Bunch and wife, Ursula; one grandson, Oliver; one great-grandson, Niclas Benjamin Bunch; and one brother, all of Munich, Germany.
Visitation and Services
A visitation will befrom 12 noon to 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at the Amos Family Funeral Home & Crematory. The funeral service will follow at 1:00 p.m. Burial at Leavenworth National Cemetery on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at 2:30 p.m.
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Klaus & Ursula,
We will miss your mom but we believe she is happier in her new “place” — no more urgent calls for the nurse to help her to the bathroom; no more “sticks” for blood tests; no more breathing treatments which she didn’t like; no more swollen legs and bruised arms from the slightest touch. We are hoping Heaven will have a bingo game now and then and a TV’s so she can watch ice skating, etc.
We love you two!
Dorothy & Manfred
We are so sad to lose our good friend Anna, of15 yeas.We shared some good times playing bingo or just visiting. She was my walking buddy and we had good times discussing world events, and trying to remedy them.The one bad memory was when we were attacked by a viscious dog. It was so scary, but we laughed about it later.
She is with Bill and God now, and I’m sure she is very happy. we will miss her smiling face.
Gerry and Rosie Mermis
My Heart goes out to annas Family, anna was a wonderful Lady,I was truly blessed for knowing her. during my work at Overland Park Place I frist notice the Kindness she showed helping new and current residents adjust at overland park place. she would go out of her way to take them to bingo or walk a resident to the Dining room,where she would always stop at a table and introduce her self by saying Hi iam anna.she was always a joy to be around.my time with her was a complete joy,I continue to vist anna when she moved next door to the nursring home,year before last I brought her a Christmas tree and she watch me decorated it,she was so happy,she told me it inspired the nursing staff to do more for the resident during Christmas time and it really made Her Happy.
Anna you will be missed,I will always remeber smile and the Kindness you always shared with everyone,may you rest in Peace with all the angels in heaven,your friend Howard Lairson
Kluas, Knowing how much your mother loved you and always talked about you in great detail, you will always have her near you, in your thoughts and your heart ,Anna will be your Angel in heaven. Every time my thoughts of her I will always smile because that is what she would want me to do. May you and your family get through this time of sadness and keep Anna smile and wonderful nature in your heart. My only reget is I wish I would have met Anna Bunch sooner,Your Mother was a Charm
Klaus,
Anna will be greatly missed! I am Gerry and Rosie’s daughter and Anna and Bill were our neighbors for 12 years. Anna was an amazing woman and a great friend to my parents and our family. She was always kind, had a wonderful sense of humor and a beautiful smile. We will miss her greatly! May the good memories guide you through the darkness of loss.
Heather
Klaus,
Anna was proud of you. After I met you, I realized how much she had the right to be proud. I am amazed at your organizational skills, your willingness to “put yourself in her shoes,” and work above and beyond the call of duty as a son to do all you could to help your mom.If anything can make a parent happy, it is a son like you. I know she looks down from heaven and smiles.
Bev
Liebe Anni,
ich kann mich noch sehr genau erinnern, als ich dich und Bill in Kansas City besucht habe. Du hast dich so sehr gefreut und immer wieder gesagt, ich sei die erste und einzige, die jemals aus Kolbermoor gekommen sei – außer Klaus und Ursula natürlich. Für mich war es auch eine lang ersehnte, große Reise, und ich war beeindruckt von eurem Haus und eurem Garten, wo wir alles festmachen mussten, weil ein Tornado angesagt war! Ich kann mich noch erinnern, dass du uns (mein damaliger Freund Sebastian war mit dabei) Würstl mit Kartoffel- und Krautsalat gemacht hast, damit wir nicht Heimweh bekommen
und dass du uns zu einem deutschen Metzger in Kansas City gebracht hast, wo du immer “die echten” Wiener Würstl kaufen konntest. Ich habe gelernt, dass Kansas City eigentlich in Missouri liegt und es deswegen immer wichtig ist, Kansas City, Kansas, zu sagen. Du hast uns auch die Staatsgrenze gezeigt und viel von deiner neuen Heimat. Natürlich waren wir auch Bingo spielen, und gewannen glatt 20 Dollar! 
Ich glaube, du hast die Würstl für uns auch gemacht, weil du selbst ein wenig Heimweh hattest, aber als du wieder nach Deutschland gekommen warst, musstest du feststellen, dass es nicht mehr das Deutschland war, das du einmal kanntest und wohl vermisst hattest, und so bist du wieder zurück in deine alte Heimat gefahren, die dir eine neue geworden war. Leider habe ich es nicht mehr geschafft, dich noch einmal zu besuchen, obwohl ich es immer gerne wollte, denn auch für mich war diese Zeit damals eine sehr schöne mit vielen schönen Erinnerungen auch heute noch.
Alles Liebe für dich da oben im Himmel
Andrea