Bob Muns

Bob Muns, 74, died Sunday, January 19, 2014 in Pampa. Services will be at 10:00 AM Thursday, January 23, 2014, at First Baptist Church, with Rev. Barry Owens, associate pastor, and Pastor Paul Nachtigall, chaplain of Interim Hospice, officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Byron Williamson, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Muns was born March 7, 1939 in Carter Nine, Oklahoma. He graduated from Turon High School in Turon, Kansas in 1957. Following his graduation, he went to work for the FBI in Washington, DC where he met his wife, Niela Jean Ellison. They were married October 8, 1958 in Washington, DC. Bob then went to work for the United States Park Police in Washington where he served for ten years. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1971. Bob held various sales jobs in Pampa before being elected Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace on January 1, 1987. He retired in 2001 after fourteen years of service. Bob was a member of First Baptist Church where he taught a men’s Sunday school class, sang in the choir and was active in the bus and prison ministries. He was a former member of the Kiwanis Club and was a member of the Retired U.S. Park Police Association. Bob was preceded in death by a son, Kevin Muns in 1987; his parents, Buck and Jessie Muns in 1997; and two sisters, Carol Nichols and Linda Maynard. Survivors include his wife, Jean Muns of the home; two daughters, Cindy Wolken and husband David of Amarillo, and Michele Dyson and husband Kent of Pampa; a son, Greg Muns and wife Essie of Longmont, Colorado; a sister, Karen Goodwin of Maryland; eleven grandchildren, Jennifer Steen and husband Josh, Charlea Martinez and husband Tyson, Mitch Kelley, Shelby Wolken, Matt Kelley, Bailey Muns, Kolton Dyson, Cooper Wolken, Kurt Wolken and wife Krysta, Jason Velasquez and wife Charlene, and Leanne Hall; eight great-grandchildren; in-laws, Wayne and Betty Ellison of Alpharetta, Georgia, Betty Sheets of Beckley, West Virginia, and Shirley Shepard of Rochester, Michigan; and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Missions, P.O. Box 621, Pampa, Texas 79066, Wounded Warrior Project, 2200 Space Park Drive, Suite 100, Houston, Texas, 77058, or a favorite charity. The family will receive friends at 1623 N. Sumner in Pampa.