Niela Jean Muns

Niela Jean Ellison Muns, 88, died Monday, April 7, 2025, in Dallas, Texas.

Celebration of life services will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Rev. Byron Williamson of First Baptist Church of Pampa, officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Home and Crematory.

Jean’s service will be livestreamed through the funeral home’s website.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Muns was born on September 2, 1936, in Fayetteville, West Virginia to Nile Clifford and Eva Irene (Stull) Ellison. She was raised in the Kaymoor Coal Mine camp and always spoke fondly of her childhood in the mountains of West Virginia. She graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1954. After graduation she moved to Washington, DC and worked in the secretarial pool at the Federal Bureau of Investigations. There she met her husband, Harold Robert (Bob) Muns, and they were married October 8, 1958. They moved to Pampa in 1971.

Jean was a member of First Baptist Church where she taught in the preschool department for over 40 years. She volunteered at various church functions and was also a Hospice volunteer. She enjoyed reading her bible, listening to music, quilting, word find books and spending time with family. Jean was an amazing cook and baker. The recipes she learned from her mother have been passed down to her kids and grandkids. Her family’s favorites were her apple butter, fried apples, homemade biscuits, fried chicken and Christmas sugar cookies.

Jean was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Bob Muns, in 2014; a son, Kevin Muns in 1987; a grandson, Matthew Kelley in 2018; her parents; her sisters, Eunice Waters, Betty Sheets, Shirley Shepard, and her brother, Wayne Ellison.

Survivors include her son, Greg (Essie) Muns of Poetry, two daughters, Cindy (Dave) Wolken of Dallas and Michele (Kent) Dyson of Pampa; grandchildren, Jennifer and Josh Steen, Charlea and Ty Martinez, Mitch and Gracie Kelley, Shelby and Brooks Vehslage, Bailey and Chad Volk, Kolton and Samara Dyson, Cooper Wolken, Leanne and TJ Jeffcoat, Kurt and Krysta Wolken and Jason and Charlene Velasquez; great grandchildren, Keegan Muns, Kaitlyn Steen, Kash Steen, Leighton Martinez, Collier Martinez, Teddi Kelley, Beckham Vehslage, Elijah Volk, Isaac Volk, Leo Dyson, Brayden Dyson, Faith Hall, Joonie Dyson, Ella Wolken, Weston Wolken, Adam Velasquez and Julian Velasquez; her sister in laws, Karen Goodwin and Betty Ellison; and many beloved nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the Texas Best Hospice Team, Cambridge Caregivers, and Manchester Care Home for loving and taking care of our momma and grandma in the last year of her life.

To honor Jean’s life, the family requests everyone wear bright colors to celebrate a life well lived.

Memorials can be given to First Baptist Church - Missions Fund, P. O. Box 621, Pampa, Texas 79065; or to the Pampa Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), P.O. Box 2095, Pampa, 79065, TX.