1916
Zona
2016
Zona Margel Kunkel Brown
November 10, 1916 — May 23, 2016
Graveside services for Zona Margel Kunkel Brown, 99, of Bonham will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in Willow Wild Cemetery under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Cindy Baker Burnett will officiate. Zona passed away Monday morning, May 23, 2016 at Mullican Care Center in Savoy.
Zona was born Nov. 10, 1916 in Fort Griffin, Texas, the daughter of Otto Leopold Kunkel and Emilia Wilhelm Kunkel. She lived in Throckmorton, Texas until her parents moved to Abilene, Texas in 1923. She was a 1933 graduate of Lubbock High School and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1937. She worked toward her Masters degree at the University of Chicago. Zona taught high school in Tuscola, Texas for one year and then at Post, Texas for one year. She married Udell Brown on Feb. 9, 1940 at the First Christian Church in Post, Texas. The couple came to Bonham from Tuscola when Udell moved his farm equipment business here. Zona was a longtime member of First Christian Church where she taught Sunday School, was President of the Women of the Church, Circle Chairman and served as a Deaconess. She and two of her friends organized the Bonham Story League in 1947, and she was a member of the Bonham Public Library Board for 45 years. Zona was President of the Garden Club, active in Blue Birds, Campfire Girls and Horizon Club. The Business and Professional Womens Club selected Zona to be "Mrs. Bonham". This entitled her to be in the Mrs. America Contest sponsored by Lone Star Gas Co. She won first place in the district, but lost at state. Zona also had the honor of being named "Citizen of the Year" by the Bonham Area Chamber of Commerce. Although she led a very busy life, Zona still found time to pursue her passion of playing bridge and was a member of several bridge clubs. Zona was preceded in death by her husband, Udell Brown (2007), son, Michael Wayland Brown (1995) and sister, LaZette Kunkel Yarbrough.
Zona is survived by her daughter, Carolyn K. Brown of Bonham, Texas.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roosevelt Ross, Tim Boyer, Bill Sanderson, Judge Charles Butler, Bill Terry and John Gammon.
Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com
Zona was born Nov. 10, 1916 in Fort Griffin, Texas, the daughter of Otto Leopold Kunkel and Emilia Wilhelm Kunkel. She lived in Throckmorton, Texas until her parents moved to Abilene, Texas in 1923. She was a 1933 graduate of Lubbock High School and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1937. She worked toward her Masters degree at the University of Chicago. Zona taught high school in Tuscola, Texas for one year and then at Post, Texas for one year. She married Udell Brown on Feb. 9, 1940 at the First Christian Church in Post, Texas. The couple came to Bonham from Tuscola when Udell moved his farm equipment business here. Zona was a longtime member of First Christian Church where she taught Sunday School, was President of the Women of the Church, Circle Chairman and served as a Deaconess. She and two of her friends organized the Bonham Story League in 1947, and she was a member of the Bonham Public Library Board for 45 years. Zona was President of the Garden Club, active in Blue Birds, Campfire Girls and Horizon Club. The Business and Professional Womens Club selected Zona to be "Mrs. Bonham". This entitled her to be in the Mrs. America Contest sponsored by Lone Star Gas Co. She won first place in the district, but lost at state. Zona also had the honor of being named "Citizen of the Year" by the Bonham Area Chamber of Commerce. Although she led a very busy life, Zona still found time to pursue her passion of playing bridge and was a member of several bridge clubs. Zona was preceded in death by her husband, Udell Brown (2007), son, Michael Wayland Brown (1995) and sister, LaZette Kunkel Yarbrough.
Zona is survived by her daughter, Carolyn K. Brown of Bonham, Texas.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roosevelt Ross, Tim Boyer, Bill Sanderson, Judge Charles Butler, Bill Terry and John Gammon.
Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com
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