Bunch, Alma, 1891-1986.

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Chicago woman.

Alma Louise Bunch, an only child, was born November 5th, 1891 to parents Richard Haney Bunch and Harriette Greenman Bunch. She was raised in both La Grange, IL and Hyde Park. She attended LaSell Seminary for Young Women in Auburndale, Massachusetts and graduated in 1913. There she participated in the LaSell Glee Club as both the business manager and a choir member. She never married and had no children, but maintained care for her father until his death. After her retirement from an office position, Bunch took up painting and has two oil paintings featured in Longfellow Grade School in Oak Park, IL. She died in 1986.

From the description of Alma Bunch papers, 1980-1985. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 711996561

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Birth 1891

Death 1986

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