Myron "Keith" Brunker, 82, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12 at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice in Albany.
Born in 1931 to William Adam and Grace May (Harris) Brunker in Wichita, Kansas, the family moved to the Fredonia area of Kansas in 1932, where Myron attended school and worked on the family farm until joining the U.S. Air Force in December, 1951.
Myron married Doris Faye Zink in March of 1952. The couple moved to Roswell, New Mexico where Myron was stationed as an Air Force mechanic, working on B36's during the Korean War.
After serving four years in Roswell, they moved to Albany, Oregon in Dec. 1955 with their young son Floyd Lee.
Myron worked several years at Simpson Lumber Mill in Albany, and ran a fuel business with his father-in-law. After leaving Simpson, he spent the rest of his working career as a general contractor.
An avid outdoorsman, Myron enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and gardening with his wife, family and friends. He was a generous man, sharing his time, talents, and his fishing catch with neighbors and family. And he was the ultimate tinkerer and craftsman, and could usually be found in the garage or the yard working on some project or other.
Myron is survived by his wife, Doris, and son Floyd Lee and wife Lori of Lebanon, son Gail and wife Lori of Albany, daughter Diane and husband Chuck Patton of Albany, sister Alberta Chapman (Brunker), nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren with two on the way.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother's Eugene and Wendell Brunker, and sister Erma Lou Spillman (Brunker).
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home in Albany, military honors and a light reception. In lieu of cards or flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of Oregon in honor of Doris.