Obituary

Carol J. Munger

1944 - 2015

Obituary

Carol J. Munger, 70, died Sunday (Jan. 25, 2015) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Unit of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.

She was born Oct. 16, 1944, in Oketo, the daughter of Francis and Catherine Latus Brockman. The family moved to Oakland, Iowa, where she graduated from high school in 1962. Carol married William J. Munger Sr. on June 12, 1964, in Sioux City, Iowa.

Shortly after being married, they moved to northeast Kansas. Carol had been a waitress for several years; she also owned and operated Carol's Place in Beattie for eight years. In 1969, the Mungers started their own trucking business in Beattie, and the business was relocated to Newton in 1985. The Mungers moved to Newton in 1992.

Mr. Munger died on April 28, 1997, and Carol continued to live in Newton until moving to Wichita last year.

Survivors include her children, James Munger of Topeka, Billy Munger of Lenexa, Mark Munger of Newton, and Crystal Schaus of Wichita; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lorenz Brockman of Newton and Fred Brockman of Masedonia, Iowa; and three sisters, Marie Griffee of Beattie, Betty Wolfgang of Hancock, Iowa, and Theresa Burrington of Emerson, Iowa.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Francis, Leo and ""Abe"" Brockman; grandson, Samuel Isaac Munger; and stepchildren, Ronald W. Munger and Charlotte Josoff.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Friends may call from 1 until 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

A memorial has been established with Life Care Center of Wichita; contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.

Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.

Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.