Funeral Mass for Mary Eleanor Vance Wuensch, 75, of Dallas, TX and formerly of Leland will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 10, 2014 at St. James Catholic Church, Leland. She died Monday, May 5, 2014 at Baylor Regional Medical Center, Plano, TX. Burial will be in Greenville Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.
Mrs. Wuensch was a native of Leland and she graduated from St. Joseph High School. She joined the U. S. Air Force in 1957 becoming a WAC and attending nursing school before her marriage to Emil Ellis Wuensch. He was in the Air Force also and they traveled abroad. In 1983 she made her home in Dallas, TX. She was Catholic.
She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant daughter and a young son. She is survived by 2 sisters, Winnie Vance James of Longview, TX and Camille J. Hunt of Dallas, TX; 3 brothers, James N. “Jimmy” Dodd of Greenville, Robert R. “Bob” Dodd of Fort Smith, AR and William L. “Bill” Dodd of Fort Smith, AR; and a special friend and companion, Theo Laros of Dallas, TX.
The family will receive friends from 6:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2014 at Boone Funeral Home, Leland with a Rosary to follow at 7:00 p.m.