Catherine P. Runyon

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel.
Officiating will be: Pastor Jamie Franke.
Music provided by: Barbara Elzea - pianist; Wayne Lynn - soloist.
Interment will be in the Vandalia Cemetery.
Pallbearers: Doug Bontz, Steve Bontz, Jared Runyon, Frank Welch, Wayne Lynn and Donald Lynn.

Catherine P. (Bontz) Runyon passed away unexpectedly at 9:47 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at the Hannibal Regional Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of the Vandalia area. Catherine worked at the International Shoe Factory in Vandalia for several years and then the Bobby Brooks Garment Factory. She started working at the Tri-County Care Center and worked as a CNA and MedTech there for many years, retiring in 2012. Catherine was a member of the First Christian Church in Vandalia where she taught Sunday School, Bible School and worked in the nursery. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, canning, watching QVC, Cardinal ballgames and she was an avid reader.

Born: December 23, 1933 in rural Ralls County, north of Vandalia, the daughter of Herman Leslie and Willie Faye (Benn) Bontz.

Married: Joseph A. Runyon on December 1, 1951 in Hannibal, Missouri;he preceded her in death on May 26, 1994.

Survivors include: three sons: Joey E. and wife, Kathy Runyon of New London; James A. and wife, Shannon Runyon of Higbee, Missouri; Aaron F. and wife, Karen Frances Runyon of Vandalia; one sister: Donna L. and husband, Donald Hoover of Vandalia; seven grandchildren: Amber Runyon and Jared Runyon both of New London; Rhiannon Runyon and Aidan Runyon both of Higbee; Kristen Rutherford, Kayla Rutherford and Kathryn Runyon all of Vandalia.

Preceded in death by: parents; husband, Joseph A.; one daughter, Cathy Jo Runyon, who died during childbirth; three brothers: James E. Bontz, Eugene L. Bontz and Floyd F. Bontz.

Memorials are encouraged to the Shiloh Children's Ranch in Shelbina, Missouri.