Pearl Eva Dunlap passed away peacefully at her home in New Braunfels on
Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at the age of 96. She was born on April 23, 1908, in
Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, to George W. Walker and Amanda Jane Mathis
Walker. Mrs. Dunlap later married William S. Dunlap, Jr. on April 24, 1938 in
Salina, Kansas. During her professional career, Mrs. Dunlap worked as a teacher
at Holy Cross Lutheran School in Wichita, Kansas, and the former Institute of
Logapedics at Wichita. Early in her career, she owned a café in Russell,
Kansas, and later farmed with her husband in Altoona, Kansas. They later moved to
Ellinwood, Kansas, before settling in Wichita, where she received a bachelor's
degree from Friends University. She also was a member of the Eastern Star as
well as a member of the First Protestant Church Women's Fellowship Grace
Circle. Pearl is preceded in death by her husband, William S. Dunlap, Jr., who
passed away on November 5, 1986, and by her five siblings and one son-in-law,
Archie Ladshaw.
She is survived by her children, Mary Jane Dunlap, of Lawrence, Kansas,
Martha L. Bogle, of New Braunfels, William S. Dunlap, III and wife, Joyce, of
Topeka, Kansas, and Nancy E. Ladshaw, of New Braunfels; grandchildren, Amber L.
Bogle-Jelich and husband, Ron, of Greensboro, North Carolina, Joe O. Haines, II
and wife, Lisete, of Cypress, Texas, Stuart Bogle, of Wichita, Kansas, William
G. "Shep" Dunlap, IV, of Austin, Texas, Judy Taylor and husband, Lee, of
Arlington, TX, John Ladshaw and wife, Liz, of New Braunfels, TX, Theresa Davis and
husband, Larry, also of New Braunfels, and Andrea McBride, and husband,
Christopher, of Westford, Vermont; great grandchildren, Joe "Jody" O. Haines, III,
Austin W. Haines, Haley M. Haines, all of Cypress, Texas, Zenobia Taylor of
Austin, Aspen Taylor, of New York City, New York, Leeah Taylor of Arlington,
Genie Eubanks and husband, Weiss, of Austin, Andrew Ladshaw, of New Braunfels,
Elliott and Phoebe McBride, of Westford, Vermont; sister-in-law, Lizbeth Davis,
of Pawhuska, Oklahoma; numerous nieces, nephews, and many extended family
members. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday from 11:00 a.m.
until 12 noon on Saturday. The family will greet friends at the funeral home on
Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
