Wayne Carl Dunker, Sr., 79, Battle Ground, died Friday, October 19, in St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Lafayette. He had been hospitalized since Tuesday.

He was born Dec. 17, 1921, to Fred Carl and Helen Yvonne Kessinger Dunker, in Rensselaer. He was married Aug. 22, 1942, to Betty Goss in Wolcott.

He graduated from Chalmers High School in 1940.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Force and served from l942-46 in Europe at the Battle of the Bulge and also in Trinidad. He was a retired farmer.

In 1969, he moved from Chalmers to Battle Ground. He was a member of the Battle Ground United Methodist Church.

He was a member of Chalmers American Legion Post 268 and of the Lafayette EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association).

Survivors include a son, Charles Dale (Sheila) Dunker, Monticello; daughters, Kathy (Tom) Kingma of Gautier, Miss.; Bonnie (Ron) Moll, Latbyette; Becky (Jim Miller) Dunker of Battle Ground and Betsy (Jack) Elmore of LaFontaine; a brother, Gerald Dunker of Remington; 15 grand children; 17 great-grandchildren; and a great-great granddaughter.

A son, Wayne Carl Dunker Jr., died in 1968.

Services were Monday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with Pastor Tammy Mills officiating. Burial was in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Brookston, with military rites by Chalmers American Legion Post 268.