MILLER, SD – Douglas Bunn, 100, of Miller, passed away Monday, October 23, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Society in Miller.

Memorial service with military honors will be at 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 30, 2023, at Reck Funeral Home in Miller with Rev. Rhonda Wellsandt-Zell officiating.

Douglas Bunn was born October 12, 1923, in Danville, Virginia to Rodney Thomas and Louise Etta (Hubbard) Bunn. He was the youngest of six siblings. Doug spent his childhood days in Virginia on his grandfather’s farm and plantation. He loved spending as much time as he could with his mentor, Grandpa Hubbard.

After graduating from high school, he started working in the camouflage branch for the military at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, putting together manuals in illustration form. In 1942, Doug was drafted into WWII as a medic and sent to the beaches of Normandy. When stories were told of these days, Doug always referred to himself as a glorified boy scout with bandaids.

He was honorably discharged on Halloween, October 31, 1945. Doug then went to Los Angeles and attended the “Art Center” working in commercial art. He then moved to Palm Springs with his second wife, Jeanne, whom he had two children with, Jackie and Douglas “Chip”. He spent the next 54 years in the “Sand Pit”, as Doug had named it, the desert of Palm Springs. There he enjoyed his days of creating his art with oil paints, watercolors, and charcoals.

In 2013, he moved to Miller, South Dakota to be closer to Jackie and her husband, Steve.

Doug is survived by his daughter, Jackie (Steve) Holtz, Tulare; son, Douglas “Chip” (Melanie) Bunn, Yucca Valley, CA; grandchildren: Zackary and Haley; and nieces and nephews, including his “favorite niece” Elizabeth.

Doug was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and two brothers.

Reck Funeral Home of Miller has been entrusted with Doug’s arrangements. Visit www.familyfuneralhome.net

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