Stanberry, MO: Kregg Lee Buntin, 68, Stanberry, MO passed away Saturday, February 27, 2021 at a St. Joseph, MO hospital.
He was born on August 28, 1952 to Jack Loye and Dorothy Lee (Spence) Buntin in Bethany, Missouri. He was the second of five children.
Kregg never knew a stranger. He loved all animals and they liked him in return. After he was forced to quit mowing yards due to health reasons, he liked to sit in his recliner and watch birds and squirrels fight over slices of bread he had thrown out in the yard. He liked being around people and “belonging.” Highlights of his year was the Car Show and 4th of July when he would sit by the bathrooms and keep them clean and supplied.
Kregg had his problems at a very young age. At two years and four years old he smelled gasoline fumes to the point of nearly passing out (the first time his dad caught him as he started to fall off a tractor, the second time it was a lawn mower gas tank). The doctors later said this caused damage to the right front temporal section of his brain, which controls your reasoning powers. We found all this out when he was about 12 years old and began having epileptic seizures. Not being able to realize what the result of his actions might cause got him into considerable trouble. Kregg rented a house from Olin Slaughter, pastor of Faith Community Christian Center and joined the church. Things started turning around for the better, slowly but surely. Kregg currently belonged to the First Baptist Church of Stanberry.
He was preceded in death by his father and a sister, Debra Lou Burton and her husband, Wesley.
Kregg is survived by his mother, Dorothy Lee Buntin; children, Brian Keith, Bethany, MO and Barbara Jean Frogge, Kearney, MO; siblings, Bruce Allen (Linda), St. Joseph, MO, Chuck Lynn (DeeAnn), Stanberry, MO, and Jesse Dean (Jeanne) Stewartsville, MO; grandchildren, Katelynn, Zoey, and Adyson Buntin, Cadence, Jackson, and Cason Frogge; four great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and many friends. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 4 at the First Baptist Church, Stanberry, MO under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Stanberry, MO. Burial will follow in Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, MO. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Roberson Funeral Home, Stanberry, MO where social distancing will be observed and masks are recommended. Memorials may be made to help with funeral expenses in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 153, Stanberry, MO 64489. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com