Ed Hundley

Ed Hundley, a 92-year-old resident of Overland Park, KS, died on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Overland Park.
A service of thanksgiving will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 2, 2018 at the Hillcrest Christian Church in Overland Park. Burial will be in the Lawrence Memorial Park in Lawrence, KS.
A visitation will be held at the church prior to the service from 10 to 10:45 a.m.
Mr. Hundley was born on Dec. 19, 1925, in Lawrence, KS, the son of Overton Ellis Hundley and Stella Wilson Hundley.  He enlisted in the Army Air Corps while a senior at Lawrence High School and was called to active duty in January 1944.  He served as radio operator and gunner on a B-24 crew and was discharged in April 1946.  He returned to Lawrence and took classes at the University of Kansas, having graduated from high school by taking correspondence courses.  He then attended school in Port Arthur, TX, where he became a licensed first class radio engineer. In 1951, he helped with the start-up of KLWN-AM in Lawrence, working as a sportscaster, salesman and assistant manager.  
He was married on June 27, 1954 to Zora Belle Robertson. Together, Ed and Zora Belle built and managed radio stations in Trenton, Nebraska City, NE and Wellington, KS. In 1985, they received the Grover C. Cobb Award from the University of Kansas. In 1989, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters and was inducted into the Kansas Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Mr. Hundley served as chairman of the board of First Christian Church in Nebraska City and First Christian Church in Wellington.  In Trenton, Nebraska City and Wellington, he served as president of the Rotary Club and as president of the Chamber of Commerce.  He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce in 1988. 
He is survived by his wife, Zora Belle; a son, Douglas (Molly) Hundley of Leawood, KS; a daughter, Teresa Watson of Overland Park; four grandchildren, Katharine Marshall of Hudson, WI, Anne Hundley of Omaha, NE, Megan Watson of Overland Park and Evan Watson of Macon, GA; and a sister, Doris Johnson of Lawrence.
Memorial donations may be made to KU Endowment in support of the Ed and Zora Belle Hundley Scholarship or the KU Alzheimer’s Disease Center.  They can be sent to KU Endowment, P.O. Box 928, Lawrence, KS 66044 or give online at www.kuendowment.org/givenow.
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home of Lawrence, KS, is in charge of arrangements.