Longtime state legislator and former Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten was remembered Sunday as a devoted family man, a lifelong advocate for the capital city and the state of Kansas, and a respected politician who never forgot the value of a handshake or the importance of a man’s word.
He was the “quintessential public servant,” Gov. Laura Kelly said.
Bunten, who served as mayor of Topeka from 2005-2013, died Saturday from complications of pneumonia. He was 89.
According to his obituary, Bunten started serving in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1962 and spent his life dedicated to public service.
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