Roberta "Buzzy" Faulkner

Sund

Roberta “Buzzy” Faulkner Sund, 93, of Wichita Falls, died on November 4, 2026. Services will be Saturday, November, 21 at 10:00am at Faith Lutheran Church, Interment beginning at 10:00am, Memorial service at 10:30am, 1437 SouthwestParkway, Wichita Falls, TX, with Pastor Ernest Barr officiating.

Roberta was born on July 13, 1933 in Breckenridge, Texas to Mrs. Lenoma (Rodgers) and P. M. Faulkner. She graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1951 and Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas in 1955 with a double major in chemistry and biology and a double minor in mathematics and German. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study biochemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg. Germany. Her identical twin, Rogene, was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at Munich University, Munich, Germany, The twins took advantage of the very low travel rates for students to visit many European countries plus North Africa and Egypt during school breaks that year.

The twins returned to graduate school as Rosalie B. Hite scholars, attended as Research Scientists I in the Biochemistry Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas where they met their husbands and were married in a double ring ceremony on May 30, 1957 at the First Christian Church, Breckenridge, Texas. Roberta married Eldon Harold Sund and completed her Masters degree in biochemistry. Eldon completed his doctorate in organic chemistry and accepted a position as a research chemist with E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. After six years with Dupont he decided to enter the world of academia arriving at Midwestern State University in September of 1967.

In 1979 Roberta was sponsored by the National Science Foundation nation to present a poster paper entitled “Chemistry for the Non-Science Oriented Student” at the International Conference on Chemical Education in Dublin, Ireland. In 1883 she was he recipient the West Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1984 she was named consultant at Addison-Wesley for their new high school chemistry text. Publications include “Quantifying a Colligative Property Associated with Making Ice Cream”, J. Chem. Ed.,1989, 66. “Culture Shock,” published by Naoma Nye in the Texas Observer, Septembe, 12. 1997. “Drought”, published by the Wichita Falls Literature and Art Review, Jan 20, 2010. “Tax Time at Our House”, Times and Record News, April 11, 2007 and “Godsend,” published in the Limited Expressions, Wichita Falls United Regional Hospital, 2014

Roberta taught chemistry and German in the Wichita Falls Independent School District from 1968-1992. In 1985-86 she taught at the Southbank American International School in London, England. In 1990 she was a lecturer in chemistry at Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii, where she also substituted at the Punaho School, the very impressive private school where President Obama studied. Her last teaching job was at the Akhawyn University, Ifrane, Morocco. While in London she had had tea with the Queen Mother and in Morocco she chatted with Prince Charles, now King Charles. In retirement Roberta enjoyed traveling with her husband on overseas trips almost every year. She enjoyed saying that she had visited all 50 states and had been to all 7 continents. In addition to traveling she enjoyed volunteering with Interfaith Ministries, Meals on Wheels, NODA/NOSA and Circle of Hope. She was a member of the Wichita Falls Poetry Society and had received many awards for her poetry. She and her twin sister Rogene wrote their memoir together “The Intrepid Faulkner Twins From Texas” and had it published by the TCU Press.

Roberta is survived by her husband Dr. Eldon H. Sund, of over 69 years of marriage, daughters Sharon Ellen Venza, Round Rock, TX, Elizabeth Dianne Vaughan, Rockwall, Texas and sons Daniel Lensch and wife Karen and granddaughter Emma Fort Worth., TX and grandson Wayne Ray Baker II, Luling, Tx and Lana Lynch and husband Brett Farrar Denton TX and Nancy Annemarie Thompson and husband Dr. Scott Thompson, Charleston, S. C., children and grandchildren, daughter Elizabeth (Thompson) and husband Rod Felderman, and grandchildren Alice and Scott Clemmons, SC. and Andrew Thompson and wife Margaret Bethesda, MD and and Dr. Annemarie Thompson Baltimore, MD, Samantha (Sund) and husband Chad Hargrove and daughter Addison, Denton, TX, Emiley (Sund) and husband Lee Parker, Austin, TX, and Andrea Sund and her fiancé Andrew Ee, Frisco, TX. She is predeceased by her beloved son, Phillip Lawrence Sund and sisters, Martha Lou McGaughy, Fay Carey and her special twin sister Rogene Henderson.

Memorials may be made to Faith Lutheran Church, 1437 Southwest Parkway, Wichita Falls, TX 76302. Interfaith Ministries, 1101 11th Street, Wichita Falls, TX 76301, the Phillip Lawrence Sund Memorial Scholarship, Vernon College Foundation, Vernon College, 4400 College Drive, Vernon college, TX 76354 and the Roberta Faulkner Sund and the Rogene Faulkner Henderson Joint Memorial Scholarship, University Advancement, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 297044, Fort Worth, Texas 76129 or any charity of your choice.