February 5, 1944 to August 27, 2023

Alan is survived by his husband Jim Davis and longtime companion of forty-three years along with his two older brothers Norman Bunker and Larry Bunker. He is also survived by his nieces and nephews Debby, Cindy, Karen, Brandy, Todd, Nick, Shawn, Austin and Ashley and six grandnieces and nine grandnephews. He is predeceased by both his parents Lois and Bill Bunker as well as his older sister Wilma Fritz.

Alan has left behind many friends and family who he had always had close contact with here locally, across the state and across the country.

Alan was born in Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts on February 5, 1944. When he was young, he lived with his older brothers and parents from town to town as his father worked as a temporary employee doing drafting/designing work. When his father was finding jobs harder to find in New England, the family packed up and moved with two other families, the Fleming’s in there Studebaker, the Padgett’s in there Cadillac and of course the Bunker’s in there Desoto, to drive across the country to settle in San Jose, California in 1956. Many stories have been told of that epic trip which included crossing the high desert in the hot heat, where Lillian Fleming who was a prim and proper English lady, had numerous hats of hers fly out the opened windows one by one from their unairconditioned Studebaker. The Fleming’s vehicle could barely keep up with the other cars so they never stopped to retrieve a single hat or anything else that flew off of or from inside the car.

During Alan’s teenage years he attended Cupertino High School in Cupertino, California and somehow not being in or even not being interested in any sports while in school was able to be awarded a sweater with the school letter on it by the varsity football team. It was decades later that one of his school mates and a former school football player, John Poyser, once told Jim that Alan was a very likeable guy and everybody on the team liked being around him. John also told Jim that Alan was the equivalent of the team’s mascot because he was always there and he was friends with everyone on the football team. They all did everything together on or off school grounds and continued to through the many decades to follow.

Alan had served in the Air Force soon after he graduated from High School just after the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. His stint in the service was short but it had a long-lasting influence on him for the rest of his life.

In 1989 Alan purchased a three-acre parcel just outside of the City of Grass Valley, California. There Alan and Jim had built their home along with a cottage for Alan’s mother, Lois who lived there for the next fifteen years until her passing.

Alan’s working career spanned the gamut from odd jobs while in high school to being the youngest Vice-President for Security Savings and Loan in San Jose while in his early thirties. After which he joined his brother Larry and several others to be a partner and Vice-President in their company Trendtec, a temporary personnel agency in San Jose, California. When Alan and Jim moved to Nevada County in 1990, Alan continued to commute from Grass Valley to San Jose weekly for about the next ten years. Alan and his brother Larry owned in part several other companies until Alan retired from Coast Personnel in Santa Clara, California. After which Alan retired to and remained in Nevada County.

In 2014 Alan and Jim were finally able to be married which was on their thirty-fourth anniversary in Nevada City, California. In October of 2014 they moved for the last time together to downtown Nevada City.

Alan passed away on August 27, 2023 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was considered to be a young onset Parkinson’s patient when he was first diagnosed twenty years ago but his Neurologists determined that his symptoms started nearly two decades before his diagnoses. Thank you to Michael J. Fox, for him going public in the early 1990’s with his young onset diagnosis for Parkinson’s disease. With Mr. Fox going public that helped Alan and probably countless others to finally get the proper care that was greatly needed. His doctors determined that Alan had Parkinson’s for thirty-eight years before he passed.

There will be a Memorial/Celebration of Life for Alan on November 3, 2023 at Unity in the Gold Country Spiritual Center in Grass Valley, California. Those who knew Alan can contact Jim for the details of Alan’s memorial when more details are known.

A special thank you needs to be made to everyone who has helped and cared for Alan through these past years. The Veteran’s Administration for assisting Alan for many years and all the doctor’s, nursing staff, Mental Health Services, and all those who assisted had been more help to Alan than they may had been aware. Help at Home Senior Care of Auburn for the two years of providing us with Caregiving staff when Alan needed the extra care that Jim wasn’t able to provide. A big thank you to Jess, Colby, Lisa, Ann and Isabelle, just to name a few of his exceptional caregivers. To Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, excellent help and assistance from the Emergency Room to the whole second floor nursing staff and doctors. You were all a huge help to both Alan and Jim throughout the months before Alan’s passing. To Crystal Ridge in Grass Valley, again thank you all for the help and support given to Alan and Jim. You took the extra steps and effort to help Alan get through his difficult times and moments. Especially to the Nursing staff who took the extra care and attention to ensure Alan had the best care you could give him. To Hospice in the Foothills, your staff gave Jim all the important information to help with the what if’s and was able to guide him through this difficult path that Alan needed to take. And a big thank you for everyone who helped and assisted Alan along with all of Alan and Jim’s friends and family who had helped and gave Jim much needed moral support over the years. You all knew this path wasn’t an easy one but you stood by and were there when you needed to be. Thank you all so very much.