When Bessie Bertha Morsink was born on 13 April 1898, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Hindrik Jan Morsink, was 33 and her mother, Lena Leona Ponce, was 28. She married Nicholas Bunning on 29 July 1920, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. She lived in Kent, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 6 June 1994, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 96.