Tamara Walesky

A Celebration of Life service for Tamara Denise Walesky, 52, West Plains, Missouri, will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 8, at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Tamara passed away Friday, February 2, 2024, at her home.

She was born October 20, 1971, at West Plains, Missouri, to Herbert David Walesky and Dollie (Judd) Wadlow. Tamara loved sports and was the first girl to play mighty-mite football in West Plains. She played volleyball and basketball in high school and is in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame for her volleyball skills. She cherished time spent with her son, James. She loved to cook, entertain and spend time with her family and her grand dogs. Tamara was a great cook, an avid gardener and enjoyed music. She was very caring and had a special bond with her twin sister, Helen; they were best friends. Tamara will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her son, James Bunch, West Plains; her mother, Dollie Wadlow, West Plains; one brother, Billy Roberts and wife, Lisa, Pomona, Missouri; two sisters, Helen Walesky Faulkner and fiancé, Scott Smallwood, West Plains and Pamela Cox and husband, Terry, Fort Worth, Texas; two nieces, Mikayla Simmons and husband, Logan, Thayer, Missouri and Mikenzie Anderson and husband, Dakota, West Plains; one nephew, Anthony Sheets, West Plains; several other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; and two uncles, Mike Walesky and John Wadlow, both of West Plains; and three aunts, Joyce Gualandi, Mendota, Illinois, Eva Carolyn Judd, West Plains and Jacqueline Sue Dixon and husband, Gene, Eminence, Missouri.

Her father, Herbert Walesky, step-father, James Wadlow, her grandparents and several aunts and uncles, preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.  Online condolences may be left at www.robertsondrago.com