TWU Mourns Passing of Warren "Bunky" Samuelsen

President John Samuelsen, with parents Warren and Theresa Samuelsen and sons in this 2012 photo in front of house bought by John’s grandmother, Mary McMahon, when she came from the north of Ireland in the 1920’s in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn.

TWU Local 100 mourns the passing of Warren Samuelsen, nick-named Bunky, the father of TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen.  He died Sunday after a battle with a series of ailments. He was 83 years old. A life-long Brooklyn resident, Warren Samuelsen was a lugger and truck driver who worked on Little W. 12th St. In the Gansevoort Wholesale Meat Market. 

“My dad was a salt-of-the-earth working class union guy trying to take care of his family,” President Samuelsen said. Warren Samuelsen is survived by his widow, Theresa, four sons, including President Samuelsen, a daughter and 8 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not yet been scheduled.