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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Everett Leo Kuntz of Normal, who passed
4away on June 15, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Everett Kuntz was born in Cropsey to Albert Joseph
6and Agnes Irene Sutter Kuntz on April 27, 1932; he attended
7Towanda High School for three years and graduated from Normal
8Community High School in 1949; he served as a U.S. Army staff
9sergeant during the Korean War from February of 1952 to
10September of 1953; he married Carolyn Anna Schenk at St. Mary's
11Church in Bloomington on June 5, 1954; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Everett Kuntz farmed in the Bloomington-Normal
13area from his childhood until 1970; he also worked for the
14State Farm Insurance Co., the City of Bloomington, the Northern
15Illinois Gas Co., the Second Presbyterian Church in
16Bloomington, and the Dairy Queen/Dairy Delight in Bloomington,
17where he and his wife were owner/operators from 1973 to 1979;
18he also worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation
19from June of 1985 until his retirement in January of 1999; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Everett Kuntz was a member of John H. Kraus VFW
21Post 454 in Bloomington and the Fr. John D. Ring Knights of
22Columbus Council 574 in Bloomington, where he was a 3rd Degree

 

 

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1Knight; he was a 4th Degree Knight for Assembly 213; he enjoyed
2farming, auto and mechanical repair, reading, and visiting with
3his family; he was a lifelong member of St. Mary's Roman
4Catholic Church in Bloomington; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Everett Kuntz was preceded in death by his
6parents; his son, Michael Kuntz; his siblings, Loretta Carter,
7Russell, Patricia Stone, Donald, Joseph, and Mary; his
8granddaughters, Amy and Mary Grace Kuntz; his daughter-in-law,
9Karen Kuntz; his son-in-law, Tim Raube; his brothers-in-law,
10Leo Carter, W.E. Stone, Bill and Edgar Schenk, and Robert
11Norton; his sister-in-law, Leona Norton; and his stepmother,
12Blanche Kuntz; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Everett Kuntz is survived by his wife of 64 years,
14Carolyn; his sons, Joseph (Diana) Kuntz, John (Peg) Kuntz, and
15James (Mark Earle) Kuntz; his daughters, Marie (Terry) Dawson,
16Cheryl Kuntz, Martha Raube, Theresa (Mark) Kotte, and Barbara
17(Ken) Reece; his daughter-in-law, Michelle Kuntz; Sandra
18(Alan) Fedden, who was loved as a daughter; his grandchildren,
19Samantha (Jonathan) Fuchs, Jen (Lynn Hernbrott) Dawson, Nikki
20(Stacy Hinshaw) Dizon, Robin (Brian) Fisher, Angela (Brian)
21DeJaynes, Ashley Kuntz, Dillon (Taylor Joy) Raube, Kristin
22(Shane) Handley, Michele Kotte, Lynne Kotte, Jessica Reece,
23Jake (Elizabeth) Reece, Allie (Andy) Mlyniec, Andrew, Robby,
24and Maggie Kuntz, James Nemechek, and Katie (Ethan) Glasford;

 

 

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1his stepgranddaughter, Lindsey Green; his great-grandchildren,
2Alexander and Anderson Fuchs, Alexa, Keaton, and Sienna Fisher,
3Ana, Roman, Grant, and Jackson DeJaynes, Blake and Avryl Raube,
4Addison, Cooper, Aribelle, and Connor Handley, Gabriella and
5Aiden Reece, River Reece, Addalyn and Emily Glasford, and
6Graham and Bennett Mlyniec; his stepgreat-grandchildren,
7Taylor Pichon and Angelica and Michael Green; his brothers,
8Louis (Beverly) and Albert Kuntz; his brother-in-law, Wilbur
9(Helen) Schenk; his sisters-in-law, Dorothy Kuntz, Rose
10Schenk, and Letty Schenk; and numerous nieces, nephews, and
11cousins; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
14Everett Leo Kuntz, and extend our sincere condolences to his
15family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
16further
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18presented to the family of Everett Kuntz as an expression of
19our deepest sympathy.