Eleanor Kuntz

May 3, 1920 - March 3, 2018

Funeral services for ELEANOR L. KUNTZ,97 will be held at 11am Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Don Mathis officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Eleanor passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Goshen Healthcare Community Center where she resided. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Eleanor Lorene Amen was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 3, 1920 to George and Amelia (Ostermiller) Amen. When she was five years old her family moved to Scottsbluff, Nebraska. She came from and family of twelve -six brothers and five sisters. In 1939 she met Charles Kuntz at a dance in Mitchell, Nebraska. That was the beginning of a lifelong union. She married Charles on August 17, 1939. They had four children, two boys and two girls. Eleanor was married to Charles for sixty-eight years before he passed away in 2007. Eleanor was a busy woman raising children, cooking, and baking, canning and freezing foods that were raised in their garden or hunted and fished by Charles. She loved to quilt, embroidery, sew and write letters, but her favorite was baking bread. She loved to have her hands in dough. Her family loved the results and the house always smelled like fresh baked bread. Eleanor loved to dance, play cards and do puzzles. She also had quite a green thumb. She also enjoyed the outings that she and her family would take to the mountains, parks and recreational areas. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Eleanor is survived by three of her children; Steve (VI) Kuntz of Ocala, Florida, Ron Kuntz of Laramie, Wyoming and Joyce (Larry) Baker of Kimberly, Idaho; grandchildren Maureen (Mo) Jester of Farmland, Indiana, Monica (David) Hinzman of Ocala, Todd (Tamara ) Baker of Casselberry, Florida; great grandchildren Ty, Brandy, and Bailey Jester of Farmland, Emma Hinzman of Ocala, Peyton and Macey Baker and Paris Fretz of Casselberry; and one sister Dorthea Miller of Rockford, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter Lynn; four brothers John, Harry, Albert and Eddie; two infant brothers; and four sisters Lorraine, Pauline, Emma Lou, and Rachel.