Mildred Julia Kuntzsch

Gorham, Kansas – Mildred Julia Kuntzsch, age 85, died Thursday, November 15, 2012, at Via Christi Village Care Center, Hays, Kansas.

She was born April 21, 1927, in Victoria, Kansas, to Peter A. and Elizabeth (VonLintel) Quint.  She married Frederick E. “Fred” Kuntzsch on June 17, 1946, in Victoria, Kansas.  He died October 26, 1996.

She worked at Safeway Foods and Travenol in Hays, Kansas.  She owned and operated the Derby Café in Scott City, Kansas, until her retirement in 1988 when she moved to Gorham, Kansas.   Prior she had lived in Larned, Great Bend, and Hays, Kansas.  She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Daughter of Isabella Circle #0287 both of Gorham, Kansas.

Survivors include four daughters, Kara Bredvick, and Coralee Klein and husband, Edward both of Gorham, KS; Ruann Stang and husband Thom, Ellsworth, KS; Marlys Simons and husband Donald, Hays, KS; one son, Frederick E. Kuntzsch II and wife, Trudi, Scott City, KS;  two brothers, Clyde Quint, AZ; Donald Quint and wife Sylvia, Hutchinson, KS; two sisters-in-law, Midge
Quint, Co; Elvie Quint, Liberal, KS; 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three brothers, Floyd, Kenneth and Clarence Quint; one sister, Mabel Dreher.

Services are 10:00 A.M. Saturday, November 17, 2012, at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria, Kansas.  A private family inurnment will be at a later date.

A vigil service will be at 7:00 P.M. Friday, followed by a Gorham Daughters of Isabella rosary at 7:30 P.M. both at Cline’s Mortuary, 412 Main Victoria, Kansas 67671.  Visitation is from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Friday, at Cline’s Mortuary, Victoria, Kansas and 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Saturday at St. Fidelis Church, Victoria, Kansas.

Memorials to Prairie Lawn Cemetery, or the Gorham Community Development Association Park Fund.

Condolences can be sent via e-mail to [email protected].