Dateline: Godfrey

Vivian Jean Kunz, 74, died at 1:25 a.m. Sunday, April 10, 2011 at Rosewood Care Center in Alton. Born November 10, 1936 in Stuben County, New York, she was the daughter of Roger and Nina (Schoonover) Bebout. Vivian grew up in the Knoxville Pennsylvania area and graduated from Cowanesque Valley High School in 1954. On November 10, 1958 in Towson, Maryland, she married her husband of 52 years, Carl J. Kunz. After marriage she earned a Bachelor and a Master's degree in education from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and taught middle school math at the Normandy Missouri School District until she retired in 1996. She was a member of the River of Life Church in Godfrey. Surviving is her husband, one daughter, Carol Wheaton and her husband Ralph of Godfrey, two sons, Clifford Kunz and his wife Candace of Godfrey, Michael Kunz and his wife Suzette of Godfrey, three grandchildren, Kathryn Kunz of Godfrey, Nathan and Tori Wheaton both of Godfrey, one brother, George Bebout and his wife Peggy of Knoxville, PA, and a sister-in-law, widow of Roger Bebout, Anne Bebout of Danville, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Roger and Homer Bebout, and one sister, Shirley Spangler. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Calvary Baptist Church Chapel in Alton. Reverend Andre' Dobson will officiate. Entombment will be private at Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of choice. Gent Funeral Home in Alton is in charge of arrangements.



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