MARION SUE KUNKEL

Marion Sue Kunkel, 74, of Olathe, Kan. formerly of Moran and Chanute, Kan., passed away May 23, 2016 at Good Samaritan Center of Olathe. Funeral service will be 10:00 am Fri., May 27, 2016 at Bruce Funeral Home, Gardner, Kan. (913) 856-7111. Greeting and visitation will follow the service. Cremation to follow service with inurnment at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Good Samaritan Center of Olathe. Condolences may be left at www.brucefuneralhome.com

Marion was born December 11, 1941 in rural Sugar Creek Township in Miami County, Kan., to Herman Levi and Marjorie Faye (Bartles) Hewitt. She graduated from Butler, Mo., High School in 1959. After graduation she went to Kansas City, Mo. While working as a secretary for Mutual of Omaha in Kansas City she met Glenn Kunkel. They married on June 25, 1967 in Independence, Mo., In 1970 they moved to Waterville, Kan., where Glenn worked for the funeral home. In 1974 they bought the Kunkel Funeral Chapel in Moran, Kan., where Marion was a licensed funeral director/co-owner. She was instrumental in the smooth running and organization of the funeral home. Marion was a whiz at accounting, organizing and all administrative details. Glenn always credited the success of their business to her. In 1984 they expanded their business to the Humboldt Funeral Chapel. She was a member of Lenexa United Methodist church, Eastern Star and UMW in Moran, Kan., and KFDA and NFDA. She was a very talented seamstress and enjoyed painting, drawing, embroidering and other crafts. Upon retirement in 2005, they moved to Olathe to be near family. She will be dearly missed by family and friends.

Marion was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Glenn in Feb. 2016. She is survived by her son, Mike Kunkel and daughter, Susan Dunaway and husband John, all of Overland Park, Kan. and five grandchildren: Tyler, Kayt, Foster, Eli and Liam; brothers, Willie Hewitt, Burleson, Texas and John Hewitt, Kansas City, Mo., and sister, Charlotte and husband Charlie Gutshall, Liberty, Mo., and many nieces and nephews.