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Sharon "Sheree" Graham Kunz
November 6, 1941 - March 28, 2020
Sharon (Sheree) Kunz passed away March 28, 2020. She was born November 6, 1941 in Davenport, Iowa to Francis Graham and Viola (Hebbeln) Graham. She attended City High in Iowa City and graduated from Mercy Hospital Nursing School in Davenport, IA. While working at University of Iowa Hospitals she met her future husband, Roger Kunz. Once Roger graduated from medical school they moved to Washington, DC for his advanced training and then to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Upon completion of his military service they moved to Des Moines where they were to spend most of their married life.
While
Sheree was educated to be a nurse she was born to be a mom. She is
survived by her husband, Roger, her four sons, Theodore (Barbara), Chad
(Janine), Lee (Michele), Todd as well as five grandchildren -
Appalachia, Ellacoya, Violet, Madeline, and Parker. She was preceded in
death by her parents and a sister, Connie.
Sheree loved dancing
and with Roger they belonged to many country western and ballroom
clubs. She also enjoyed golf and traveled extensively with Roger to
many places that included Egypt, China, Europe, and the Caribbean.
Due
to Covid 19 restrictions, a public funeral and burial service will be
held at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in West Des Moines at a later
date. Memorial gifts can be made in her name to the American
Parkinson's Disease Association and to Every Step Hospice in Des Moines.
Note: Her cause of death is said to have been from Parkinson's disease.
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