Jack Kuns

VisitationSunday, April 29, 2007, after 6:00 pmPrayer Service at 7:00 pmOhde Funeral Home, Manning, Iowa 

Funeral Services

Monday, April 30, 2007, 10:30 AM

Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, Iowa

Reverend Fr. Dale Reiff, Officiating

CasketbearersTom Hoversten     Andrew MitchellBradley Johnson   Michael EichMonty Eich   Marty Eich

 Interment with Military Honors

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3517

American Legion DeWitt-Loustaunau Post 20

Sacred Heart Cemetery, Templeton, Iowa

The family wishes to express their gratitude for your kindness evidenced in thought, word and deed,and invites you to join them for lunch and fellowship at The Still? in Templeton following the committal service.

   Jack Orlando Kuns, son of Fred and Beatrice (Berry) Seitz, was born March 20, 1922, at Des Moines, Iowa.  He grew up in Madrid and graduated from Madrid High School. After two years at William Penn College in Oskaloosa, he enlisted in the United States military.  Jack studied to become a Physicians Assistant while in the service, specializing in the ear, nose and throat field.

   Jack proudly served his country during World War II and in Korea and Vietnam.  He served in the Army for eleven years and the Air Force for seventeen years.  After retiring from the Air Force in 1973, Jack was united in marriage with Virgene (Schact) Eich at Glidden, Iowa, on July 13, 1974.  The couple lived in Templeton for 27 years. 

   After his retirement Jack enjoyed fishing and turkey hunting, especially with his grandchildren.  He also tended to a vegetable garden and was locally famous for fostering a thriving population of Council Bluffs black squirrels.  Jack was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and V.F.W. over the years.  After Virgene died in 1998, Jack continued to live at home for a few years. 

   Jack lived at Park Lane Village Assisted Living in Knoxville, Iowa for the past six years.  He died there on Wednesday afternoon, April 25, 2007, at the age of 85 years, 1 month and 5 days.  Jack will be deeply missed by his family he so dearly loved, his many friends, and his extended family? at Park Lane Village.

   Jack was preceded in death by his parents; wife Virgene C. Kuns; two sons, Michael Eich and Mark Eich; grandson Robert Eich; son-in-law John Mitchell; daughter-in-law Diana Eich; and infant sister Melva Kuns.

   He is survived by son James Eich and wife Carol of Fort Dodge; three daughters: Beatrice and husband Michael Rorman of Las Vegas, NV; Monica and husband Larry Johnson of Easley, SC; and Connie Mitchell of Omaha, NE; daughter-in-law Levan Eich of Bellevue, NE; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; two very special people in his life: Bob and Elaine Dralle; other relatives and friends.

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   Memorials may be made to the Park Lane Village Rose Garden Project, 908 South Park Lane, Knoxville, Iowa 50138 or Hospice of Central Iowa, 307 E Main St, Knoxville, Iowa 50138.