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| Name |
Clyde Kunz |
| Birth |
25 Sep 1943 |
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
9 Nov 1962 |
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| FamilySearch ID |
LX2F-KVZ |
| Death |
29 Jun 2021 |
West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
2 Jul 2021 |
Murray City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I173748 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Kenneth Keith Kunz, b. 24 Oct 1922, Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States d. 16 Oct 2012, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 89 years) |
| Mother |
Laura Jackson, b. 7 Sep 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 12 Sep 2014, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 92 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Oct 1942 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F18879 |
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- Obituary:
Clyde Kunz, 77, passed from this life into the arms of his Heavenly Fath e r on June 29, 2021 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was b or n September 25, 1943, in Los Angeles, CA to Kenneth Keith Kunz and Lau r a Jackson Kunz, where his father was serving as a U.S. Army Soldier i n Wo rld War II. Following the War, the family returned to Salt Lake City , whe re Clyde was raised with 8 younger siblings; Keith, Dwight, Callee n (Mart indale), Garth, Janna, Brenda (Canevari), Lorraine (Davis) and Ma rnae (Ha mmond). He grew up in the Salt Lake Valley and attended the LD S 10th Ward , serving as Ward Organist at the age of 17.
Always a leader, Clyde was elected student body president of Bryant Jr . H igh, and graduated with honors from East High School in 1961. He fulf ille d his military obligation in the Utah National Guard, playing frenc h hor n in the 23rd Army Band.
In 1962, Clyde was called as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Chri s t of Latter-day Saints and served in the West German Mission for 2 ½ ye ar s. In the summer of 1967, Clyde met the love of his life, Claudia Burt on . They were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Templ e o n December 15, 1967. Thereafter, they were joined by four sons an d a daug hter; Brandon, Ryan, Jennifer, Justin and Jared.
After earning his BS degree in Accounting and an MBA from the Universi t y of Utah, in 1969, Clyde joined the IBM Corporation and began his care e r in Idaho. Then, with promotions, he took his family to Atlanta, Georg ia , Denver, Colorado, and finally, Bountiful, Utah. In 1985, Clyde becam e V ice President of Sales and Marketing at Integrated Systems Engineerin g i n Logan, Utah. In 1988, Clyde joined the Harris Corporation as a Seni or A ccount Manager in Salt Lake City, and was later transferred to Seatt le, W ashington, as a Senior Accounts Manager for the Boeing account, an d the n Regional Manager for a division of the Harris Corporation, Concur rent C omputer Corporation. In 2006, Clyde and Claudia returned to Utah a nd sett led in West Jordan, where Clyde entered the health insurance indu stry, pr imarily working with Medicare recipients. He worked in that fiel d until 2 021, building his own business and serving over 900 clients.
Clyde has been a faithful follower of Jesus Christ throughout his life , a nd has served in many church callings, from Scoutmaster to Bishop. Bu t hi s most important and successful callings have been as a husband, fat her a nd grandfather, setting an example of love, faith, generosity and s ervic e for his posterity.
Clyde is survived by Claudia Burton Kunz, his wife of 53 years, his chil d ren, Brandon (Rebecca), Ryan (Kim), Jennifer Hoisington (Matt), Justi n (H eidi) and Jared (Holly). He is preceded in death by his parents an d his b rother Garth. He is also survived by his 17 grandchildren (Jordan , Audrey , Allison, Ashley, Joshua, Ethan, Sydney, Lauren, Caleb, Isabell a, Elliot , Bryson, Olivia, Eliza, Abbey, Braden and Tanner) who look t o him as a l oving example of a life well-lived. We will all miss him!
Funeral services in celebration of his life will be held at 11 am on Fri d ay, July 2, 2021 at the Westland 1st Ward Building at 7645 South 3200 W es t, West Jordan, Utah. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 1, 202 1 , from 6:00 to 8:00 in the evening at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley, 100 7 W . South Jordan Parkway (10600 South), South Jordan, UT, and at the Wa rd B uilding one hour prior to the services.
Interment will be in the Murray City Cemetery, 5600 S Vine Street.
The family wishes to express their gratitude to the doctors and staf f a t the Jon Huntsman Cancer Center (South) and to the Intermountain Hos pic e nurses and doctors who have lovingly cared for Clyde.
In lieu of flowers, Clyde’s family suggests that donations be made to t h e LDS Church Missionary Program or the Huntsman Cancer Foundation.
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