- Date Of Death: May 10, 2016
- State: Idaho
Paul Roy Kunz, 83, passed away on May 10, 2016 after a long and courageous 13-year battle from the debilitating effects of a stroke he suffered in January of 2003.
Paul was born June 20, 1932 to Parley Peter and Hilda Irene Stoor Kunz in Bern, Idaho. He was the eighth of 13 children. He attended school in Bern through the 8th grade and graduated from Montpelier High School in 1950. He married Marlene Shirley Stevens, his high school sweetheart, in the Logan Temple in 1952. Together they raised 5 sons and 2 daughters. Paul and Marlene would have celebrated 64 years of marriage on June 20, 2016.
Paul was a successful farmer and loved to work and till the land, enjoying the cycle of the harvest and marveling in the fruits of his labor. He loved ranching and agriculture and he had a passion for tinkering and invented many ways of making farming easier and more productive. Some of his other occupations included: school bus driver, mechanic, recapping tires, and working as a switchman & conductor for Union Pacific Railroad.
