RUBY KUNTZE

BURFORDVILLE -- Ruby M. Kuntze, 79, of Burfordville, died Friday, July 5, 1996, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Jan. 15, 1917, at Burfordville, daughter of August and Pauline Macke Biester. She and Otto T. Kuntze were married Jan. 5, 1944, at Tilsit. He died March 15, 1989.

Kuntz was a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tilsit, member of its Ladies Aid, Lutheran Women's Missionary League, and former Sunday School teacher.

Survivors include two daughters, Sharon Sander of Gordonville, Joyce Kuntze of San Francisco, Calif.; a sister, Edna Meier of Frohna, and three grandsons.

She was preceded in death by a sister.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today, and Sunday from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Immanuel Church, with the Rev. D. Lee Cullen officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.