Anna Marie Kunkel
Anna Marie Kunkel, 84, Cynthiana, Ky., formerly of Wisconsin, died Monday, April 3, 2023, at Cedar Ridge Health Campus.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1939, to the late Charles and Alice Easterley Duncan, Anna loved to sew, cook, tend to flower gardens and help on the farm as the in-house veterinarian.
She was very artistic when time permitted, and loved to paint and draw. Her passion for many years, was family genealogy. She contributed to multiple sites and publications around the country, covering family history from the 1700s to present. Anna loved connecting with relatives through her genealogy searches online and in Pickett County, Tenn.
Anna and Louis Kunkel met at St. Henry’s High School in Northern, Ky. They married in 1960, and have never been apart and were frequently caught still holding hands. They moved the family to rural Wisconsin, in 1974, to a dairy farm.
They loved each other, their family and the farm. Anna hated the cold weather of Wisconsin, but toughed it out for Louis’ sake. She enjoyed their rural home that they were remodeling for almost 40 years. There was always a project or home upgrade she figured out for Louis to work on in his spare time.
Louis is mourning Anna as best he can, while dementia is a terrible, confusing illness.
She is survived by her husband – Louis William Kunkel; two sons – Daniel (Jeannie) Kunkel and Ronald (Allison) Kunkel; two daughters – Pam (Larry) Miller, Amy (Chris) Kamholz; a son-in-law – Douglas Gulcynski; 12 grandchildren – Jeremey, Casandra, Ross, Sherri, Andrew, Cory, Jessica, Nicole, CJ, William, Sam and Max; and nine greatgrandchildren – Anthony, Jacob, Bella, Evie, Owen, Willow, Grace, Sophia and Benjamin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter – Judith Lynn Gulcynski; two brothers – Charles Duncan Jr. and Steven Duncan; and two sisters – Estelle Carney and Elizabeth Andrade.
A Mass was be held at St. Timothy Catholic Church in Union, Ky., Saturday, April 22, at noon.
Online condolences may be expressed at warefuneralhome.com.
