Annie A. Bender

1923 - 2014  (91 years)

• Name	Annie A. Bender
  Born	25 Sep 1923	Saint Anthony, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Oct 2014	Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
  Buried	Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I286353	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Adam Dominick Bender,   b. 18 May 1901, Saint Anthony, Morton County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 21 Jun 1970, Oregon, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Agnes Hoffmann,   b. 24 Oct 1902, Karlsruhe, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 27 Nov 1993, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F54269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph A. Kuntz,   b. 27 May 1922, Saint Anthony, Morton County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 20 Feb 1982, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1943	Saint Anthony, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Ervin Kuntz,   b. 17 Jul 1943, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 29 Oct 1983, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 40 years)   2. Rachel Kuntz   3. Vanessa Kuntz   4. Joseph Kuntz   5. Vernon Kuntz   6. Kenneth Adam Kuntz,   b. 13 Jan 1951, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1991, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F98472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary (Reliability: 3). Annie A. Kuntz, 91, Mandan, died Oct. 5, 2014, at Sanford on Sunset Care Center, Mandan. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan. Burial will be at Mandan Union Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, with a rosary/parish vigil at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue at the church one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Annie was born Sept. 25, 1923, to Adam and Agnes (Hoffman) Bender in St. Anthony. She was raised and educated in the St. Anthony area. Annie married Joe Kuntz on Jan. 12, 1943, in St. Anthony. Annie worked hard all her life, first on the family farm then at the age of 15, she started cooking lunches for the rural elementary schools at home and deliver them to the schools daily. She owned and operated the Junction Inn in Solen from 1957-2006. She catered many large weddings while at the Junction Inn and she was very proud of her recipes and they were all prepared with her ever present loving and caring touch. Annie had a remarkable memory for major events especially weddings, she could tell you the people’s wedding date and their family history. She was a kind and loving woman and treated all people as her special guest. She enjoyed camping, fishing, playing board games along with tending her flower gardens. Annie will be deeply missed by her daughters, Rachel Gaab, Richardton, and Vanessa (John) Barnhard, Mandan; her sons, Joe Jr. (Lila), Solen, and Vernon (Pamela), Mandan; 17 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren; one sister, Helen Leingang, Mandan; and two brothers, Joe (Theresa) Bender and Frank (Pat) Bender, both of Salem, Ore. Annie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joe, in 1982; two sons, Ervin and Kenneth; one son-in-law, Clem Gaab; two sisters, Josephine and Cecelia; and two brothers, Edward and Fred. Go to www.weigelfuneral.com to sign the online guest book and view tribute photos. Copyright 2014 Bismarck Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.