Elsie Luciel Kuntz

Brief Life History of Elsie Luciel

When Elsie Luciel Kuntz was born on 27 July 1909, in Williamsburg, Franklin, Kansas, United States, her father, Edward Adam Kuntz, was 41 and her mother, Mollie Angeline Knorp, was 36. She married Ralph Jerry Kester on 10 October 1928, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 26 December 1976, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Jerry Kester
1902–1968
Elsie Luciel Kuntz
1909–1976
Marriage: 10 October 1928
Raymond Edward Kester
1933–1940
Ruby Jean Kester
1935–2025

Sources (46)

  • Elsie K Kester, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Elsie Kuntz, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Elsie Luciel Kester, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · McKay-Dee Hospital Opens its Doors

To honor Thomas D. Dee, his wife and her children built a hospital as a memorial to him. Located on 24th Street and Harrison the hospital served the community for 59 years. After it closed its doors in 1969, a new hospital was constructed near 39th street and Harrison in 1971. Located next to another hospital, the two hospitals ultimately merged together bearing both names of McKay, after David O. McKay, and Thomas Dee, to honor the hospital that served the surrounding area for many years. The McKay-Dee Hospital is still in operation but has moved from its original spot.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Kunz and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This form of the surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Americanized or Germanized form of Czech, Polish, Slovenian, Slovak, or Croatian Kunc .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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