Bernice C. Kunze 1921-2011

KUNZE, PETERSEN, LAU

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/24/2013 at 13:33:22

Sioux City Journal
9 December 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Bernice C. Kunze, 90, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the Floyd House in Sergeant Bluff.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Kathy Martin officiating. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery, Moville, Iowa. Visitation will be one hour prior to service Saturday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Bernice was born May 6, 1921, in Banner Township, rural Lawton, Iowa, to Edward R. and Anna Christina (Petersen) Lau.

She was married to Lawrence C. Kunze and to that union four sons were born. He preceded her in death from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in 1959 in Moville. She later married Homer Musgrove on Dec. 5, 1988 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He preceded her in death on Feb. 22, 2010, in Sioux City. She was homemaker, raising her four boys.

Bernice enjoyed arts, crafts, growing flowers and plants, making quilts and crocheting. She also enjoyed collecting dolls and spending time with her family, who knew her as Grandma "B" or Aunt "B."

She is survived by her three sons, Larry (Sandy) Kunze of Sioux City, Rick Kunze of Cordes, Ariz., Robb Kunze of Morgan Hill, Calif.; grandchildren, Missy, Christy, Chad, Robyn, Jason, Jeremy, Tristen, Stacey, Katelyn, and Shealyn; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; son, Kim L. Kunze; a granddaughter, Tammy Kunze; and four siblings, Viola Hane, Lucile Uhl, Cecelia Beckner, and Harry Lau.