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Ogden, UT
Dolores Evelyn Kunkel Gurr
July 20, 1929 ~ April 15, 2014
Our lovely Aunt and Sister Dolores Evelyn Kunkel Gurr passed away April 15, 2014 at the age of 84. Dolores was the only child of Theodore Horton and Caroline Virginia Laakman Kunkel. She was born on July 20, 1929 and raised in Los Angeles, CA.
She attended St. Mary's Academy and graduated from Los Angeles State College in 1952. Dolores met and fell in love with the love of her life Keith Allen Gurr from Ogden, Utah. They were married on February
5, 1955 for 57 years. Keith passed away November 1, 2012.
While attending school, she worked for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph as an operator. She worked fourteen years for Hearst Advertising Service out
of Los Angeles as an office manager and ten years with
NBC Radio Network as a Western Regional Manager.
Prior to retirement she worked for All Canada Radio & Television. In September 1993 they moved to Ogden, Utah. Dolores loved playing tennis and was especially pleased when she was able to beat her husband Keith at this game. She was an avid cat lover and collected anything and everything with a cat motif.
Dolores is survived by her sister-in-law, Helen Gurr
Hartmann and many nieces and nephews.
She would like to thank her family for their loving care. A special
"thank you" to her niece and nephew Shauna and Robert Prince for all the love, time and kindness they have provided over the many years. Also, a thank you to the staff at Deseret Health and Rehab as well as Encompass Hospice.
Graveside services will be held at Evergreen Memorial Park, 100 Monroe Blvd., Ogden at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2014.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Dolores name to Best Friends Animal Society, Kanab, Utah.
ServiceGraveside
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April 26, 2014
1:00 PM
CemeteryMyers Evergreen Memorial Park
100 Monroe Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404
April 26, 2014
Arrangements by Myers Mortuary - Ogden