Ronald J. Kuntz, age 56 of Mandan, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2011 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck.


The Rosary Service will be held on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 1:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hettinger. Fr Joseph Chipson will officiate with burial in the Hettinger Cemetery.


Serving as casketbearers are Jake Schmidt Jr., Jake Schmidt III, John Jahner, Paul Wolf, John Wolf, and Duane Perfett.


Ronald John Kuntz was born June 14, 1955 in Elgin, ND to John P. and Adeline (Rieger) Kuntz. He attended schools in Custer, Rapid City, Mobridge and Aberdeen and high school in Hettinger. He worked for Colloid in the mine near Scranton and later drove truck for John Jahner. He then moved to Idaho where he did carpenter work. He moved to Mandan in the early 1990's where he worked at the Dakota Country Cheese plant. He later worked for AIDE Inc., a second hand store doing pick-ups and deliveries.


Ronald enjoyed collecting Eagle statues and playing cards, especially solitaire.


Surviving family members include his daughter, Amanda Cameron, Lemmon, SD; 2 grandchildren, Mariah and Brody, his mother, Adeline Kuntz McCurley, Grand Island, NE; brother, Alan Kuntz, Haynes, ND; sister, Susan Schmidt, Mandan, ND.


He was preceded in death by his father, 1 sister, Jeannie Wolf, and a nephew, Michael Schmidt.


The visitation will be held on Tuesday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hettinger.