Rev. Dr. M.A. “Bill” Kunkle Jr., 82 of Richwood, died Saturday morning, March 14, 2015 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital.
He was born January 24, 1933 in Cleveland to the late Mervin Aaron Sr. and Mary Theresa (Guerriero) Kunkle.
On July 14, 1950 he married the former Esther C. Arvidson in Cleveland and she survives in Richwood.
He was a retired minister of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. He had been Pastor at Prospect Street United Methodist Church in Marion, and Pharisburg and Magnetic Springs United Methodist Churches, retiring in 1994 due to health reasons. Bill graduated from Mount Union College in Alliance and then from Garret Theological Seminary in Chicago with a Divinity degree and a Masters in Theology. He attended Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and graduated from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus with a Doctorate Degree in Pastoral Psychotherapy.
Bill was a life member of the NRA. He was a Past Master of Hamer Lodge 228 in Owensville and Past Master of Mt. Carmel Lodge 303 in Richwood.
Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Cheryl Sue (Charles) Ross, Selinsgrove, PA; two sons, James William (Krista) Kunkle, Sugar Hill, GA; Michael Aaron (Erica) Kunkle, Navarre, FL; eight grandchildren, Nicole Renee (Craig) Brocato; Ryan Michael (Jenn) Whyms; Jamie Christine Kunkle; Molly Lilias Grace Kunkle; Esther Marie Kunkle; Deborah Marie Fidler; Jesse Morgan Bucher; Evan Matthew (Hailie) Bucher; Michael Aaron Kunkle Jr.; a sister-in-law, Karen (Don) Chilcote, South Euclid, and nieces, Christine Bevilacqua, Michele Wilk and Suzanne Chilcote.
Private family services will be Monday at the Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home, Richwood.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Nobel-Monitor Lodge #130, C/O Karen Chilcote, 1062 Argonne Road, South Euclid, OH 44121
Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.stofcheck-ballinger.com
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