Ex-Boxing Champion Dies at 42 -- Richard "Rick" J Kuntzelman, 42, 520 Soper Ave, a former Rockford Golden Gloves boxing champion, died at 5:30 pm Wednesday in St Anthony Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was the heavyweight Golden Gloves champion of Rockford in 1948 and 1952. He was also a former member of the Swedish Gym Athletic Association and was long active in the Boy Scouts of America and other youth athletic activities. Survivors include his widow; two sons * * *, at home; one daughter, * * *, at home, and one brother, Jesse, Rockford.
Services will be at 11 am Saturday in the Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave, with burial in Willwood Burial Park. [Omitted names of survivors potentially still living.]
Thursday, September 19, 1968, Rockford Register-Republic
He was the heavyweight Golden Gloves champion of Rockford in 1948 and 1952. He was also a former member of the Swedish Gym Athletic Association and was long active in the Boy Scouts of America and other youth athletic activities. Survivors include his widow; two sons * * *, at home; one daughter, * * *, at home, and one brother, Jesse, Rockford.
Services will be at 11 am Saturday in the Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave, with burial in Willwood Burial Park. [Omitted names of survivors potentially still living.]
Thursday, September 19, 1968, Rockford Register-Republic
Ex-Boxing Champion Dies at 42 -- Richard "Rick" J Kuntzelman, 42, 520 Soper Ave, a former Rockford Golden Gloves boxing champion, died at 5:30 pm Wednesday in St Anthony Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was the heavyweight Golden Gloves champion of Rockford in 1948 and 1952. He was also a former member of the Swedish Gym Athletic Association and was long active in the Boy Scouts of America and other youth athletic activities. Survivors include his widow; two sons * * *, at home; one daughter, * * *, at home, and one brother, Jesse, Rockford.
Services will be at 11 am Saturday in the Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave, with burial in Willwood Burial Park. [Omitted names of survivors potentially still living.]
Thursday, September 19, 1968, Rockford Register-Republic
He was the heavyweight Golden Gloves champion of Rockford in 1948 and 1952. He was also a former member of the Swedish Gym Athletic Association and was long active in the Boy Scouts of America and other youth athletic activities. Survivors include his widow; two sons * * *, at home; one daughter, * * *, at home, and one brother, Jesse, Rockford.
Services will be at 11 am Saturday in the Long-Klontz Funeral Home, 428 Park Ave, with burial in Willwood Burial Park. [Omitted names of survivors potentially still living.]
Thursday, September 19, 1968, Rockford Register-Republic
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