Paul Tibbs Kunz, age 89, of Ogden, passed away on March 10, 2015 of a heart attack in Seattle, Washington.
Paul was born in Montpelier, Idaho on September 23, 1925, the third child of David C. and Jessie T. Kunz.
When Paul was four, his father died and his mother lovingly raised him in faith, integrity, and kindness. He graduated from Montpelier High School. He then attended the University of Utah.
To put himself through school, Paul worked at a dairy and he eventually purchased a gas station.
During the Korean War, he enlisted with his Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force.
After his return, he attended law school at the University of Utah and obtained a Juris Doctorate in 1956.
On July 11, 1958, Paul married Sarah "Sharee" Moreton in the Logan LDS Temple.
He was a loving husband and a devoted father of five children. They loved summers spent at Bear Lake and shared many happy times there with family and friends.
Paul and Sharee enjoyed their travels around the world together. One of their favorite destinations was Coronado, California in the winter months.
Music was a lifelong passion for Paul. As a teenager, he played the saxophone in a dance band at the Fish Haven Lodge on Bear Lake.
Paul and Sharee regularly enjoyed Utah Symphony concerts and the Sun Valley Jazz Festival. Paul's music CDs were a favorite gift to family and friends.
After being admitted to the Utah State Bar, Paul became a law partner with his brother David S. Kunz in Ogden. He practiced law for fifty-eight years specializing in banking law and estate planning.
He was elected as a Fellow of American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a national organization to recognize attorneys with outstanding expertise in estate planning.
His career included service to the community as Chairman of Board of Utah State Bar Examiners, President of Weber County Bar Association, and Attorney for the City of Washington Terrace.
Paul worked as Co-counsel for the Bank of Utah from 1958 to 1993. He continued to serve as a member of the Bank of Utah Board of Directors. At the time of his death, he was Chairman of Trust Committee and Chairman of Officer's Compensation Committee.
He was active in the business community as member of the Ogden City Industrial Development Corporation, and member of the Weber County Economic Development Corporation.
He accomplished much in his forty years of service with Intermountain Healthcare. As a Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the McKay-Dee Hospital, he took great interest in the planning and construction of the new McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden. He was a member of the Intermountain Healthcare Board of Trustees.
Other charitable foundations and associations for which he was a board member include the Ogden School Foundation, Ogden Symphony Ballet Foundation, Ogden Rotary Club Charitable Foundation, American Heart Association, and Boy Scouts of America Trapper Trails Council.
Honors received include the McKay-Dee Hospital Charitable Foundation Annual Community Service Award as well as "The William N. Jones Annual Trustee of Excellence Award."
Paul served faithfully in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Bishop, First Counselor in the bishopric, Stake High Counselor, High Priest Group Leader, Young Men's Presidency, teacher, and recently as the maintenance coordinator for the Stake Camp. He was a dedicated home teacher.
Paul is survived by his loving wife, Sharee; his four children, Fred (Sharon) Kunz, Walt (Karen) Kunz, Paul (Cindy) Kunz, and Mary (Gordon) Peterson; twenty-one grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and his brother, David S. (Evelyn) Kunz, all whom he loved very much. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sarah Adele Dransfield; his parents; and sister Winifred.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Weber Heights Stake Center, 1401 Country Hills Drive, Ogden. A viewing for family and friends will be held on Monday, March 16, 2015 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, and prior to the services at the church on Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road, Ogden.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from March 15 to March 17, 2015.
Paul was born in Montpelier, Idaho on September 23, 1925, the third child of David C. and Jessie T. Kunz.
When Paul was four, his father died and his mother lovingly raised him in faith, integrity, and kindness. He graduated from Montpelier High School. He then attended the University of Utah.
To put himself through school, Paul worked at a dairy and he eventually purchased a gas station.
During the Korean War, he enlisted with his Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force.
After his return, he attended law school at the University of Utah and obtained a Juris Doctorate in 1956.
On July 11, 1958, Paul married Sarah "Sharee" Moreton in the Logan LDS Temple.
He was a loving husband and a devoted father of five children. They loved summers spent at Bear Lake and shared many happy times there with family and friends.
Paul and Sharee enjoyed their travels around the world together. One of their favorite destinations was Coronado, California in the winter months.
Music was a lifelong passion for Paul. As a teenager, he played the saxophone in a dance band at the Fish Haven Lodge on Bear Lake.
Paul and Sharee regularly enjoyed Utah Symphony concerts and the Sun Valley Jazz Festival. Paul's music CDs were a favorite gift to family and friends.
After being admitted to the Utah State Bar, Paul became a law partner with his brother David S. Kunz in Ogden. He practiced law for fifty-eight years specializing in banking law and estate planning.
He was elected as a Fellow of American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a national organization to recognize attorneys with outstanding expertise in estate planning.
His career included service to the community as Chairman of Board of Utah State Bar Examiners, President of Weber County Bar Association, and Attorney for the City of Washington Terrace.
Paul worked as Co-counsel for the Bank of Utah from 1958 to 1993. He continued to serve as a member of the Bank of Utah Board of Directors. At the time of his death, he was Chairman of Trust Committee and Chairman of Officer's Compensation Committee.
He was active in the business community as member of the Ogden City Industrial Development Corporation, and member of the Weber County Economic Development Corporation.
He accomplished much in his forty years of service with Intermountain Healthcare. As a Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the McKay-Dee Hospital, he took great interest in the planning and construction of the new McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden. He was a member of the Intermountain Healthcare Board of Trustees.
Other charitable foundations and associations for which he was a board member include the Ogden School Foundation, Ogden Symphony Ballet Foundation, Ogden Rotary Club Charitable Foundation, American Heart Association, and Boy Scouts of America Trapper Trails Council.
Honors received include the McKay-Dee Hospital Charitable Foundation Annual Community Service Award as well as "The William N. Jones Annual Trustee of Excellence Award."
Paul served faithfully in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Bishop, First Counselor in the bishopric, Stake High Counselor, High Priest Group Leader, Young Men's Presidency, teacher, and recently as the maintenance coordinator for the Stake Camp. He was a dedicated home teacher.
Paul is survived by his loving wife, Sharee; his four children, Fred (Sharon) Kunz, Walt (Karen) Kunz, Paul (Cindy) Kunz, and Mary (Gordon) Peterson; twenty-one grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and his brother, David S. (Evelyn) Kunz, all whom he loved very much. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sarah Adele Dransfield; his parents; and sister Winifred.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Weber Heights Stake Center, 1401 Country Hills Drive, Ogden. A viewing for family and friends will be held on Monday, March 16, 2015 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, and prior to the services at the church on Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road, Ogden.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from March 15 to March 17, 2015.
Paul Tibbs Kunz, age 89, of Ogden, passed away on March 10, 2015 of a heart attack in Seattle, Washington.
Paul was born in Montpelier, Idaho on September 23, 1925, the third child of David C. and Jessie T. Kunz.
When Paul was four, his father died and his mother lovingly raised him in faith, integrity, and kindness. He graduated from Montpelier High School. He then attended the University of Utah.
To put himself through school, Paul worked at a dairy and he eventually purchased a gas station.
During the Korean War, he enlisted with his Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force.
After his return, he attended law school at the University of Utah and obtained a Juris Doctorate in 1956.
On July 11, 1958, Paul married Sarah "Sharee" Moreton in the Logan LDS Temple.
He was a loving husband and a devoted father of five children. They loved summers spent at Bear Lake and shared many happy times there with family and friends.
Paul and Sharee enjoyed their travels around the world together. One of their favorite destinations was Coronado, California in the winter months.
Music was a lifelong passion for Paul. As a teenager, he played the saxophone in a dance band at the Fish Haven Lodge on Bear Lake.
Paul and Sharee regularly enjoyed Utah Symphony concerts and the Sun Valley Jazz Festival. Paul's music CDs were a favorite gift to family and friends.
After being admitted to the Utah State Bar, Paul became a law partner with his brother David S. Kunz in Ogden. He practiced law for fifty-eight years specializing in banking law and estate planning.
He was elected as a Fellow of American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a national organization to recognize attorneys with outstanding expertise in estate planning.
His career included service to the community as Chairman of Board of Utah State Bar Examiners, President of Weber County Bar Association, and Attorney for the City of Washington Terrace.
Paul worked as Co-counsel for the Bank of Utah from 1958 to 1993. He continued to serve as a member of the Bank of Utah Board of Directors. At the time of his death, he was Chairman of Trust Committee and Chairman of Officer's Compensation Committee.
He was active in the business community as member of the Ogden City Industrial Development Corporation, and member of the Weber County Economic Development Corporation.
He accomplished much in his forty years of service with Intermountain Healthcare. As a Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the McKay-Dee Hospital, he took great interest in the planning and construction of the new McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden. He was a member of the Intermountain Healthcare Board of Trustees.
Other charitable foundations and associations for which he was a board member include the Ogden School Foundation, Ogden Symphony Ballet Foundation, Ogden Rotary Club Charitable Foundation, American Heart Association, and Boy Scouts of America Trapper Trails Council.
Honors received include the McKay-Dee Hospital Charitable Foundation Annual Community Service Award as well as "The William N. Jones Annual Trustee of Excellence Award."
Paul served faithfully in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Bishop, First Counselor in the bishopric, Stake High Counselor, High Priest Group Leader, Young Men's Presidency, teacher, and recently as the maintenance coordinator for the Stake Camp. He was a dedicated home teacher.
Paul is survived by his loving wife, Sharee; his four children, Fred (Sharon) Kunz, Walt (Karen) Kunz, Paul (Cindy) Kunz, and Mary (Gordon) Peterson; twenty-one grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and his brother, David S. (Evelyn) Kunz, all whom he loved very much. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sarah Adele Dransfield; his parents; and sister Winifred.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Weber Heights Stake Center, 1401 Country Hills Drive, Ogden. A viewing for family and friends will be held on Monday, March 16, 2015 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, and prior to the services at the church on Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road, Ogden.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from March 15 to March 17, 2015.
Paul was born in Montpelier, Idaho on September 23, 1925, the third child of David C. and Jessie T. Kunz.
When Paul was four, his father died and his mother lovingly raised him in faith, integrity, and kindness. He graduated from Montpelier High School. He then attended the University of Utah.
To put himself through school, Paul worked at a dairy and he eventually purchased a gas station.
During the Korean War, he enlisted with his Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force.
After his return, he attended law school at the University of Utah and obtained a Juris Doctorate in 1956.
On July 11, 1958, Paul married Sarah "Sharee" Moreton in the Logan LDS Temple.
He was a loving husband and a devoted father of five children. They loved summers spent at Bear Lake and shared many happy times there with family and friends.
Paul and Sharee enjoyed their travels around the world together. One of their favorite destinations was Coronado, California in the winter months.
Music was a lifelong passion for Paul. As a teenager, he played the saxophone in a dance band at the Fish Haven Lodge on Bear Lake.
Paul and Sharee regularly enjoyed Utah Symphony concerts and the Sun Valley Jazz Festival. Paul's music CDs were a favorite gift to family and friends.
After being admitted to the Utah State Bar, Paul became a law partner with his brother David S. Kunz in Ogden. He practiced law for fifty-eight years specializing in banking law and estate planning.
He was elected as a Fellow of American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a national organization to recognize attorneys with outstanding expertise in estate planning.
His career included service to the community as Chairman of Board of Utah State Bar Examiners, President of Weber County Bar Association, and Attorney for the City of Washington Terrace.
Paul worked as Co-counsel for the Bank of Utah from 1958 to 1993. He continued to serve as a member of the Bank of Utah Board of Directors. At the time of his death, he was Chairman of Trust Committee and Chairman of Officer's Compensation Committee.
He was active in the business community as member of the Ogden City Industrial Development Corporation, and member of the Weber County Economic Development Corporation.
He accomplished much in his forty years of service with Intermountain Healthcare. As a Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the McKay-Dee Hospital, he took great interest in the planning and construction of the new McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden. He was a member of the Intermountain Healthcare Board of Trustees.
Other charitable foundations and associations for which he was a board member include the Ogden School Foundation, Ogden Symphony Ballet Foundation, Ogden Rotary Club Charitable Foundation, American Heart Association, and Boy Scouts of America Trapper Trails Council.
Honors received include the McKay-Dee Hospital Charitable Foundation Annual Community Service Award as well as "The William N. Jones Annual Trustee of Excellence Award."
Paul served faithfully in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Bishop, First Counselor in the bishopric, Stake High Counselor, High Priest Group Leader, Young Men's Presidency, teacher, and recently as the maintenance coordinator for the Stake Camp. He was a dedicated home teacher.
Paul is survived by his loving wife, Sharee; his four children, Fred (Sharon) Kunz, Walt (Karen) Kunz, Paul (Cindy) Kunz, and Mary (Gordon) Peterson; twenty-one grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and his brother, David S. (Evelyn) Kunz, all whom he loved very much. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sarah Adele Dransfield; his parents; and sister Winifred.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Weber Heights Stake Center, 1401 Country Hills Drive, Ogden. A viewing for family and friends will be held on Monday, March 16, 2015 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, and prior to the services at the church on Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Interment: Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road, Ogden.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from March 15 to March 17, 2015.
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