Marlene passed away peacefully at Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minn. on Sunday morning, Sept. 7, 2025. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sherburn. Kramer Family Funeral Home of Sherburn, Trimont and Welcome, Minn. is assisting the family with arrangements.

Messages of Sympathy may be sent to the family online at www.kramerfuneralhome.com

Marlene Ann (Hoover) Kuntz was born on Aug. 8, 1937, in Fairmont, Minn. She was the daughter of Lyle and Alice (Niss) Hoover. Marlene was baptized as an infant on Nov. 26, 1937, and later was confirmed in her faith as a youth on March 8, 1951, both at St. John’s Evangelical and Reform Church in Fairmont. After Marlene graduated from Fairmont High School, she began working as a secretary at the Fairmont Sentinel.

On June 3, 1956, Marlene was united in marriage to Charles “Chuck” Kuntz at St. John’s Evangelical and Reform Church in Fairmont. The couple resided in rural Sherburn and raised their daughters, Sheryl, Pamela, Diane, and Kathryn. Marlene and Chuck shared over sixty-seven years before Chuck passed away on Jan. 15, 2024.

Marlene worked for Seifert’s Drug before going to work at Farmers State Bank in Sherburn. She worked as a teller, a secretary, and handled many other tasks there for 35 years. Even after retirement, Marlene would go in to cover for people when there were out on vacation, maternity leave, or illness. When she wasn’t busy working, Marlene loved quilting. She was also a very active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church including the LWML, Bible study, and Friendship club, as well as being a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Left to cherish her memory include her daughters, Sheryl Gaare (Mark Hobbs), Pamela (Todd) Heifner, Diane Kuntz, and Kathy Olson (Dean Schumacher); grandchildren, Jeffery Sorum, Molly Gaare, Kevin (Andrea) Gaare, Amanda Olson (Chris Roberts), and Matthew Olson; five great grandchildren, Addison, Chloe, Isabella, Nellie, and Wyatt; other relatives and friends.

Along with her parents, Lyle Hoover and Alice Hecht, Marlene was preceded in death by her husband, Chuck Kuntz; grandson, Joshua Olson; brother, Tom Hoover; and sister-in-law, Barb Hagen.

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