She was named queen of the school prom, selected as one of the Honor Five at graduation and was recipient of the PTA Golden Jubilee Teacher Education Scholarship for Peoria County. Marilyn was a member of the 1957 graduating class of Princeville High School. In 1942, Marilyn and her parents moved to Peoria and, at the age of 11, they relocated to a home on Jubilee Road, Princeville, which they named “Red Fox Farm.” It was there that Marilyn had the opportunity to have a riding horse, Tunni, and a colt, Ike. Marilyn was also preceded in death by her parents, brother E. Also surviving is Maybelline, her beloved, cuddle buddy Shih Tzu dog, now in the care of Eric. Surviving are one daughter, Nanette Lorraine (and Edward Alan) Mulvey, and one son, Eric Edward Kuntz five grandchildren, Neil Edward Mulvey, Nathaniel Eric Mulvey, Rachel Lorraine Kuntz, Jaclyn Grace Lorraine Mulvey and Brett Edward Kuntz two step-grandchildren, Tyler MacKenzie Frank and Hannah Noelle (and Andy) Warren three step-great-grandchildren, Gwyneth Christine Fran, Logan Ray Warren and Alyssa Lorraine Warren one sister, Carolyn Christine (and James) Catton and 12 nieces and nephews. 23, 1961, Marilyn married Jack Edward Kuntz in the Princeville United Methodist Church. and Martha Lorraine Bush Jones in Kansas City, Mo. Marilyn was the eldest of three, born on Sept. on April 25, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Pekin. PRINCEVILLE – Martha “Marilyn” Kuntz, 83, of rural Princeville, went home to her Lord and Savior at 1:51 p.m.

Court of the Hawk by Debbie Peterson