Judith (Judy) Ann Kreft Bunz passed away at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa, on March 24, 2024. She was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on March 15, 1939, and lived in Lytton, Iowa until her marriage to Claus Heinrich Bunz in 1961.
Following high school, Judy studied at Wartburg College where she received a certificate in Medical Technology and completed her training at Mercy Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Judy practiced as a medical technologist at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa and at Denison Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa. She married Claus Heinrich Bunz, on October 7th, 1961. She and Claus lived in Denison, Iowa from 1961 -1964 and Manning, Iowa from 1964 until 2005. During this time, Judy was involved with her church Zion Lutheran and taught Sunday School for many years. She was involved with the Manning Community Foundation and volunteered at the Plaza. In 2005, Judy and Claus moved to Clive, Iowa to be closer to their children and grandchildren. During this time Judy volunteered at Methodist West Hospital, and United Way – reading to children.
Judy is survived by her husband Claus, her children, Sara Louise Pulse, John Heinrich Bunz and Anne Marie Sheeley; son-in laws Jeffrey Howard Pulse and Matthew Stuart Sheeley; grandchildren Nathaniel David Pulse, Astrid Christian Pulse, Mikal Soo Roberta Pulse, Ellen Elizabeth Bunz, Emma Caroline Bunz, Maille Christine Sheeley and William Stuart Heinrich Sheeley; and her brother-in-law Edward Atkins.
Judy was preceded in death by her father Frank Kreft, her mother Roberta Louise Ringgenberg Kreft, sister, Sara Jane Kreft Atkins, her grandson, Samuel Heinrich Bunz, her sister-in-law Elke Duarte Bunz, and nephew Bryce Duarte.
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