Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kuhtz, Lorena M. (Smith) 2015
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 18 Apr 2015

Lorena M. Kuhtz (nee Smith) of Ionia died on April 16, 2015, after a wonderful
93 years of a life well lived.  She was born on July 2, 1921, to Mary (nee
Gross) and Martin Smith in Westphalia, Michigan, where she went to St. Mary’s
Catholic School.  She learned to speak German as a young child, and, even in her
last years, she loved to sing the German songs she had learned from her mother.
 On Oct. 2, 1942, Lorena married Leon Kuhtz at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic
Church in Ionia.  She worked at Chrysler Corporations’ Lyons Trim Plant until it
closed in 1979.

As a young woman, Lorena took great pride in how she looked.  She had an elegant
sense of style and looked so lovely that she often stood out like her favorite
bird, the red cardinal.  She was a gracious hostess – she loved to cook and bake
for her family – and took pleasure in setting a beautiful table.  She delighted
in arranging bouquets of the flowers she grew in her flower gardens.  Lorena
also enjoyed reading and playing Euchre.  She seemed happiest when singing or
whenever she was asked to yodel.  She adored her children and loved them
unconditionally, and was devoted to her grandchildren and great-granddaughter.

She is survived by her four children, Frederick (Carol) Kuhtz, Mary Lee (Denis)
McLaughlin, Kathy (James) Campbell, and Carol (Thomas) O’Connor; grandsons
Trenton (Jennifer) Spoor) Kuhtz, Matthew Kuhtz, and Kevin and Timothy O’Connor,
and great-granddaughter, Ciara Kuhtz.  Lorena is also survived by eleven nieces
and nephews and many great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 57 years; brothers,
Edwin (Regina), Carl (Marie), Louis Smith; nieces, Genet (Robert) Shattuck,
Joanne Kuhtz; nephews Richard, Donald and James (Linda) Smith.

We will gather to celebrate Lorena’s life.  Visitation will be Wednesday from 4
to 8 p.m. at Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich St., Ionia, and Mass of Christian
Burial will be offered on Thursday at 11 a.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic
Church, 434 High St., Ionia, with Rev. Thomas Boufford presiding.  Rite of
Committal will follow at Balcom Cemetery, Tuttle Road, Ionia.  In lieu of
flowers, the Kuhtz family requests that contributions be made to Ionia Hospice
Services or SSPP School in memory of Lorena.


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