Notes for Amelia KUNTZ


Amelia Senger, 95, Bismarck, formerly of Mandan, died Sunday, July 6, 2007 at
St. Vincent’s Care Center, BismarckMass of Christian Burial will be held
at 10:30 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Mandan, ND with Father John Mathai as celebrant. Burial will be at the Mandan
Union CemeteryVisitation will be held Tuesday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at
Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, from 1:30 to 2:30 at the St. Vincent’s Care
Center chapel and from 4:00 to 9:00 pm at Weigel Funeral Home. There will be a
Rosary at 7:00 pm and a Parish Vigil at 7:30. Visitation will also be held one
hour before the service at the church.Amelia, daughter of Frank and Margaret
(Dietrich) Kuntz, was born on March 5, 1912 in Richardton, ND. She was raised
and educated in the Mandan - St. Anthony area. On November 13, 1933 she
married Philip M. Senger in Bismarck. After marriage she and her husband lived
in Bismarck where she devoted herself to being a wife and mother to their 13
children. She worked briefly outside of the home at the Bismarck Elks from
1966-1968. She and her husband moved to Moses Lake Washington where they lived
for two years. They returned to Mandan in 1970. Philip died July 3, 1974.
Amelia’s strong Christian faith was evident in the way she lived her life.
Daily prayer as well as generously giving of her time and talents to Sacred
Heart Rosary Society, St. Joseph Alter Society and numerous other church
activities. Amelia’s lively social spirit and her desire to remain active
were recognized by others when they appointed her one of the Liberty Heights
Queens.Amelia will be dearly missed by her sons Philip “Dick” (Beverly),
Lawrence (Andi) both of Bismarck, David, Lincoln, ND, Maurice (Joanne),
Seattle, Wash., Frank (Gloria), West Fargo, ND, and Jerome, Mandan, ND;
Daughters Irene (Francis “Butch”) Welch, Hobson, Mont., Frances (Robert)
Barnhardt, Waverly, Neb., Vivian (LeRoy) Roehrich, Bismarck, Margaret Senger,
Mandan and Marilyn (Steve) Benkendorf, Cottonwood, Ariz.; Twenty-four
grand-children, 34 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren and
one sister Tillie Masseth, Plains, Mont.Amelia was preceded in death by her
husband Philip, her parents, daughter Charlotte Anderson, son Leonard Paul;
two sons-in-law, Anthony LaGeose and John Anderson; one daughter-in-law,
Arnetta Senger; one grandson Michael Senger; one grandson-in-law Winfred
“Jr” McCallister; three great-grandchildren, Tom Burns, Elmo Uttecht, and
Amanda Zacher; four brothers and four sisters.

Amelia Senger, 95, Bismarck, formerly of Mandan, died Sunday, July 6, 2007 at
St. Vincent’s Care Center, BismarckMass of Christian Burial will be held
at 10:30 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Mandan, ND with Father John Mathai as celebrant. Burial will be at the Mandan
Union CemeteryVisitation will be held Tuesday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at
Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, from 1:30 to 2:30 at the St. Vincent’s Care
Center chapel and from 4:00 to 9:00 pm at Weigel Funeral Home. There will be a
Rosary at 7:00 pm and a Parish Vigil at 7:30. Visitation will also be held one
hour before the service at the church.Amelia, daughter of Frank and Margaret
(Dietrich) Kuntz, was born on March 5, 1912 in Richardton, ND. She was raised
and educated in the Mandan - St. Anthony area. On November 13, 1933 she
married Philip M. Senger in Bismarck. After marriage she and her husband lived
in Bismarck where she devoted herself to being a wife and mother to their 13
children. She worked briefly outside of the home at the Bismarck Elks from
1966-1968. She and her husband moved to Moses Lake Washington where they lived
for two years. They returned to Mandan in 1970. Philip died July 3, 1974.
Amelia’s strong Christian faith was evident in the way she lived her life.
Daily prayer as well as generously giving of her time and talents to Sacred
Heart Rosary Society, St. Joseph Alter Society and numerous other church
activities. Amelia’s lively social spirit and her desire to remain active
were recognized by others when they appointed her one of the Liberty Heights
Queens.Amelia will be dearly missed by her sons Philip “Dick” (Beverly),
Lawrence (Andi) both of Bismarck, David, Lincoln, ND, Maurice (Joanne),
Seattle, Wash., Frank (Gloria), West Fargo, ND, and Jerome, Mandan, ND;
Daughters Irene (Francis “Butch”) Welch, Hobson, Mont., Frances (Robert)
Barnhardt, Waverly, Neb., Vivian (LeRoy) Roehrich, Bismarck, Margaret Senger,
Mandan and Marilyn (Steve) Benkendorf, Cottonwood, Ariz.; Twenty-four
grand-children, 34 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren and
one sister Tillie Masseth, Plains, Mont.Amelia was preceded in death by her
husband Philip, her parents, daughter Charlotte Anderson, son Leonard Paul;
two sons-in-law, Anthony LaGeose and John Anderson; one daughter-in-law,
Arnetta Senger; one grandson Michael Senger; one grandson-in-law Winfred
“Jr” McCallister; three great-grandchildren, Tom Burns, Elmo Uttecht, and
Amanda Zacher; four brothers and four sisters.
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