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Bob Kunz
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Last Updated: |
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August 24, 2009 |
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Residing In: |
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Fox River Grove, IL USA |
| How did you FIRST learn about this reunion website? |
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A letter received in the mail by Organizer announcing Class Reunion Details
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| What prompt you to move to your current location and how long have you lived there? |
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Enjoy Fox River Grove and members of the community.
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| Married? To who? When? How Long? And most importantly, how did you two meet? |
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Married 7/19/1986 to Linda Smith, McHenry HS '72.
Met through mutual acquaintances, Jack/Violet Renskers.
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Occupation: |
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Local government |
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Children: |
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Mary Loretto, CGCHS '09. |
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Birthday: |
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February 21, 1951 |
| Did any or all of your kid(s) attend or graduate from CGCHS? |
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Yes, '09.
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| Do you still have family around in McHenry County? And who? |
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Mother, Leah Kunz, Fox River Grove (father Robert Sr deceased 1996);
Brother, Martin (died at home in FRG 2005);
Brother, Michael (Robin), Fox River Grove;
Sister, Karen, Folsom CA;
Brother, Peter (Pam), Cary;
Brother, Thomas (Sharon), Fox River Grove;
Brother, Daniel (Joan), North Ft Myers FL;
Sister, Monica (Paul), Santa Barbara CA.
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| Do you still see/talk to/hang out with any classmates? Who? |
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Once in a while see high-school buddy Ken Brandon; Linda (Weber) Kohlhase once in a while; saw/talked to Larry Varys' father recently.
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| So what did you do right after high school? |
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St John's University (Collegeville MN), left there in '71 and ultimately graduated from DePaul (Chicago).
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| What do you do now? |
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Local government (elected), Algonquin Township Assessor; active in parish life at Ss Peter & Paul Church, Cary.
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| How did you get into that? |
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Needed job after leaving St John's in '71. Worked there 5 years, got fired for having an out-of-favor boss who resigned to run for something else. Ran for the office in '77, knocked off the incumbent.
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| Past jobs? |
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Golf course maintenance (1976-77), night waterman for George Bates; great work.
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| What were the high points of your life since high school? |
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Getting married, having daughter, playing adult sports (hockey, softball, soccer), backpacking Appalachian Trail and Aspen CO area, canoeing Boundary Waters in Quetico Provincial Park several times.
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| What the farthest you've been from home? |
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Kauai.
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| What's your favorite memory of CGCHS? |
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The people.
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| What's your least favorite memory of CGCHS? |
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Transferring to CG as a junior in fall '67, first year was tough.
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| If you had the opportunity for a do-over; what is the biggest thing you would differently if you went back to your time at CGCHS? |
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I would have made an effort to loosen up, to have less concern over what I was afraid other kids thought of me; it took a few years to understand we all had our own stuff going. Nobody spent time worrying about me.
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| What are your memories of high school (i.e. secret crush, embarrassing moment, funniest thing you did in high school, favorite high school hang out, favorite teachers)? |
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Favorite teacher: Buck Wheeland.
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| What is your favorite memories about the 60's? |
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The music, though it's tough to listen to some of it now as it sounds embarrassingly sophomoric.
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| Do you remember what you did immediately after the Graduation ceremony? |
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Had families party with Chris Rudar, Charlene Bruhl, Cindy Stiller, Sandy Pearson (all of us lived on the same block).
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| Ever gone on a blind date? |
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Yes
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| Countries you've visited and was it for business or pleasure? |
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Canada, pleasure.
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| Ever get to swim in the ocean and which one(s)? |
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Pacific.
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| What is your most favorite vacation spot? |
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All kinds of places, particularly enjoy backpacking Appalachian Trail (hiked on it in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina) and canoeing Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Quetico Park Ontario).
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| Danced your heart out? |
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Yes
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| Ever watch a sunrise with someone? |
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Watched the sunrise over the wetland mists as night waterman at Bates' golf course (gorgeous).
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| When it comes to sports; are you more of a spectator or are you part of the game? What is/are your favorite sports? |
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Played adult-league hockey and soccer through '88; life-long Sox fan.
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| What is your favorite type of music? Who would you consider to be your favorite performer(s) past and present? |
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Enjoy all music, especially classical.
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| When was the last time you had a really good belly laugh? And who (or what) was it that made you laugh that hard? |
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Last evening at home of friends--doesn't take much.
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| Of all the vehicles you've owned; which one did you like the best and why? |
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First car, '64 Ford Falcon, 144 ci engine; liked it because I could crawl under the hood to work on its engine. Modern cars--haven't a clue.
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| Are you currently "Empty Nesters" or is/are any of the offspring still in the nest with you? |
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Daughter, Mary, turns 18 in May, still with us, enters Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio), fall '09.
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| Are you a cancer survivor? What kind of cancer did/do you have? |
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No.
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| Have you ever watched someone die? |
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At the bedside of my paternal grandmother.
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| Any regrets in life? |
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Not particularly a regret, just a wish, that I would have married earlier than 35--having a family was beyond my expectations.
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Daughter Mary Loretto, CG '09, with Mom and Pop
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