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Deanne was a simply beautiful person loved by many. If you were in her presence, you felt loved and accepted. She was someone who dedicated her life in service of others.
Deanne Whiting Kunz passed away June 24, 2017, at her home in Teton Valley, at the age of
78, surrounded by her family. Deanne bravely dealt with Parkinson’s disease for twenty years.
Deanne was born on October 21, 1938 in Idaho Falls, ID to Ronald G. Whiting and Capitola Carter. She was the third of five siblings--Peggy, Ronald, Sherrie, and LaNae. Her father was a bus driver and hobby farmer until he and his wife bought the Basalt Store and her mother was the Basalt postmaster. As a child, she loved to play make-believe games with animals, dressing them up and pushing them around in buggies. She loved to draw and paint watercolors and sing, abilities which she continued to develop throughout her life. As a teenager and young adult Deanne worked summers in Jackson Hole, WY at Jackson Lake Lodge and other establishments. She graduated from Firth High School in 1956.
She attended Ricks College for two years where she met and dated her future husband, LaRell Kunz, and waited while he completed his LDS mission. She finished her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education at Brigham Young University in 1960. She married LaRell Kunz on September 1, 1960 and moved to Logan and taught elementary school while her husband finished school. They began their family in Logan, having two sons, Todd LaRell and later Kory Michael. Her husband took a job with the LDS church education system after graduation, teaching in Richfield, UT for one year and Gallup, NM for two years. While in New Mexico, they had their daughter Lori Anne. Deanne and her husband spent ten years in Lawrence, Kansas where he coordinated the
seminary and institute programs in the Midwest for the LDS church. Deanne had a passionate interest in church history and they loved to travel to church history sites in the Midwest, especially Nauvoo. While in the Midwest they had daughters Halli, Nicole, and Jodi Rebecca. In 1977 they moved to Teton Valley where LaRell taught seminary, ran a dairy, and farmed. There they had the last two of their eight children, Jared Andrew and Joshua Shane. In 1987, Deanne began teaching elementary school, which she continued for twelve years, teaching in the Driggs and Victor schools. Deanne has been very active in the LDS church, serving as president of the Relief Society and Young Women’s organizations as well as serving many years at Girl’s Camp and in Primary. She loved music and helped organize and perform the annual production of The Messiah in Teton and her husband loved their mission in Leeds, England where they served as CES missionaries. Deanne taught Book of Mormon, Church History, Eternal Marriage and directed
the Institute Choir. She also liked exploring family history sites while in England.
She loved traveling and enjoyed a CES trip to the Middle East including Israel, Jordan, Syria,
Damascus, and Egypt. She also traveled to Mexico, the Mediterranean and Greek Islands. She and her husband enjoyed taking cruises with all of their children and their spouses to the Caribbean and Hawaiian islands.

She is loved and honored by her family and freinds who will miss her but who know that her legacy is great and true.