Kathleen Marie Schrunk

Kathleen Marie Schrunk, 71, of Sioux City, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 surrounded by her family.  A funeral service will be held Friday, October 9 at 11:00 A.M. at Immaculate Conception Church.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Private family burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.  The family is requesting that face masks be worn.  Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel is handling the arrangements.  Online condolences may be made to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Kathy was born on March 29, 1949 in Sioux City to Daniel and Viola (Murray) McKelvey.  Kathy graduated from Bishop Heelan High in 1967, and from Briar Cliff College in 1970.  In 1979 she received her Master’s degree and received her ACSW certificate in 1981.  Kathy started her career with DHS then went on to work with Lutheran Social Services before owning her own private practice, A Path to Higher Self.  On November 28, 1969, she was united in marriage to Otto Schrunk in Sioux City.

Kathy loved Fall, she and Otto traveled to Wisconsin and Minnesota to see the changing leaves.  Kathy enjoyed going to garage sales, especially the 100-mile sale, going on family vacations, collecting lighthouses and Christmas villages, listening to Irish music, playing penny slots, jewelry, and her animals.  She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, Women Aware and NASW.

Those left to honor her memory include her husband of 50 years, Otto Schrunk, Sioux City; children: Jill (Richard) Damasauskas, Omaha, NE, Jason (Annie) Schrunk, LeMars, IA; grandchildren: Sheray, Aaron, Jesse, Bayleigh, Allie and Owen; and great-grandson, Samuel.

She is preceded in death by her parents and sister, Janice Clark.