Grace Kunschik Kelly Morris, of Austin, Texas, passed away at the age of 94 on Sunday, March 18, 2018 due to heart failure. She was born on September 14, 1923, to Robert and Emma Kunschik in Bastrop, Texas.
Grace graduated from Brackenridge School of Nursing and entered the United States Army serving during WWII in Germany. She worked as an RN at Walter Reed Hospital, Brackenridge Hospital, and retired from Bergstrom Air Force Base Hospital. Grace received the Army of Occupation Medal and Victory Medal. She has been honored by Honor Flight Austin with a “trip of a lifetime” to Washington, D.C., with fellow women veterans on the first of its kind from Texas. She was also cited with a City of Austin proclamation in celebration of all women veterans month. Grace was long-time member of Memorial Methodist of Austin and loved traveling, fishing, hunting, and spending time with family and friends. She was loved by so many and will be greatly missed.
Grace will be remembered as a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. Grace is survived by daughter, Judy Howard (Greg), step-daughters Diane Dettmann (Calvin), and Donna Morris, grandsons Ryan Howard (Sara), Joshua Emerson, granddaughter Jordan Emerson, great-grandchildren Jesi, Ryli, and Wesli Grace Howard, sisters-in-law Margaret Kunschik, Joan Sutton and Ruth Morris, and many nieces and nephews. Grace was preceded in death by her parents, husband (Dennis), and siblings (Otillie Van Vleet, Robert Kunschik, Nina Zahara, Miriam Seidenberger, and Weldon Kunschik).
Funeral services honoring Grace will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 23, 2018 with a time of visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the Chapel of Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home in Pflugerville. Committal services with military honors will follow at Cook-Walden/Memorial Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.
Please visit www.cookwaldencapitalparks.com where you can share memories with Grace’s family.
