Gretchen M Kuntz

Gretchen Mary Kuntz, 71, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away on Jan. 29, 2026, at the

Dolphin Pointe Health Care facility, after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Gretchen was born in Abington, Pennsylvania on April 15, 1954, at Abington Memorial

Hospital, the site of one of her first jobs.

She graduated from Upper Moreland High School in Willow Grove, Pa., in 1972. She

attended Temple University and obtained a Masters in Social Work there. She later

received a Masters in Library and Information Science from Florida State University.

Before retirement, she was Director of the Borland Health Library at the University of

Florida, Jacksonville campus. She contributed to many medical research articles. Prior

to that, she was Research Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she

was Director of Social Work at Miami General Hospital.

Gretchen resided at different times in Jacksonville, Florida; Malvern, Pennsylvania; Fort

Lauderdale, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Bow,

New Hampshire; North Conway, New Hampshire, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For

many years she vacationed at Martin Meadow Pond, Lancaster, New Hampshire, home

of many friends and relatives.

She was preceded in death by father Irving Kuntz, and is survived by mother Mary

Kuntz of Pompano Beach, Fl., and brothers Andrew Kuntz (Susan) of Wappingers Falls,

NY; and Jerrold Kuntz (Sue) of Warwick, NY.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her memory to the American Cancer

Society.

We'll be hosting a live online meeting to remember Gretchen Kuntz on Sunday, March 1, at 1:00PM - 2:00PM EST. For the link, contact Jerry Kuntz at jpkntz@gmail.com