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Elizabeth Kunstek Obituary
Born in Pottsville, she was a daughter of the late John J. "Jack" and Mary W. Hracho Kunstek.
Betty was a 1950 graduate of Reading Catholic High School and a 1953 graduate of St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing. She also received an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts and Science from Penn State Berks Campus, and a certificate in operating room nursing. She had an active membership in the Tri-County Chapter of the Association of Operating Room Nurses and the St. Joseph Nursing Alumni Association.
Betty was employed by St. Joseph Hospital for 41 years, retiring in 1994. She was a member of Ss. Cyril & Methodius Roman Catholic Church, where she served as lector and extraordinary minister of the eucharist. She was also an active member of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and she made her profession in the Order of the Franciscan Secular on Oct. 20, 1996, through the Fraternity of Ss. Cyril & Methodius. She had also been an extraordinary minister of the eucharist at St. Joseph Medical Center Spiritual Care Department. Betty enjoyed bowling, swimming, knitting and crocheting, breakfast and lunch get-togethers with family, friends, and former co-workers and classmates.
Betty is survived by a niece, Sharon Kunstek, wife of Dennis Damiani, and two nephews, David Kunstek, fiance of Tara Stiefel, and Thomas Kunstek, husband of Sharon Killian Kunstek, all of Muhlenberg Township. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Arlene Augustine Kunstek, widow of Joseph J. Kunstek; great-nieces, Stephanie A. Rohrbach, Beaumont, Texas, and Evelyn A. Kunstek, Muhlenberg Township; a great-nephew, Joseph D. Kunstek, Muhlenberg Township; several aunts and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Friday in Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church, 449 S. Sixth St., Reading, PA 19602. Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery. Friends may pay their condolences from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church at the address above or to St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation, PO Box 316, Reading, PA 19603. Gallman-Sonoski Funeral Home Inc., Reading, is honored to be handling Betty's arrangements.
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February 24, 2018
My thoughts and prayers are with Betty's friends and family at this time of loss. Betty impacted positively many lives throughout her nursing career and her volunteer work. She had a big heart. I first met Betty in 1989 when I was a first year medical resident at St Joseph's Hospital. She was always in control directing everyone in the OR, any question she was the go to person, she was serious and strict with her work ethic but despite the pressures in the OR and the busy schedule, she worked with a smile and put the new residents at ease when we were starting our surgical rotations and really didn't know where to go and felt kind of lost. She really was an angel in disguise, no doubt. Our world is a better place because of her.
Love and prayers and our deepest sympathy,
Maria Braun MD & family and staff at Family Medicine Associates
David & Barbara Kunstek
February 22, 2018
God has gained another angel. Rest In Peace cousin, you have left us all better people for knowing you.
Sheryl Heim
February 21, 2018
Rest In Peace, Betty,
Greg Kathy wyatt
February 21, 2018
With deepest heartfelt sympathy god bless the family you are all in our prayers
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