Margaret Ellen Unruh
Obituary
Unruh, Margaret "Marge" Ellen
(Gatz), 73, Engineering Tech Assistant, died Saturday, October 10,
2015. Margaret "Marge" Ellen (Gatz) Unruh, born October 27,
1941 in Newton, Kansas.
Marge is preceded in death by her
parents, Lucy (Bixby) and William Gatz; brothers, Bernard Gatz,
Vincent Gatz, and William Gatz.
Survivors: sisters, Mareta Lies of
Kansas City, KS, Teresa and Richard Sawyer of Houston, TX; children,
Steven and Donna Unruh of Austin, TX, Scott and Julie Unruh of
Houston, TX, and Shannon Hill of Andover, KS; grandchildren, Wiley
Unruh, Vivian Hill, Dominic Unruh, Lucas Unruh, and Colton Hill.
Marge grew up in Newton, Kansas,
attending St. Mary's Catholic grade school. After graduation from
Newton High School, she attended the University of Kansas nursing
school where she studied surgical nursing for a few years. During her
career, she had various different jobs including: flight attendant
for Frontier Airlines in Denver, Colorado; Travel Coordinator for
Siefkis Travel in Wichita, KS; teaching Montessori for Wichita
Colligate School; a Manager at McDonalds; and a secretary/bookkeeper
for St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. For 35 years she worked for
Boeing/Spirit AeroSystems in engineering and tooling support prior to
retirement. For almost a dozen years, she was a waitress at Tippin's
Restaurant and Pie Pantry in Wichita until it closed in 1995.
Marge enjoyed watching all three of her
children compete in swimming with the Wichita Swim Club for more than
20 years, where she provided her time, love, and support. After
retiring, she enjoyed quilting and volunteering at her church, St.
Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Andover, where she was a
parishioner for almost 50 years.
Marge loved to travel.
Some of her trips included Australia,
the Bahamas, Hawaii, Colorado, Alaska and many trips to Texas to see
her children and grandchildren. Marge was a spitfire full of energy
and devoted mother and grandmother to her family.
In lieu of flowers please send
donations to the Quilters group at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 123 N.
Andover Rd., Andover, KS 67002.
Public Viewing will be from at church
prior to Rosary. Rosary will be at 7:00 P.M., Thursday, October 15,
2015; Funeral Mass will be at 11:00 A.M., Friday, October 16, 2015,
both at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Downing & Lahey
Mortuary East. dlwichita.com
