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Event Type Obituary
Name Roberta Jean Gunckel
Sex Female
Age 94
Event Date 11 May 2012
Event Place New Jersey, United States
Death Date 13 Apr 2012
Death Place Jamesburg, , New Jersey
Birth Year (Estimated) 1918
Birthplace , , British Columbia
Relationship to Deceased Deceased
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OBITUARY
Roberta Jean (Longworth) Gunckel died Friday, April 13, 2012 at Monroe Village, Jamesburg, N.J. She was 94. The daughter of a mining engineer, she was born in British Columbia and grew up in Copper Hill, Tennessee. She attended Duke University and graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with a degree in elementary education. Her career, like her retirement years, was devoted to children. She taught first grade for 23 years in the Highland Park and Bridgewater-Raritan school districts, a career she said she enjoyed every day.
A long-time resident of Bridgewater, N.J, she is survived by daughter, Nancy Gunckel Knight, of Duanesburg, N.Y.; son, Fred James Gunckel, of Albuquerque, N.M.; two grandchildren, Jeffrey Knight, of Brooklyn, N.Y. and Matthew Knight of Ithaca, N.Y. and four great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, James Eugene Gunckel, who passed away in September.
A celebration of the life of Jean Gunckel will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 21, at the Monroe Village auditorium, Jamesburg.