Carol Ann Kunkel, 63, formally of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, passed away December 19, 2016 at her Asbury Park, New Jersey residence.
Born September 28, 1953 in Ashland, Montana, Carol was the daughter of Xavier Crazymule and Mary Woodenthigh. She was a direct descendent of Chief Littlewolf from her mother Mary Woodenthigh, her grandfather Arthur Woodenthigh, and her great-grandfather Hugh Woodenthigh, son of Chief Littlewolf.
Carol was raised by her adopted parents, Fr. Emmett Hoffman and Mary McGarvey. She attended elementary school at St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, MT and later high school at Holy Family Academy in Bayonne, NJ. She later attended nursing school at Mount St. Mary Academy in Watchung, NJ and worked in senior health care.
She enjoyed spending time cooking for her loved ones and traveling between Montana and New Jersey to visit her father, Fr. Emmett. Later in life she was blessed with a grandchild, Hailey Cade-Kunkel, who she loved very dearly. She will be remembered as a caring and loving mother and grandmother willing to give everything she owned to her children.
Carol is survived by her three children – Joseph Kunkel, Cara-George Kunkel, and Justin Kunkel. Her sisters Marie Sanchez and Rosemarie Dillard, cousins Ellen McGarvey; Erin McGarvey; her granddaughter Hailey Cade-Kunkel; and numerous nieces and nephews also live on.
She is proceeded in death by Fr. Emmett Hoffman, Mary McGarvey, and Xavier and Mary Crazymule, as well as her siblings Marcella, Clifford, Floyd, Rosella, and Boyd Crazymule.
Service Schedule
Traditional Wake
7:00 PM
Tuesday December 27, 2016
St Labre Catholic Mission
Ashland, MT 59003
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Diane Spotted Elk says
Prayers of peace and comfort to Marie I’m so sorry, I know you longed for your little sister to return home and now she is here. Your in my thoughts.
Judy Leonard Bradley says
I knew Carol as “Cookie” in high school at Holy Family. She was a true friend and partner in high school crime! What a joy to have her in my life back then. We lost track of one another but I think of her fondly and our many high school adventures together. My heart is full with fondness for her, yet broken that we never connected after high school and that I never understood fully the details of her complicated life. I am better for having known her.
janice Dorocki Baker says
Cookie was a friend in elementary school. We always had fun together. Mr mother took us both to our family doctor to have our ears pierced. I will always remember her