John Henry Stunz Jr., M.D., passed away on Friday, May 18, 2018, at Medilodge Nursing Home in Sterling Heights, MI. He was 96. John was a graduate of the Mining and Mechanical Institute, in Freeland, PA, and held degrees in Zoology(’43) and Medicine(’46) from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1944 he married Geraldine Kutz, with whom he had two daughters. John served as a Medical Officer (Lt. J.G.) for the U.S. Navy in the Canal Zone (’46-49), and spent the next 35 years with General Motors, first as Medical Director of Harrison Radiator Division, in Lockport, NY, and later as Medical Director of Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Division, in Detroit, MI. He retired in 1985. John loved to travel, and was a lifelong philatelist. He will be greatly missed.
John is preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine, and is survived by his children, Beverly Boyd, of Melbourne, FL, and Geri Stunz-Konstantin, of Plymouth, CT, and by his grandson, Tim Brockett, of Sterling Heights, MI. He will be entombed at Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, NY. Funeral services will be private. Memorial donations in John’s name may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.
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