Pauline Mae Kunkel

Pauline Mae Kunkel of Urbana, IL, died peacefully and surrounded by family Saturday morning, May 5, 2018, at C-U Regional Rehab in Savoy, IL. Pauline was born as the only child of Paul and Nettie Mae Rinehart on January 22, 1929, at Pine Bluffs, WY. Because of the severe winter weather, the famous early southeastern Wyoming Dr. Morris opened his home for several days earlier to avoid the dangerous travel from the family ranch some thirty miles to the north.

Grades one through eight were completed at the rural two-room White Crest School. Since the distance for high school from that location wa...