Hilda Muller Kunkel, age 98, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2018, in Round Rock, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday, May 19, 2018 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Seymour, Texas, with Rev. Sean Reeves, Pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Riverview Cemetery immediately following the funeral service.

Hilda was born November 1, 1919, in Clara, Texas, to Anna and John Muller. She graduated from North Texas State Teachers College. She married Leonard G. Kunkel on July 2, 1944, in Clara, Texas. Her passion was teaching young students at several schools, and after marriage taught Special Education in Seymour. She and Leonard help start the Trinity Lutheran Church in Seymour, where they were longtime benefactors and members.

She is survived by her children, Leonard Wayne Kunkel and his wife, Angela of Kirbyville, Missouri; Ronald Kunkel and his wife, Mary Lynn of Leander, Texas;
Jeanine Kunkel McGregor of Granbury, Texas; Robert Kunkel and his wife, Cindy of Austin, Texas; Dennis Kunkel of Portland, Texas; Jacqueline Kunkel of Round Rock, Texas; Yvonne Kunkel Hennessey and her husband, Bill of Plano, Texas; ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; also, Yvonne"s sister by choice, Chiemi Barron of Lawton, Oklahoma and Hilda"s Goddaughter, Sharon Josefy of Irving, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard and her son Gary; her parents, Anna and John Muller; and all her siblings, Walter Muller, Erna Mertins, Esther Klinkerman, Arnold Muller, Edwin Muller, Richard Muller, Alvin Muller, and Nora Stevens.

Hilda was a very loving, compassionate and caring person. She gave her love and guidance to her nieces and nephews who had previously lost their parents. She provided a lifetime of service to the Lutheran church, communities which she had lived in, and any person that needed help. She donated her time through multiple ways throughout the years " the Red Cross Blood Bank (coordinating blood drives and providing blood donations), member of the Pink Ladies at the Seymour Hospital; was a volunteer at all the Seymour Christian Churches, as well as picking up children to take to the Lutheran Sunday School (which she taught); was on the Seymour Children"s Advocacy Board, trained athletes and ran events at the Special Olympics in Wichita Falls; and helped at the Baylor County Extension Office with the 4-H Clothing and Food classes and competitions. She collected clothes and donated them to the Wichita Falls Women"s Shelter as well as having a Clothing Depot for those that needed help in Seymour. She also provided fresh vegetables to the Seymour elderly population.

The family asks that memorials be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church in Seymour, Texas; the Seymour Cemetery Association; Lutheran World Relief, P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore, Md 21298-9832; or to a children"s charity of choice.

A Visitation will be held at 6 P.M. Friday evening at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed at www.seymourmemorial.com.