Rex Lafayette KUNTZELMAN

The Columbus Daily Telegram, July 11, 1932

KUNTZELMAN--FORMER COLUMBUS BOY DIES OF RARE DISEASE AT VETERANS HOSPITAL -- Rex Kuntzelman, Born 35 Years Ago in This City, Is Buried at Albion

Albion Argus: Funeral services in charge of the Manderson Lehr Post of the American Legion were held for Rex Kuntzelman at the Episcopal church on Wednesday morning, July 6, and burial was made in Rose Hill cemetery.

Mr. Kuntzelman died at the Veterans' Hospital at Lincoln at 5:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon following a long illness which baffled physicians. The cause of death was given as malignant pemphigus, a rare disease, little known in this country, where only three cases have been recorded. Serum used in the treatment of this disease is secured in Germany.

Mr. Kuntzelman's illness dates from February. His illness brought on a mouth infection and he was taken to the Veterans' hospital on April 29 where many doctors were called into consultation to prescribe treatment. He bore his sufferings in silence and seemed cheerful when members of his family visited him the day before his death.

Rex was a son of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Kuntzelman of Albion and was well known over the country. He was born May 3, 1897 at Columbus and attended school there before coming with his parents to Boone county. The family lived for many years on the Bonanza and after his marriage to Miss Margaret L. Hayes here on May 9, 1921 continued farming in that locality until 1930 when they moved to Midland precinct. He is survived by his wife and three children, Agnes 10, James 7, and Paul 2 1/2 years; his parents, brother Gay Kuntzelman, and three sisters, Mrs. Arthur Coakes and Mrs. Harry Hinze of Akron and Mrs. Orvall Walker of Best, Neb.

Rex was a member of Manderson Lehr Post of the Legion. He enlisted in the navy on July 10, 1918 at the age of 21. He served his country at the Great Lakes training station and was transferred to Hampton Roads, Virginia, where he was made company commander. He was relieved from active duty in May, 1919 and honorably disharged from service in 1921.

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