Norma Garza-Kundtz, 59 of Hamilton, died Friday, Nov. 19, at her home.
Born April 12, 1962 in Port Isabel, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Ramio and Paula (Garza) Martinez and the wife of Craig Kundtz. Norma was a wonderful lady with a huge heart.
She was a long-time member of the Antioch Fellowship Center and was very active in various charity organizations. Some even referred to her as the “heartbeat” – always doing what she could, volunteering her time and talents to help others.
She was involved in the Operation Christmas Child and the Forgotten Man Ministries. Norma used her talents to make little hats for the preemie babies at Helen DeVos Hospital. She also volunteered at the Burnips Library.
Even after all of her volunteering and helping of others, Norma still had plenty of energy and love to share with her family and friends. Spending time with her family, being a loving wife, doting mother and grandmother, she made sure that they all felt her love.
Norma is survived by her husband, Craig; her three children, Noe (Jen) Garza, Christina (Nicholas) Garza-Prus, and Corey (Jen) Garza; six siblings, Otilia (Jose) Castro, Lucy (Roberto) Galvan, Ramio (Teresa) Martinez, Jr., Letty Ficca, Raymond Martinez, and Douglas (Sally) Kundtz; and eight grandchildren.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Noe Garza; her sister, Ida Martinez; her mother-in-law, Donna Robar; and her father-in-law, Charles L. Kundtz.
Friends may meet with the family at Gorden Funeral Residence, Hopkins Chapelfrom 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the Antioch Fellowship Center (3925 37th St, Hamilton.
