Mary Jane Kunnath

Mary Jane Kunnath nee Cloidt, September 12, 2020, age 87.  Late of Homewood, formerly of Chicago and Forest Hills, NY. Beloved wife of the late Jerome G. Kunnath.  Dear mother of Lisa (Dr. Louis) Muglia, Christopher (Pamela) Kunnath, Paula (Kenneth) Rippy and Margaret (Gary) Prescott. Loving grandmother of Sarah and Peter Muglia, Christine (Steven) Grzeszkiewicz, Nicholas Kunnath, Amanda Jones, Andrew (Amber) Rippy, and Kathryn, Thomas, and John Prescott. Great-Grandmother of Hayden and Kade Jones, Julia and Ethan Grzeszkiewicz. Graduate of St. Xavier College and the American Conservatory of Music. She was much loved by her many friends including the Southdowners (Sherlock Holmes Society) and the many students she taught. Her enthusiasm for music and her insatiable thirst for knowledge impacted everyone who had the opportunity to know her.  Private Family Services at the Tews-Ryan Funeral Home. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers, memorials to the Juvenile Diabetes Association, 500 North Dearborn, Suite 305, Chicago, IL  60610 or Breast Cancer Research Foundation at give.bcrf.org. For additional information contact www.tews-ryanfh.com or 708-798-5300