Alen Ross Kuhnert's Obituary
Alen Ross Kuhnert, age 80, of DuQuoin, IL, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 1:31 p.m. at Marshall Browning Hospital, DuQuoin, IL.
Alen was born on August 10, 1941 in Pinckneyville, IL, a son to Lee Robert and Goldie Esther (Magerkurth) Kuhnert. On July 8, 1960, he married Dorothy Mae Fulton at Grand Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sparta, IL and she survives. Alen had worked as a meat cutter and was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church, Pinckneyville, IL.
Survivors include his wife of sixty-one years, Dorothy Mae Kuhnert of Pinckneyville, IL; two daughters, Kelli Lynn (Leon) Chmielewski of Las Vegas, NV, and Krista Lee (Jeffrey) Strait of Fairview Heights, IL; nine grandchildren, David (Cassy) Yackle, Matthew (Christina) Yackle, Kyle (Cayley) Strait, Jenna (Matthew) Walters, Kara (Corey) Lane, Jessie Strait, Kayla Strait, Julie Strait, and Kodi Kuhnert; eleven great-grandchildren; one brother, Roger (Mary) Kuhnert of Pinckneyville, IL; and one sister, Gloria Conroy of Pinckneyville, IL.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Kraig Alen Kuhnert; and one brother, Virgil Leslie Kuhnert.
A praise service will be held at a later date at Oak Grove Baptist Church, Pinckneyville, IL.
Pyatt Funeral Home, Pinckneyville, IL has been entrusted with the arrangements.
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