Virgil Hunt

VIRGIL HUNT

Monticello

Virgil Hunt, 93, passed away Monday, June 7, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 11, at the United Church of Monticello. Visitation will be heldfrom 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 10, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. The church requests that masks be worn for the service. Memorials may be made to the United Church of Monticello.

He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Phyllis; two children, Deborah (Gordon) Goettsch, Manchester, Iowa, and Randall (Danette) Hunt, Clinton, Iowa; five grandchildren, Caryn (Robert Nelsen) Goettsch, Spencer (Heidi) Goettsch, Nathan (Jenny) Goettsch, Brandon (Scott) Hunt and Justin (Shannon) Hunt, 11 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Colina Abbott.

He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Vanessa Hunt; and four brothers, Randall, Clyde, William and Gordon.

Virgil D. Hunt was born May 5, 1928, in Lakewood, N.M. He was the son of Joey and Maudie O'Vela (Holman) Hunt. Virgil graduated from Guthrie Center, Iowam high school in 1946. He continued his education at Iowa State Teacher's College (UNI) graduating in 1948, and started teaching at Colesburg, Iowa.

Virgil married Phyllis Bean on May 28, 1950, in Yale, Iowa. The couple taught in Dunlap, Iowa, for two years. Virgil took a position managing a shoe store in Sigourney, and in 1954 the couple moved to Monticello, where he managed and later purchased Stuhler's Shoe Store. In 1985, they closed the shoe store and began a second career with Paul Brooker Sales International. For 17 years, they provided sales assistance to small businesses all over the United States.

Virgil was a member of the United Church of Monticello, serving as financial secretary for many years. He served on the Monticello Community School Board, and continued serving as the secretary to the Board for 28 years. In 2014, he was honored by the Monticello School Foundation for over 60 years of commitment to education. He volunteered at Camp Courageous, served on the Monticello Library Board and was a member of the Monticello Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce. Virgil was a 50-year member of the Burns Masonic Lodge.

Virgil was loved by many for his warmth, kindness to others, quick wit and devotion to family and friends. He will be dearly missed by the many whose lives he touched.