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Clifford L. "Kip" Gaunt

March 1, 1936 — June 27, 2015

Clifford L. “Kip” Gaunt, 79, Rockford, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. He was born March 1, 1936, in Manlius, IL, the son of Dale and Josephine (Wiggim) Gaunt. Kip was a veteran of the Army serving as a decoder in the security agency stationed at Herzo Base in Germany. He married Mary Ann Keleher on November 22, 1958, in the First Christian Church in Walnut, IL. Kip was a claims adjuster for Country Companies and later for Pekin Insurance where is worked for over 30 years retiring in 1998. He was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. He was a member of Rockford Lodge # 102 A.F. & A.M. in Loves Park. Kip was a member of Scottish Rite in the Valley of Freeport, and a Nobel at Tebala Shrine A.A.O.N.M.S.in Rockford, where he belonged to the Air Squadron. Kip spent many years driving children to the Shriners Hospitals for Children-Chicago. He volunteered at Rockford’s Midway Village and was the longest serving member of the Northern Illinois Adjusters Association.
Survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Mary Ann; his son John (Margaret Ann) Gaunt of Cincinnati, Ohio; his daughter, Jill (Michael) Guenther of Indianapolis, Indiana; his grandchildren, Justin, Sarah, Lauren, and Katelyn Gaunt, Michael and Ross Otting, and Nathaniel and Gabriella Guenther; his brother-in-law, William R. Anderson of Pekin; His brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jack (Delorea) Keleher; his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Linda (Delbert) Carr; many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents, his brother, Ross, his sister, Isabelle Anderson, and his brother, William.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M., Friday, July 3, 2015, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 3300 Rural St., with Reverend Jeff Fricke officiating. Burial in Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, IL. Visitation will be from 4:30 P.M. until 7:30 P.M., Thursday, July 2, 2015, at the church with a Masonic service at 7:30 P.M. and visitation again from 10:00A.M. until 10:45 A.M. on Friday, at the church. Arrangements by Fitzgerald Funeral Home and Crematory, Mulford Chapel, 1860 S. Mulford Rd. Rockford, 61108. Memorials to Shriners Hospitals for Children, C/O Tebala Temple, 7910 Newberg Rd., Rockford, 61108. Share online condolences at www.fitzgeraldfh.com.

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