Kenneth Lee Strunk

Mr. Kenneth Lee Strunk, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS., went peacefully to the Lord on Friday, September 21, 2007. Mr. Strunk was a resident of the Gulf Coast since 1975. He was a veteran of WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, serving first in the Marine Corps and then eighteen years in the Navy on submarines which included duties on the first nuclear submarine. He ended his 22 years of military service as a CWO2 in the Army. Mr. Strunk retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding working as a Guarantee/Warranty Engineer. He was a life member of the VFW Post # 2132 in Gautier. Mr. Strunk was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Thelma Strunk, brother, J.W. Strunk, and granddaughter, Heather Strunk. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Joan Strunk, a daughter, Susan Tolar and her husband Bruce, all of Ocean Springs, MS., five sons, Scotty Strunk and his wife, Liz, of Gautier, MS., Steven Strunk and his wife, Susan, of Ocean Springs, MS., Shawn Strunk and his wife, Linda, of Gautier, MS., Shannon Strunk and his wife, Cynthia, of Pascagoula, MS., and Sheldon Strunk and his wife, Lisa, of Ocean Springs, MS., two brothers, Larry Strunk and his wife, Jackie, and Barry Strunk, all of McCreary County, KY., eighteen grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be on Monday, September 24, 2007, from 6-8 PM, at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. On Tuesday, September 25, 2007, there will be a 10 AM church service at Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Ocean Springs, where the body will lie in state from 9-10 AM. Burial will follow in Crestlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association or to the VFW Foundation.