Carmela (Lena) Realmonte Kuntz

Carmela (Lena) Realmonte Kuntz died December 24, 2022 at age 77. Lena passed away from natural causes at The Ridge Retirement Community in Lakewood, Colorado. She was a former resident of Evergreen, Colorado.

Lena was born February 18, 1945 in Marineo, Sicily. She was the daughter of the late Salvatore Realmonte and the late Rosalia Realmonte. Lena emigrated from Sicily to the United States at age 8, settling with her brothers, sister and parents in Lodi, New Jersey. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother Peter Realmonte.

She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Mel A. Kuntz; she was a loving mother of three children, Stacy Avenarius and her husband Jeremy, Robert Dicker and his wife Mandy, and Jeffrey Dicker; 2 stepsons, David Kuntz and his wife Kathleen, and Brian Kuntz and his wife Kelly; 1 grandson, Miles Dicker, and 4 granddaughters, Addie Kuntz, Lila Kuntz, Ella Mae Kuntz and Charlotte Kuntz, and by her surviving siblings Ciro Realmonte and Sarina Realmonte Plati. Lena was also the loving aunt to many nieces and nephews in New Jersey and Arizona. She is also survived by her longtime friends, Donna Searcy and her husband Dan .

Lena will be remembered as a beautiful, caring, and loving spouse, mother, grandmother, and stepmother. She was cherished and will be truly missed by her family and friends.

Funeral services will take place at Horan & McConathy Funeral Home at 3101 South Wadsworth Blvd. Lakewood, CO 80227 on Saturday January 7, 2023, at 1:00pm. The service will be live streamed, please clink the link below:

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Please join us to celebrate Lena’s life at Willow Ridge Manor at 4903 Willow Springs Road Morrison, Colorado 80465. Everyone is welcome as Lena would have wanted.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to: St. Jude medical center, the Denver Rescue Mission, or the Limb Preservation Foundation.