Mrs. Tony Kuza

November 16, 1944 - April 3, 2017

Funeral services for Tony Kuza, 72, of Gilmer will be held 10a.m. Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the First United Methodist of Gilmer with Pastor Richard Laster and Bro. Dickey Mauk officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6-8p.m. Wednesday April 5, 2017 at McWhorter Funeral Home. Mrs. Kuza was born on November 16, 1944 to Raby and Oline Willis Gaddis in Gilmer and passed away April 3, 2017 in Longview. Tony married Mickey Kuza at the First United Methodist Church in Gilmer on August 17, 1967. She retired after 34 years of teaching 7th grade science at Gilmer Junior High School. Tony and Mickey traveled the piney woods of East Texas camping, she never turned down an opportunity to go fishing. Besides fishing her biggest passion was watching her grandsons play different sports and she made a special scrapbook for each of them. Her love for her grandsons was immeasurable. She is preceded in death by her parents and her sister Jane Gaddis Taff. Survivors include her husband of 49 years Mickey Kuza; son and daughter in law, Michael and Debbie Kuza; grandsons, Brad Kuza and Adam Kuza; and sister, Nell Yocom. Pallbearers will be Harold Meadows, Jerry Steger, Alton Steelman, Red Smith, James Corbin, and Anthony Betterton. Memorials may be made in her honor to First United Methodist Church of Gilmer. 105 N. Montgomery St. Gilmer, TX 75644 Please visit Tony’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.