Lucile Caroline Erck Kunkel, age 97 of Seguin, passed away on August 20, 2012. Visitation will be held at Tres Hewell Mortuary on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ron Welborn officiating. Interment will follow in the San Geronimo Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Christian Life Center at First United Methodist Church. Lucile was born on January 12, 1915 in Guadalupe County, Texas to Charles Herman and Marie Elizabeth Wille Erck. She grew up in Seguin and attended Seguin High School where she was a star basketball player. She was married to her high school sweetheart, Nolan "Sonny" Kunkel for 47 years until his death in 1982. Lucile was the right arm of their family business, Kunkel's Garage, for many years. She kept the books, often pumped gas, and knew car parts as well as the mechanics. She produced wonderful baked goods and beautiful quilts with loving hands and the kindest of hearts. She will be dearly missed. Lucile was a lifelong active member of First United Methodist Church, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary H. U. Wood Unit 245 and volunteered at the Seguin Silver Center and the Conservation Society. She is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her brother, Roger Erck, her son-in-law, Wayne Lange and her granddaughter, Kirsten Lange. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Lange; grandson, Nolan Lange and wife Susan; great-grandchildren, Chance Lange, and Stephanie Smith Darling and husband Jeremy; niece, Sharie Erck del Rio and husband Carlos; great-niece, Anise Foster and husband Brett and their children Avery and Gus. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 710 N. Austin, Seguin, Texas, 78155, Methodist Children's Home, c/o First United Methodist Church, 710 N. Austin, Seguin, Texas, Guadalupe Regional Hospice, 1215 E. Court St., Seguin, Texas, 78155 or to the charity of one's choice.