Stephanie Jill Hunolt, 43, of Brashear, Missouri, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.
Stephanie was born in Kirksville, Missouri on September 9, 1974, the daughter of Leo Louis and Joyce Alene Hettinger Hunolt.
She attended Kirksville Elementary School in Kirksville, Missouri, Iowa City, Iowa, Vinton School for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa, and the School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine, Florida, graduating in the Class of 1992.
Stephanie had worked in Des Moines, Iowa, and lived in Orlando, Florida before returning to Kirksville and Brashear, Missouri to make her home.
Stephanie had many accomplishments but her greatest joy in life was her little girl, Samantha. She was an inspiration to everyone she met and knew no strangers. She fought numerous health battles with a positive attitude and unimaginable grace. She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.
Stephanie is survived by her daughter, Samantha Renee Spangler and her father Robert Spangler of Vinton, Iowa; mother, Joyce Treutel of Casselberry, Florida; three brothers, Austin Treutel of Miami, Florida, Randall and Amie Shahan of Kirksville, Missouri, and Andy and Jill Shahan of Kirksville, Missouri; two sisters, Amy Hunolt and Demetrius Davis of Columbia, Missouri and Allison Treutel and Kevin Warren of Hannibal, Missouri; along with numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and a host of friends.
Stephanie was preceded in death by her father, Leo Hunolt on February 1, 2014; and a sister, Shana Renee Hunolt July 18, 1991.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 2018 at “The Crossing Church” at 810 E. Shepherd Ave., Kirksville, Missouri.
Interment will be at a later date at the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Edina, Missouri.
An expression of sympathy in memory of Stephanie Hunolt may be left to her daughter Samantha Spangler for which a college fund has been established. A memorial may be left at the church or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.
Doss Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
