Giles Kinzer Hunt Jr.

Giles Kinzer Hunt, known to his friends and family as "GK", passed away October 15, 2018 in Ironton, Missouri at the age of 84 years. He was born November 22, 1933 in Ironton, Missouri the son of the late Giles Kinzer Hunt Sr. and Gladys (Richards) Hunt. Giles was a 1951 graduate of Ironton High School and attended the University of Missouri – Columbia, where he graduated in 1955 with a B.S. in Agriculture. In the summers he worked for the United States Forest Service in Montana. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1955 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was stationed in Alaska, where he was a radar intercept officer and received several citations for his work. While in Alaska, he earned his private pilot's license. He was honorably discharged as a 1st Lieutenant in 1957. After his discharge he worked in marketing and sales for Carnation in Guam, Guatemala and San Salvador and for Arneson Products where he traveled in the United States and Europe. Later he worked for Coca-Cola and...