Tana M. Kutz

TANA SEELEY KUTZ, AT THE AGE OF 66, PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY FROM PNEUMONIA AT IMMANUEL HOSPITAL IN OMAHA, NE WITH HER HUSBAND, FAMILY AND FRIENDS SURROUNDING HER.

SHE WAS BORN IN LOGAN, IOWA ON AUGUST 20, 1958, THE FOURTH CHILD OF DORRANCE AND ARLENE SEELEY. SHE ATTENDED GRACELAND COLLEGE AND FROM THERE WENT INTO NURSING SCHOOL. SHE WORKED AS A CRITICAL CARE NURSE AT BETHANY HOSPITAL IN KANSAS CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. TANA THEN WENT INTO PHARMACEUTICAL SALES FROM WHICH SHE RETIRED AT THE AGE OF 65.

TANA AND HER HUSBAND, DON MET IN KANSAS CITY OVER THE 1996 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, SET UP ON A DATE BY HER GOOD FRIEND, NANCY AND DON’S BROTHER, WAYNE! NINE MONTHS LATER THEY WERE MARRIED ON MAY 24, 1997.

TANA WAS A STRONG-WILLED PERSON. SHE ALWAYS KEPT A HIGH LEVEL OF POSITIVITY WHEN FACING DIFFICULT HEALTH MATTERS. THE DAY SHE MOVED TO NEWPORT BEACH, NEWLY MARRIED AND HAVING MOVED HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SHE MET WITH AN ENDROCOLONGIST AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES WHICH SHE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED FOR THE DURATION OF HER LIFE. IN 2015, SHE SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST WHILE EXERCISING. AGAIN, SHE HANDLED THIS WITH EASE. AND TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 LUNG CANCER WHICH SHE ATTACKED AND FOUGHT WITH CHEMOTHERAPY AND VARIOUS TREATMENTS.

TANA WAS SMART, WITTY AND BEAUTIFUL—EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE—SHE WAS EXTREMELY TALENTED, A GIFTED PIANIST AND VOCALIST. SHE LOVED TO COOK AND BAKE. SHE LOVED GARDENING AND WORKING IN HER BACK YARD RAISING A VERITABLE GARDEN OF LETTUCE, TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS AND GREEN BEANS.

SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER TO HER STEP-DAUGHTER DANIELLE AS WELL AS TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER, SCARLETT. TANA LOVED WORKING ON CROSS WORD PUZZLES AND SCARLETT ENJOYED SOLVING THEM WITH HER DURING THEIR VISITS TOGETHER.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DONALD KUTZ; STEP-DAUGHTER, DANIELLE LITTLE; GRANDDAUGHTER, SCARLETT LITTLE; SISTERS, CHERYL AND DAWN; AS WELL AS TWO BROTHERS, TERRY AND ROGER.

TANA WAS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY HER JOYFUL AND WELCOMING LAUGHTER THAT FILLED ANY ROOM SHE WALKED INTO. SHE LIVED HER LIFE WITH PASSION FOR HER FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS

THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH AT 4 P.M. AT THE CORONA DEL MAR COMMUNITY CHURCH, 611 HELIOTROPE AVE. CORONA DEL MAR, CA.