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Monday, April 6, 2026

In Loving Memory of Gloria Grovenstein Hunt, 96, of Lake Wales

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Gloria Grovenstein Hunt, 96

Gloria Hunt of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, December 5, 2024, at Lakeland Hospice House in Lakeland, Florida.

Gloria was born November 1, 1928. Gloria was a retired teacher who taught English and worked on the yearbook at Lake Wales High School and was an active member of Lake Wales Methodist Church. She loved literature, music and traveling. Gloria was active with the 12 Step Community in Lake Wales and was instrumental in the start of the Lake Wales YMCA. As a result of her work, she received a “man of the year” award. 

Gloria is preceded in death by her father, Warren Grovenstein; mother, Gladys Wallace; husband, Donald C. Hunt; and son, Donald C. Hunt, Jr. She is survived by her son, Stephen C. Hunt and wife Lilia of Ruskin, Florida; sister, Priscilla Hardekopf of White Rock, New Mexico; grandchildren, Jeff Bloodsworth, and Sean Bloodsworth; and nine great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at a later date. 

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Maria Iannucci

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