Emily Nicole Kautz

Emily Nicole Kautz passed peacefully from this world into the arms of Jesus Tuesday, February 20, 2024. She was born June 22, 1987, in Forsyth County, NC and grew up in Winston-Salem, NC. She attended primary and middle school grades in Woodland Baptist School and Carver High School of Winston-Salem, NC. She enjoyed learning and was an early and avid reader, and from early childhood Emily had a love for nature and wildlife. She enjoyed cooking and baking, fishing, hiking, gardening, and canning her produce. Throughout her childhood and youth, Reynolda was her church family, and when she was nine years old, she invited Jesus into her heart. Emily was gentle-spirited, kindhearted, and generous and was always compassionate toward the weak and the downcast. After high school, she continued her education at AVTEC, Alaska Vocational and Technical Center in Seward, Alaska, where she earned her Associates in the Culinary Arts Degree.   Her skilled artistry was on display in her wonderful cooking and baking. After graduation, she used her skill as a caterer in Linton, North Dakota for several years, then in recent years, she lived and worked in Pollock, South Dakota. Emily is survived by her husband, Jeramie Kautz, two stepchildren, Ryker and Rali of Linton, North Dakota, her mother and step father, Phyllis and George Crispi of East Bend, NC and her father and step mother, Timothy and Deborah Moore of Winston-Salem, NC.   We will always cherish her memory. A memorial service will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Reynolda Church in Winston Salem. Gentry Family Funeral Service of East Bend is serving the family.