On February 9th, 2002. G.T.E.V. Alpenland of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada lost one of its founding members, Gunter Kreutz.

Gunter was born on May 31, 1935 in Essen, Germany and came to Canada in 1966. That same year he joined G.T.E.V. Alpenland as one of its founding and most active members.

He and his wife Brigitte and children all danced with the group and he traveled to some of the earliest Fahnenweihe and Gaufeste held across North America, from Montreal to Denver and Los Angeles.

Gunter was a long time employee of Dofasco Steel Company