My mother was adopted by Ernest and Margaret Strunks. They had one son, David Strunks, who died after the Korean war. My mother's grandfather was Jonah Strunks. I know either my mother's grandfather or great grandfather was an immigrant to the US. They moved to Kentucky and to Missouri area. I have old photos on Ebay that came from my mom's estate with Etta Strunks and husband Dalby (Irish name?) in the 1880's. I searched Stanberry Missouri and Etta Strunks died in 1897 but no other information. Most information I could find in research were Strunk in Germany without the s. But most definitely my mother's family had the s.