GUNSALLUS, Mary Ann DeVriendt 1932-1992

GUNSALLUS, DEVRIENDT, MOEYKENS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/31/2010 at 14:56:14

Mary Ann DeVriendt Gunsallus

Birth: Jun. 8, 1932, Iowa.
Death: Nov. 1, 1992, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

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Two Plymouth
residents killed
in collision.

A two car crash about a mile south of Plymouth Sunday, November 1, has claimed the lives of a Plymouth couple.

William Keith Gunsallus, 65, and his wife, Mary Ann Gunsallus, 60, died after being struck by a south-bound car driven by Daniel Bryant, 17, of Mason City.

Bryant lost control of his vehicle after hitting the east ditch of Cerro Gordo County Road 356. He was swerving back toward the west ditch when his vehicle was struck by the northbound vehicle driven by Mary Gunsallus.

Keith Gunsallus died at the scene of the accident; Mary Gunsallus died shortly after being taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Mason City.

Bryant is in critical condition in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Mason City.

The Iowa State Patrol and the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Department are presently still
investigating the accident, along with the fire departments of Plymouth and Mason City.

The Gunsallus' are survived by relatives in the area, including William's sister Ann Fedlt, and her husband Harold of St. Ansgar.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise]
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Note:

Parents: Arthur J. & Agnes Marie (Moeykens) DeVriendt

Siblings: Raymond & Robert DeVriendt.

Keith & MaryAnn were killed on their way to church, on Sunday, November 1, 1992.

Burial: Saint Ansgar Cemetery, Saint Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa.

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[Research credit: Bonnie Lou Nichols]