Guntren, Edwin J. 1928-2001

GUNTREN, SULLIVAN, LOUTSCH

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/3/2008 at 21:13:33

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Edwin J. Guntren, 73, of Remsen, Iowa
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DATE of DEATH: Wednesday, July 4, 2001
PLACE of DEATH: at his residence
DATE of BIRTH: May 30, 1928
PLACE of BIRTH: LeMars, Iowa
PARENTS: son of Leo and Vera (Sullivan) Guntren
SPOUSE & DATE of MARRIAGE: Kitty Loutsch, April 18, 1950
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Remsen, Iowa
OCCUPATION: He served in Company A, which later became Company K, of the Army National Guard in LeMars from 1947 to 1968. He operated Guntren Trucking from the early 1950s until 1966. In 1966, he began employment with the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy. He later became sheriff, a position he held until 1978. They resided in LeMars from 1972 until moving back to Remsen in 1978. He then returned to the trucking business. His wife died Oct. 11, 1996.
SURVIVORS: include six daughters; three sons; a son-in-law; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: his parents and a daughter, Donna Britton.
PLACE of BURIAL: St. Mary’s Cemetery, Remsen, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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