IN LOVING MEMORY OF
James Charles
Gunnary
October 25, 1930 – December 15, 2004
Obituary
James C. Gunnary, age 74, of 12384 County Road 37 NW, Annandale died Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at the Buffalo Hospital.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 20, 2004 at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, French Lake with Rev. Edward Groop officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, French Lake Township, Wright County. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Annandale and one hour prior to services at the church. There will be a 7:30 p.m. Sunday prayer service.
James Charles Gunnary was born October 25, 1930 to Emil B. and Esther (Enbysk) Gunnary in French Lake Township on the farmstead he lived his entire lifetime. He attended Gunnary School for grades 1-8 and then graduated from Annandale High School in 1948. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and married Shirley Ann Clark on June 29, 1963 in Minneapolis. Jim was a farmer, former member of the Annandale Creamery Board & Annandale School Board, a founding board member of Wright County Vocational Technical School, and a lifetime member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He enjoyed bowling for over 40 years.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann of Annandale; sons, Emil Burton of Annandale, Joseph Charles of Waverly, Peter James & his wife, Natalia of Annandale; grandson, Jeremy John; brother, Wallace & his wife, Barbara of Annandale; sisters & their husbands, Phyllis Hoeker of Springfield, VA, Helen & Alex Paterson of Silver City, NM, Celia & Gail Hopkins of Des Moines, WA, Jean & Dick Ritchie of Huntington Beach, CA, Josie & Sid Goemer of Darwin, Teddy & David Kothe of Mound, and sister in law, Betty Gunnary of Annandale. Brothers, Benjamin and Thomas preceded him in death.
The pallbearers will be Brad Paumen, Colin Alama, Roger Rimpy, Neil Korhonen, Jim Lantto, and Bill Dolzal. The honorary pallbearers will be Howard Hokkanen, Harry Gunnerson, and Lyle Nelson. Margaret Groop will provide the music for the service. The arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care of Annandale.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 20, 2004 at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, French Lake with Rev. Edward Groop officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, French Lake Township, Wright County. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Annandale and one hour prior to services at the church. There will be a 7:30 p.m. Sunday prayer service.
James Charles Gunnary was born October 25, 1930 to Emil B. and Esther (Enbysk) Gunnary in French Lake Township on the farmstead he lived his entire lifetime. He attended Gunnary School for grades 1-8 and then graduated from Annandale High School in 1948. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and married Shirley Ann Clark on June 29, 1963 in Minneapolis. Jim was a farmer, former member of the Annandale Creamery Board & Annandale School Board, a founding board member of Wright County Vocational Technical School, and a lifetime member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He enjoyed bowling for over 40 years.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann of Annandale; sons, Emil Burton of Annandale, Joseph Charles of Waverly, Peter James & his wife, Natalia of Annandale; grandson, Jeremy John; brother, Wallace & his wife, Barbara of Annandale; sisters & their husbands, Phyllis Hoeker of Springfield, VA, Helen & Alex Paterson of Silver City, NM, Celia & Gail Hopkins of Des Moines, WA, Jean & Dick Ritchie of Huntington Beach, CA, Josie & Sid Goemer of Darwin, Teddy & David Kothe of Mound, and sister in law, Betty Gunnary of Annandale. Brothers, Benjamin and Thomas preceded him in death.
The pallbearers will be Brad Paumen, Colin Alama, Roger Rimpy, Neil Korhonen, Jim Lantto, and Bill Dolzal. The honorary pallbearers will be Howard Hokkanen, Harry Gunnerson, and Lyle Nelson. Margaret Groop will provide the music for the service. The arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care of Annandale.
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