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Joyce Edith Gustafson

Female 1927 - 2008  (81 years)


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  • Name Joyce Edith Gustafson  [1
    Birth 6 Jul 1927  Portal, Burke, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 1 Nov 2008  Portal, Burke, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial 5 Nov 2008  Portal Cemetery, Portal, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Joyce Gunderson, 81, Portal, ND, died Saturday, November 1, 2008 in a Kenmare hospital.
      Joyce Edith Gustafson was born on July 6, 1927, a daughter of Ernest and Grace Gustafson in Portal, ND. She was raised and educated in the Portal area.
      Joyce was united in marriage to Harold L. Gunderson on October 13, 1945 in Plentywood, MT. They made their home in Portal, ND. Where she worked at the café. Joyce also worked at the V+V Roundup, hauled mail for the United States Post Office to and from the Soo Line Depot, worked as a manager at the Gateway City Golf Course, sold Avon and worked at various other places throughout the community, last, working in housekeeping at the Americana Motel. Harold died April 30, 2007. Joyce continued to live in Portal.
      She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and the American Legion Auxiliary, both of Portal. Joyce enjoyed gardening, crocheting, and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
      Surviving relatives include: Sons{: Steven Gunderson, Dunseith, ND and David Gunderson}; daughters{ Diane Gunderson and Linda Evenson, all of Portal, ND and Barbara Geiszler, Lexington, MN}; grandchildren{: Michael Gunderson, Powers Lake, ND, Marcie Heinrich, Velva, ND, Sherry Lalum, Lignite, ND, Christopher Evenson, Minot, Aaron Gunderson, Fargo, ND, Tyler Gunderson, Dunseith and Easter Geiszler, Lexington, MN}; great-grandchildren{: Caitlin, Kylie, Chloe, and Klaire Gunderson, Reese, Morgan and Logan Heinrich, Cannen Lalum, Elijah, Erika, Noah and Marta Gunderson, and Nathaniel Evenson}; sister{ Lois Windrim, Moosemin, SK}, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
      Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, husband Harold, and brothers Raymond, Reggie, Ernest, Kenneth Gustafson, sisters Shirley Wheeler and Delores Swenson, niece Judy Turner, brother-in-law Raymond Swenson and sister-in-law Jean Gustafson.
      Visitation: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 from 4 to 7pm at the Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Kenmare, ND
      Funeral Service: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Portal, ND
      Burial: Portal Cemetery, Portal, ND [3]
    Person ID I31573  Mindrum
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2011 

    Father Ernest Gustafson   d. Dec 
    Mother Grace Alden   d. Dec 
    Family ID F21625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harold Lawrence Gunderson,   b. 20 Jun 1917, Leaf Mountain, Burke, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 2007, Portal, Burke, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1945  Plentywood, Sheridan, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
    Family ID F21616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 May 2011 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5160] Harold L. Gunderson obituary, www.thompsonlarson.com/obituaries.

    2. [S16] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S5161] Joyce Gunderson obituary, www.thompsonlarson.com/obituaries.