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Submitted: 6/21/21 • Approved: 6/21/21 • Last Updated: 6/24/21 • R429865-G429865-S3
Albert L.
1902-1989
Elizabeth C.
1903-1980
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Albert
Albert L. Gunkel, 86, 1500 Yows, Borger, died at Sunday in Borger Nursing Center.
Retired from maintenance with the City of Borger, he was a native of Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and a Borger resident since 1942.
He was a member of the Gardner Street Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Louise Clawson in 1986; his first wife, Paris Gunkel in 1948 and his second wife, Elizabeth Gunkel in 1980.
He is survived by his three sons, W.T. Jones of Baytown, Alfred Gunkel of Borger, William David Gunkel of Hebbronville; two daughters, Helen Clack of Borger, Inez Price of Stinnett; three sisters, Alta Vann and Bertha Richey, both of Eldorado, Okla., Viola O. Wright of Quanah; 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Gardner Street Church of Christ with Mr. Richard Kasko, minister, officiating, assisted by Zeb Sailors, minister of Johnson Park Church of Christ.
Burial will be in Highland Park under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Albert L Gunkel
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1902
Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1920
Marriage Place: Atoka, Oklahoma, USA
Father: W R Gunkel
Spouse: Paris C Brawner
Film Number: 001312413
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Albert Gunkel
Death Date: 26 Feb 1989
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Albert L Gunkel
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 Jul 1902
Death Date: 26 Feb 1989
Claim Date: 2 May 1966
*Obituary Elizabeth
Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Cecil Gunkel, 77, of 106 Hill, were at 2 p.m. today in the Bible Baptist Church.
The Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Gunkel, who died Sunday afternoon in North Plains Hospital, was a native of Way Cross, Ga. She had been a resident of Borger for 32 years. She was a housewife and a member of Bible Baptist Church.
The family is staying at 1500 Yows.
Survivors include her husband, A.L.; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Clack of Borger, Mrs. Louise Bower of Wheeler, and Mrs. Inez Price of Stinnett; three sons, Bill of Baytown, W.D. of Odessa, and Alfred Lee of Borger; one sister, Marie Allen of Atlanta, Ga., four brothers, Joe Mock, Walter Mock, Malcom Mock, and Stanley Mock, all of Brunswick, Ga.; 21 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald - November 18, 1980)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Elizabeth Cecil Gunkel
[Elizabeth Cecil Mock]
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1903
Birth Place: Georgia
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: A L Gunkel
Father: Joseph Joe Mock
Mother: Garner
Age at Death: 77
Death Date: 16 Nov 1980
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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