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Submitted: 6/21/21 • Approved: 6/22/21 • Last Updated: 6/25/21 • R429868-G0-S3
US Navy
STAFF SERGEANT US Air Force
Korea
August 28, 1930-November 28, 1994
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Alfred L. Gunkel, 64, Borger, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Johnson Park Church of Christ with Zeb Sailors, minister of Stinnett Church of Christ, officiating.
Masonic graveside rites will be under the auspices of Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge No. 1355 conducted by Blake Larramore of Pampa. Military honors will be by Altus Air Force Base Honor Guard.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Gunkel died Monday, Nov. 28, 1994.
A native of El Dorado, Okla., he had been a Borger resident since 1967. He was a retired truck driver for Borger Redi-Mix. He retired from the U.S. Air Force and served during the Korean Conflict. He was a Baptist and a member of Adobe Walls Lodge No. 1355 and VFW.
He was preceded in death by a son, Albert in 1959, and a daughter, Donna Langford in 1983.
Survivors include his wife, Betty of the home; two daughters, Lorrie Gunkel of Borger, Jackie Donnell of LaPorte; a son, Robert Gambel of Yuma, Ariz.; a stepson, Terry Brawner of Azle; a stepdaughter, Jackie Brawner of Springtown; a brother, W.T. Jones of Baytown; two sisters, Helen Clack of Borger, and Inez Price of Stinnett; and 12 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be H.L. Dawson, Bruce Manasco, Dean Schriber, Ronnie Trammell, Bob Hammack, and Louie Harvey. Honorary pallbearers will be employees of Borger Redi-Mix.
The family will be staying at 32 Golf Course Rd.
Contributed on 6/21/21
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