Stanley V. Gunderson

Stanley V. Gunderson, 98, of Hawley, MN, died Saturday, April 1, 2006 in Emmanuel Nursing Home, Detroit Lakes, MN.Stanley Vincent Gunderson was born in Hawley, MN to Gilbert and Mabel Mitchell Gunderson on September 1, 1907. He moved with his parents to Hitterdal, graduating in 1925. He attended NDSU for one year. He married Mabel Knudson on November 17, 1935 at the Hawley Lutheran Church Parsonage, together they had three children. Stanley worked as a farm laborer in the rural Hawley area, he also farmed south of Hawley. He worked for the CCC in Idaho, for both the Moen and Sellin Brothers as well as a custodian for Ballard Hall at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Stanley was also the Clerk for Eglon Township for many years. After retirement Stanley planted countless tress for the Soil Conservation in Clay County.He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Mabel Gunderson, Detroit Lakes, MN; one daughter, Dorothy Dunnell Miller, Webster, MN; two sons, Theodore "Ted" Marlyss Gunderson, Faribault, MN and Charles Ruth Gunderson, Detroit Lakes, MN; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great grandchild.He was preceded in death by four brothers, Harry, Robert, Ralph and Francis Gunderson, three sisters, Grace Yates, Florence Sandal, and Dorothy Neumann.