Faith M. Gunnare

Faith M. Gunnare, age 87, of Delmont, SD passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Center, Scotland, SD. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Friday, March 14, 2014 at the Koehn Brothers Memorial Chapel, Delmont, SD with Rev. Dani Jo Ninke officiating. Burial will be in the Delmont City Cemetery, Delmont, SD. Visitations will begin at 5:00 PM, Thursday, at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton, with a Scripture service at 7:00 PM. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Honorary pallbearers will be all of her nieces and nephews.

Faith was born November 28, 1926 to Peter and Anna (Reinfeld) Kremer on the family farm in rural Delmont, SD. She graduated from Delmont High School in 1944. She married Ted Gunnare on August 21, 1956 at Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. Faith and Ted farmed many years together side by side. She had many interests and joys: Her flower and vegetable garden, embroidering many beautiful linens, sharing a cup of coffee and treats with any family and friends who stopped by. She enjoyed the many hours of recording all birthdays and family events. She and Ted were not blessed with children, but loved their nieces and nephews as their own and spent many hours with her bible and her Lord.

She is survived by sisters-in-law: Esther Kremer of Scotland, SD, Marlene Kremer of Killeen, TX, Alice Fuerniss of Delmont, SD, Anna Mae Dyce of Billings, MT, Ruth Sharpe of Kennewick, WA; brother-in-law, John (Lianne) Gunnare of Wagner, SD; and many nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ted, parents, brothers, Douglas and Curtis, sister, LaVern Kahler, 4 nephews and 1 niece.