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Lois Gunn
OWASA, Iowa — Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Gunn, 65, were held Monday from the Owasa
Methodist church with Rev. Dewey Lamprechl and Robert Baker officiating. Burial was in
the Khiora cemetery. Mrs. Gunn died at her home near Owasa Aug. 8, 1963 after a long
illness. Mrs. Gunn was born Lois Rebecca Cross, daughter of George and Ada Hayclen Cross,
on Nov. 6, 1897 on a farm northwest of Steamboat Rock. When four months old she moved
with her parents to the home farm south of Berlin. She attended country school, Eldora high
school Ellsworth College and taught schools in the and the county. On March 10, 1920 she
married Ernest A. Gunn at Eldora and the couple moved to the Gunn farm where she lived
the remainder of her life. Survivors are three children, 10 grandchildren and one sister. The
children are Mrs Donald (Verjean) Arends of Ackley. Mrs. Dale (Marilyn) Petty of Eldora,
and John, at home. The sister is Mrs. Florence Northrup of Eldora. Mrs. Gunn was preceded
in death by her parents, her husband on Jan. 4,1933, and a son, Marlyn, who died at age four.
Lois Gunn
GUNN Lois Carter Caver Gunn, age 86, went to be with the Lord Saturday January 8, 2000
at Lutheran Village. Born in Little Rock, Ark. Member of Second Baptist Church. Teacher
in Cleveland and Columbus, Oh. Lois was a loving, kind, gentle soul who sang, played piano
and wrote gospel songs. Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Life long civic activist.
Preceded in death by husband of 55 years, Archie F. Gunn Jr., daughter Meryl Yvonne Gunn,
parents Robert and Sophia Caver, brother Robert Morris Caver, sister Augusta Smith.
Survived by son, Archie F. (Patricia) Gunn III; grandchildren, Varina, Alexia, Francesca,
Zackery and Xavier Gunn, all of Newport, Rhode Island; sisters, Ruth Avery and Grace
Alexander of Cleveland, Oh., Freda Clinton of Mich.; fostor daughter, Madeline Ruff; many
nieces, nephews and friends. Service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, January 13, 2000, Second
Baptist Church, 186 N. 17th St. Rev. David Carter officiating. Family will receive friends 2-4
and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday January 12, 2000, GARY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 2154 E. Main St.,
Bexley. and Thursday 9 a.m. until time of service. Burial Green Lawn Cemetery.
Lois Evelyn Gunn Stepp Bowman
77, Noblesville, Ind. died Dec. 13, 2002.. She worked 18 years for Delco Remy Division of
General Motors Corp., Anderson, retiring in 1972. She was a member of Cicero United
Methodist Church and the Cicero chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Alzheimer"s Association. Services: 2:30 p.m. Dec. 16 in
Hartley Funeral Homes, Cicero Chapel, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 15. Burial: Carey
Cemetery, near Noblesville. She was the widow of Robert A. Stepp and William Bowman.
Survivors: daughter Vicki Sue Reveal brother Orval Gunn three grandchildren a greatgrandchild.
Lois M. Gunn Dowdy Dunaway
96, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents,
Williard J. and Mattie Crowder Gunn;her husband, Otho P. Dunaway Sr.;and her
granddaughter, Joyce Elizabeth Stewart. Surviving are her children, Lois D. Smith of Broken
Arrow, Okla., Charlotte Dowdy-Rhoad (Stan) of Winterville, N.C., Ruth D. "Betty" Stewart