Son of John Gunden &
Mary Swartzentruber
One of fourteen children;
9 sisters & 4 brothers
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1879 Catherine E. (Kauffman)***see below
1881 Emma (Bender)***see below
1882 Christian J.***see below
1884 Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Steckley)***see below
1886 Lydia S. (Mayer)***see below
1892 Agnes B. (Byler)***see below
1893 Fannie (Yoder)***see below
1895 Joseph W.***see below
1897 Mary E. (Albrecht)***see below
1899 William S.***see below
1901 Laura B.***see below
19?? Theodore

Married Rachel Albrecht
14 Sep 1914
Father of eight children;
3 daughters & 5 sons
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1916 Iva E. (Swartzendruber)***see below
1919 Clara Mary (Statler)***see below
1921 Glen Joseph***see below
1922 Lala (King)
1926 Delmar Jay***see below
1927 LeRoy***see below
1928 Olin L.***see below
1933 John Dale

Obituary Gospel Herald 10 Nov 1959, Vol. LII, No. 44, pg 975
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Gunden, John, son of the late John and Mary (Swartzentruber) Gunden, was born near McPherson, Kans., Dec. 16, 1889; died as a result of an accident [a crushed chest and suffocation] on his farm near Bay Port, Mich., Oct. 22, 1959; aged 69 y. 10 m. 6 d.

He was married on Sept. 24, 1914, to Rachel Albrecht, who survives. Also surviving are 7 children Iva (Lawrence) Swartzendruber, Clara (Mark) Salter, Lala (John) King, Glen, Olin, and John Dale, all of Bay Port; and Delmar, of Sebewaing, Mich., one foster son Michael Sape, Linwood, Mich., 26 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, 5 foster grandchildren, 5 sisters (Lydia (Sol.) Mayer, Sarasota, Fla.; Agnes (Jess) Byler; Mrs. Fannie Yoder, Laura, all of Pigeon, and Mary (Mose) Albrecht, Bay Port, and 3 brothers Chris, Goshen, Ind., Joseph, Sarasota, Fla., and William, Elkhart, Ind.

He was a member of the Pigeon River C. M. Church, where funeral services were held on Oct. 25, in charge of Emmanuel Swartzentruber and Willard Mayer.

Generously shared by Allan Dettweiler, 18 Jan 2013