Leon Edward Gunsolly

Male 1921 - 2000  (79 years)


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  • Name Leon Edward Gunsolly  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 6 Oct 1921  Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1 Jan 1925  Lincoln, Monona, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence 1930  Woodbury, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son 
    Residence 1935  Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1940  Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son 
    Died 10 Nov 2000  [4
    Buried Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I14861  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Samuel Charles Gunsolly,   b. Abt 1872, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Viola Mae Smothers,   b. 1 Dec 1895, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F10284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Madonna Rowe,   b. 11 Jul 1923, Sibley, Osceola, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1995, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. Robert Gunsolly  [natural]
     2. Dennis Gunsolly  [natural]
     3. Bruce Gunsolly  [natural]
     4. Brent Gunsolly  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F10293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Oct 1921 - Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1 Jan 1925 - Lincoln, Monona, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1930 - Woodbury, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1940 - Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Leon Edward Gunsolly, 79, of Sioux City died Friday, Nov. 10, 2000, at Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

      Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Larkin Morningside Funeral Home, with the Rev. Alex Washington officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Larkin Morningside Funeral Home.

      Mr. Gunsolly was born Oct. 6, 1921, in River Sioux, Iowa, the son of Sammuel and Viola Mae (Smothers) Gunsolly. He graduated from high school in Moville, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.

      He came to Sioux City in 1945. He had worked as a tile setter and brick layer in the Sioux City area for many years. He married Martha Madonna Rowe. She died Feb. 21, 1995.

      Survivors include three sons, Robert and his wife, Kathy of Sioux City, Dennis and his wife, Annette of Omaha, Neb., and Bruce of Sioux City; three sisters, Wanda Gunsolly, Fama Forney and Dorothy Todd; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

      He also was preceded in death by a son, Brent Gunsolly, and six brothers.

      Pallbearers will be Robert Gunsolly, Dennis Gunsolly, Tramain Gunsolly, Milo Duque, Tatum Gunsolly and Cliff Tague.
      ---http://iagenweb.org/boards/woodbury/obituaries/index.cgi?read=434218, accessed 14 May 2018

  • Sources 
    1. [S350] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).

    2. [S778] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Woodbury, Woodbury, Iowa; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0079.

    3. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Moville, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01214; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 97-1.

    4. [S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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