Alvin Vern Gunderson

1912 - 2000  (87 years)

• Name	Alvin Vern Gunderson  [1]
  Birth	3 Jun 1912	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jan 2000	Menan, Jefferson, Idaho   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Little Butte Cemetery, Annis, Jefferson, Idaho   [6]
  Person ID	I78013	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Edward Casper Gunderson,   b. 27 Apr 1888, Menan, Bingham, Idaho d. 29 Oct 1977, Menan, Jefferson, Idaho (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Rosetta Woodbury Stay,   b. 25 Feb 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah d. 29 Oct 1936, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1909	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 2, 7]
  Family ID	F36152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Erma Matilda Olsen,   b. 23 Apr 1913, Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho d. 16 Oct 2004 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1933	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Keith Paul Gunderson   3. David Clyde Gunderson   4. Living   5. Kay Ben Gunderson,   b. 25 Sep 1938, Menan, Bingham, Idaho d. 27 Mar 2006, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F36153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID) January 6, 2000 RIGBY - Alvin Vern Gunderson, 87, of Menan, Idaho, died Jan. 4, 2000, at his home. He was born June 3, 1912, to Edward Casper Gunderson and Rosetta Stay Gunderson in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended the Menan Elementary School for eight years and then three years at the Midway High School. He also attended Ricks College and received a certificate in electricity and wiring. He became a First Aid instructor. On Nov. 29, 1933, he married Erma Matilda Olsen in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. They made their home in Menan, where they lived on an original family farm. He also raised cattle. He built many houses and worked in interior decoration (wall papering and painting). He helped build the Annis LDS Church and the West Piney Girls Camp. He also owned the gravel pit that furnished the sand for the Idaho Falls LDS Temple and for roads and bridges in the Idaho Falls area. An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served in various positions. From 1982 to 1983, he and his wife served a mission in St. Paul, Minn. He enjoyed hunting and fishing; and he especially loved family outings, his family and grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Erma M. Gunderson of Menan; five sons, Alvin (Yolanda) Gunderson of Idaho Falls, Neil (Althea) Gunderson of Ririe, Kay (Nola) Gunderson of Menan, K. Paul (Deoine) of Terreton, and David (Sherry) Gunderson of Rexburg; two brothers, Joseph (Afton) Gunderson, and Aden (Afton) Gunderson, both of Menan; 26 grandchildren; 61 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Leona Purcell; two brothers, Gerald Gunderson and Grant Gunderson; and his stepmother, Mary Gunderson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S43823] Angus Cannon Woodbury, Woodbury Family History, (Reminder Press, Burley Idaho, 1958). [S27807] LDS - International Genealogical Index, (Family History Center Files, Church of Latter Day Saints). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S59707] Obituary, Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID), Alvin Vern Gunderson, (January 6, 2000). [S55881] Cemetery index, Little Butte Cemetery, Annis, Jefferson, Idaho, (Find-a-Grave). [S26755] Family Data Collections - Marriages.