Harold Wunder 1920-2015
Harold Herd Wunder, 95, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Midland Care Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls.
He was born Feb. 3, 1920, on the family farm in the North Cedar community west of Valley Falls, the son of George and Mary Ellen Griswold Wunder. He graduated from North Cedar Country School.
Mr. Wunder was a lifelong farmer. He received the Jefferson County Soil Conservation Award in 1959 and was awarded a Kansas Tradition Farm Award by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture in 1988. He received a Century Farm Award from Kansas Farm Bureau.
He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Valley Falls and often served on the church council. He served on the Delaware Watershed Board of Directors for 20 years and on a committee for the Jefferson County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service. He was a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows Crescent Lodge 86 in Valley Falls.
He married Gladys Katherine Senn on Dec. 4, 1956, at Valley Falls. She survives.
Other survivors include his children, Maria Katherine Martin, Billings, Mont., John Harold Wunder and wife Lori and Anita Gladys Stutesman and husband Charles, all of Valley Falls; and five grandchildren, Mary Katherine Martin, Peoria, Ariz., Jenna Maria Martin, Seattle, Wash., JoAnn Elizabeth Martin, Billings, Mont., and Katherine Ann Wunder and Ryan John Wunder, both of Valley Falls. He was preceded in death by a son, James Henry Wunder, on June 11, 1962.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Valley Falls. Burial will follow in Valley Falls Cemetery with a service conducted by I.O.O.F. Crescent Lodge 86. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088.
