JONEAL S. GUNKEL, 80

JONEAL S. GUNKEL, 80, of Fort Wayne, died Saturday, November 4, 2006, at Lutheran Hospital. She was born on December 4, 1925, in Toledo, Ohio. She retired from G.E. in 1986.

Surviving are daughter, Sherry (David) Fivecoate of Fort Wayne; sisters, Freida Hignite of Connorsville, and Jeanan Franklin of Clearwater, Florida; grandchildren, Katrina J. Marcum of Fort

Wayne and Daniel G. Fivecoate of Roanoke; and great-grandchildren, Casey and Kendric Marcum and Andrew, Jacob and Hannah Fivecoate.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard O. Gunkel, in 2002; and daughter, Joan Gunkel.

Service was Wednesday, November 8, at Elzey Patterson Rodak Home For Funerals, 6810 Old Trail Road, Fort Wayne. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne.

Memorials to Child Evangelism Fellowship of Fort Wayne.

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