The Memphis Democrat
Memphis, Missouri
Thursday
December 6, 1990
Page 5A
Column 3EDWIN GALE HUNTER
Edwin Gale Hunter, 81, son of John and Nora Hunter was born April 28, 1909, near Riverside, Ia., but moved to Scotland County, Mo., at the age of 18 months. Here he spent the rest of his life.
Gale attended the Poe school and farmed his parents' farm for many years.
On April 10, 1940, he married Josephine Thurber, who survives. He was a well known registered livestock breeder and a member of the Angus Association, both local and national as well as the Poland China Breeders Association, and the Suffolk Sheep Association. He showed stock at many fairs and sales winning many ribbons and prizes. In 1960 he won the M.F.A. Golden Corn Award on his farm west of Memphis.
In 1978 he made a public confession of his faith at a Lundstrom rally held in Edina and in 1989 he and his wife expressed their faith by giving the building site for the new Methodist parsonage in Memphis, Mo.
Gale was also known for his interest in antiques and was a frequent attendant at many sales.
He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Howard, Homer, Glen, Ernest, and John Jr.; one sister, Velma Nelson; two nieces, Velma Kaiser, and Doris Krieger; two nephews, Bertie Baird, and Neil Nelson.
He is survived by one sister, Mabel Baird of Keokuk, Ia.; three nephews, Harry Hunter, Donald Hunter, and Johnny Hunter; seven nieces, Dorothy Barnhill, Berniece Baird, Opal Armstrong, Hazel Boyd, Wanda Nance, Estelyne Louder, and Anna Maye Gipson.
Funeral services were held December 2, 1990, at the Payne Gerth Funeral Chapel, Memphis, with the Rev. Ted Bass and Rev. Iris Kerr, officiating. Music was provided by Ann Luther, organist, and Guy Gardine, soloist. Body bearers were: Mike Becraft, Terry Snyder, Ronnie Gardner, Douglas Boyd, Jeff Nance, and Vernon Yoder. Interment was in Memphis Cemetery, Memphis, Mo.
