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I am an antique dealer who purchased a large lot of photographs including a wedding photo of Charles and Lydia Gunther/Guenther. On the back in pencil is written: Mr. J. J. Gunther (Jacob Joseph?) Dear brother just read your card many thanks for same. We will write you soon Chas & Lydia Gunther Stewart, Minn. Let us know if you get photo please. Below in modern ink is: Charles Alphonse Guenther - Lydia Minnie Bethke - Uncle Charles and Aunt Lydia. Though not stated the wedding veil and flowers indicate it is their wedding picture.
When I find photos with enough information like this I try to locate family if I can. Any one who wants a low resolution copy by e-mail I would be happy to send it free and if anyone wants to buy the original just let me know.
Gary@antiqueanswerman.com
Interesting the spelling of the name sometmes includes the "e" and sometimes does not. My research shows Charles father was Ignatius Theodore Guenther.
Information from LDS Gen. Site :
Charles Alphonse GUENTHER
Born: 21 Feb 1884; Place: Platteville, Grant, WI
Died: 22 Nov 1918
Married: 17 Jan 1911
Wife: Lydia Minnie Bethke
Born: Abt. 1888; Place: Platteville, Grant, WI
Married: 17 Jan 1911
No Children were listed on that site but I did find these related Obituaries that indicate they had 3 children and Chas died of the 1918 flu epidemic.
Obituaries: Dolores Barney died Feb. 14, 1995 in Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minn., where she had been a patient since December, Doloras (original spelling of first name) Minnie Mary Gunther was born Sept. 29, 1913 to Charles and Lydia (Bethke) Gunther in Stewart, Minn.,
the second of three children. She was baptised and later confirmed in St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Stewart, of which she was an active and lifelong member. When she was age 5, her father died in the flu epidemic of 1918. As a teenager, she played piano for silent movies. She was the editor of the school newspaper at Stewart Public School, from which she graduated as valedictorian in 1930. Following school, she clerked in the Red & White Store in Stewart.Dolores married Clifford Barney of rural Buffalo Lake, Minn. July 17, 1935 at St. Paul's Lutheran. They farmed on the banks of Lake Allie, between Stewart and Buffalo Lake, until 1940,when they moved to a farm northeast of Stewart. In 1942, they moved into the then-Village of Stewart. In 1943, they moved to a house in Stewart in which they lived 47 years.Following his farming career, Clifford worked at various occupations, including carpentry and trucking. Dolores was organist-pianist at St. Paul's Lutheran 33 years. In addition to church services, she played for countless weddings and funerals. She was a much-sought-after piano-organ accompanist for various special events. In her church, she was especially active in the American Lutheran Church Women, of which she served as education secretary. For most of the fifties and into the early sixties, the family had the janitor job at the church.
Dolores was known as a caregiver, providing care at different times for her mother; her father-in-law, William Barney; her sister, Lorriane; and her aunt, Martha Korst.
After their three sons graduated from high school, Dolores worked as a clerk in the Stewart Bakery and then as an kitchen assistant at Stewart Public School. During most of the eighties, Dolores and Clifford "snowbirded" in Arizona winters.Of frail health throughout her life, Dolores was hospitalized for various maladies several times. In 1990, when her health problems became more chronic and severe, she and Clifford moved to Goldenwood Apartments
in Fergus Falls, Minn., the city in which her oldest son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Lois Barney, live. After many hospitalizations, she moved into Broen Nursing Home, Fergus Falls, in November, 1994, where she remained until her final trip to the hospital.Survivors include her husband Clifford; three sons, Jerry (Lois),
Fergus Falls, Dwight. Santa Cruz, Calif., and Kevin (Sonia), Albany, Calif.; a sister, Lorraine, Minneapolis; two granddaughters, Jill (Jesse) Thorstad, Fergus Falls, and Sara (Chad) Tate, Stillwater, Minn.; and three great-grandchildren, Kai and Siri Thorstad and Zachary Tate.
Those who preceded her in death in addition to her parents were her brother Eugene. Funeral: Feb. 17 (?), St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Stewart. Burial: church cemetery. Arrangements by Hughes Funeral Home, Hector/Stewart, Minn.
April 27, 1919-April 3, 1999
The funeral for Lorraine C. Gunther, 79, Minneapolis, formerly Stewart, will be at 1 p.m. at Hughes Funeral Home, Stewart, with visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Stewart.She died April 3, 1999 in Walker City View Nursing Home, Minneapolis, where she had been a resident more than 20 years.She was born April 27, 1919 to Lydia (Bethke) Gunther in Stewart. Her father, Charles Gunther, died before she was born, in the flu epidemic of 1918. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Stewart, of which she was a lifelong member, as well as a choir member.She graduated in 1938 from Stewart High School, in the last class to
graduate in the old Columbia School building. She alternated between living in Stewart and in the Twin Cities area. She worked at the old Woolworth's store in downtown Minneapolis and at several housekeeping jobs.
Survivors include nieces, nephews and cousins, and a sister in-law, Erma Gunther, St. Paul. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Eugene, and a
sister, Dolores Barney.
(Hughes Funeral Home, Stewart)
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