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Guy Lester MUNK

Dell Rapids Cemetery - Dell Rapids Cemetery
Minnehaha County,
South Dakota

Birth 19 Feb 1907
Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Death 12 Nov 2003 (aged 96)
Garretson, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA


Guy L. Munk, 96

Guy L. Munk died on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at the Palisades Manor in Garretson. He was 96.

Guy L. was born in Dell Rapids on Feb. 19, 1907, the son of John and Ada Munk. He grew up and attended school in Dell Rapids. He worked the dray line in Dell Rapids with his father. It was his job to haul water with horse and wagon to the threshing machines. During this time, Guy helped bring electricity to Dell Rapids.

Guy married Valborg Christensen on Jan 21, 1930, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They made their home in Dell Rapids. Guy operated Munk Brother’s Truck ine with his three brothers until 1957. He worked at the grain elevator in Dell Rapids for five years and then was a custodian in the Dell Rapids school system for six years. He was also well known as a bus driver for many years. Valborg died in 1998. Guy became a resident of the Odd Fellows Home in 1998. He moved to Palisades Manor in Garretson in September of 2003.

Guy was a member of the First Baptist Chruch in Dell Rapids and the Dell Rapids Senior Citizens Center. He also served a a volunteer fireman in Dell Rapids for many years.

Grateful for haiving shared his life are his daugher, Alice Crisp and her husband, Jerry, Dell Rapids; his two sons: Donald Munk, and his wife, Kathy, Garretson; and Douglas Munk and his wife, Mariann, Sioux Falls; and his eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers, six sisters and one great granddaughter.

Funeral services were held on Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 at First Baptist Church, with Pastors Dennis and Glennys Klumper officiating. Interment was held at the Dell Rapids Cemetery.

Casketbearers were Rita May, Todd Munk, Bonnie Quissel, Joni Skelly, Jeff Crisp, Kerry Montgomery, Jon Crisp and Michelle Gilbert.

Contributed on 4/24/09

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Submitted: 4/24/09 • Approved: 1/24/24 • Last Updated: 1/27/24 • R7460-G7459-S3

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