Geraldine Gunkel

Geraldine GunkelGeraldine Gunkel, 90, Tipton, died at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at Autumnwood Extended Care in Tipton.  She was born in Clinton County January 17, 1916, to Bernard & Grace Pickard.  On March 5, 1938 she married Loren Gunkel and he died August 15, 1993.She was a homemaker and a member of the West Street Christian Church.Geraldine is survived by one son, David "Skip" Gunkel and his wife Diane, Tipton; one daughter, Diane Lombardi and her husband, Charles, Milford, Connecticut; two grandchildren, Scott Gunkel, Tipton, and Jennifer Colen and her husband Steve, Tipton; two sisters, Wilma Adair, Frankfort, and Mary Rector, Sheridan.  One son, Ronald Gunkel, one brother, Floyd Pickard, and one sister, Cleo Hatton, are deceased.Her funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 27 at Young-Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Roger Burns-Watson presiding and burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.