Evelyn A. Kunde, 86, of Kenyon died Friday, March 1st, 2024 at Three Links Care Center in Northfield, MN.
Evie was born on February 9th, 1938 in Wanamingo Township on the family homestead. She attended country school through 8th grade and graduated from Wanamingo High School in 1955. After high school, she moved to the Twin Cities where she worked for the State of Minnesota for 3 years. On May 2nd, 1959 she united in marriage to Lloyd Kunde at Hauge Lutheran Church in Kenyon. They made their home in the rural Kenyon area, where she helped on their dairy farm for 14 years before going to work for Foldcraft Company in Kenyon in 1967 until the birth of her youngest, Steve, and then returned to the company shortly after and continued to work there until her retirement in 2006. Evie’s pride and joy was her family. She so enjoyed when her grandchildren and great grandchildren came to visit. She loved getting together with extended family for birthdays,
anniversaries, reunions, or really any kind of celebration. She enjoyed the many trips with Lloyd throughout the country using their timeshare weeks, especially when they traveled to Hawaii for 2 weeks. Perhaps the highlight of those travels was their trips to Florida with their grandchildren. She was a fan of the local high school sports teams and attended the state boys basketball tournament for many years. She also was a fan of all the Minnesota sports teams and especially enjoyed watching the Vikings, Twins, and Gopher teams. She was a member of the Kenyon Booster Club for many years, even being named as Booster Family of the Year once.
Evie is survived by her husband of 64 years, Lloyd, her children, David (Darcy Roy), Mark, and Kathleen, all of Kenyon, daughter-in-law, Francine of Chaska, grandchildren, Brian Bartel of Zumbrota, Jennifer Kunde of Rochester, and Sage Kunde of Kenyon. Greatgrandchildren, Shontell (Kaden) Lukes, Joe Murdock, and Jaxson Smidt, all of Rochester, Maxwell Feasel of Kenyon, and Calvin Feasel of Deland, FL, sister-in-law Peggy Nelson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Helen Nelson, son Steven Kunde, sisters Stella Berg, Gladys Ullevig, and Grace Nelson, brothers Harris Nelson and Roger Nelson, brother-in-laws Alvin Berg and Robert Ullevig, sister-in-law Henrietta Nelson, nephew Gary Berg and niece Susan Berg .
Funeral services were held at 1;00 PM on Friday, March 8, 2024, at Holden Lutheran Church. Visitation started at 11:00 AM on Friday the 8th at the church. Burial was in the Holden Lutheran Cemetery.
