Funeral services for Marge Gunter, 92, of Chamberlain, SD will be 2:00 pm Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chamberlain with burial in the Riverview Cemetery at Chamberlain, SD.  Visitation will begin Friday at 6:00 pm with a prayer service at 8:00 pm at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chamberlain.

Marge Lily Aljets was born to Hiram and Minnie (Feeken) Aljets on the family farm at Nobles County, Minnesota on November 16, 1927.

Marge attended school in Luverne, MN and graduated as Valedictorian from Luverne High School in 1945.  While in Luverne, Marge worked at Adams Produce, candling eggs and separating cream where she met the love of her life Harold L. "Butch" Gunter.  They were united in marriage on November 16, 1945.

In 1949, Marge and Butch moved to Chamberlain, SD.  In her younger years, Marge was a member of the local Birthday Club, Pitch club, and on a local bowling team.

She was a lifelong member of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church always active in the Ladies Aide.

Marge was an avid fisherman up until she could no longer get herself to her favorite fishing spot.  She was always along the shoreline doing what she loved most  Marge also had a special talent for taking pieces of old furniture and restoring them back to life.

Marge passed away on August 26, 2020 peacefully with her family beside her at Sanford Medical Center in Chamberlain at the age of 92 years.  Gratefully sharing her life are her three sons Steve Gunter and Karen of Piedmont, SD, Gary Gunter of Chamberlain, SD, and Dan Gunter and Liz of Corona, CA; daughter Vicki Stethem of Chamberlain, SD; 14 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; her sister Minnie Axtell; and two special sisters-in-law Audrey Aljets of Brandon, SD and Etoyle Aljets of Valley Springs, SD.

Preceding her in death were her husband Harold L. "Butch" Gunter Sr.; son Harold L. "Butchie" Gunter Jr.; son-in-law Russ Stethem; parents Hiram and Minnie Aljets; grandson Raymond Russell Gunter; granddaughter Jamie Leigh Brown; three brothers Fritz, Henry "Hank", and Raymond Aljets; two sisters Marie Clark and Darlene Aljets.