Eleanor Alice Peake Guenthner

Eleanor Alice Peake

Guenthner, a hardy girl

from the prairies of North

Dakota, was born on April

27, 1917 in Bismarck,

North Dakota to Dewey

Scott Peake and Alice

(Moore) Peake. Eleanor

passed away October 4 at

the age of 101 at Good

Samaritan Society,

Mohall, North Dakota.

She was raised and at-

tended school in Mandan,

North Dakota where she

graduated from Mandan

High School in 1935. She

graduated from Jack’s

Business College in

Bismarck and then

worked at the Capitol.

She married Herbert

Adam Guenthner on Sep-

tember 24, 1936 at St.

Joseph’s Catholic Church

in Mandan. They moved

to Minot, North Dakota in

March of 1940, where she

raised her five children.

They lived in Eastwood

Park while her husband

served in the Navy during

WWII, and then moved to

their home on South Hill

near Washington School

(now torn down). Mr.

Guenthner passed away

in Minot on November 12,

1982.

She was active in St.

Leo’s Church and school.

She was president of St.

Leo’s PTA in 1953 and

1954, secretary of St. Leo’s

Confraternity and a Girl

Scout leader. She loved to

travel. Her hobbies in-

cluded sewing, knitting

and gardening. She was

an accomplished bridge

player.

She is survived by her

daughters Janice

Guenthner of Caldwell,

Idaho and Jean Anderson

of Weston, Wisconsin; her

sons Bill (Cindy) of Hock-

essin, Delaware and John

(Peggy) of Lynchburg, Vir-

ginia; thirteen grandchil-

dren, twenty-nine great-

grandchildren and four

great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in

death by her parents, her

husband Herb, brother

James Peake, and sisters

Jean Bostow Bryant,

Kathryn Bogenrief, and

Rose Margaret Johnson,

and son-in-law Rodney

Anderson. Her son Dewey

passed away in 2010.

A memorial service will

be held at a later date.

Burial will be in Rosehill

Cemetery in Minot, North

Dakota.

Thompson Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot.