Carole
Carole Gunsell
d. June 21, 2003
CAROLE ALBERTINE GUNSELL
Carole Albertine Gunsell, a philanthropist and jeweler, died on June 21, 2003 in Minneapolis. She was 79. She had been suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease for the last fifteen years of her life, said her son, Roderick.
Mrs. Gunsell was the only child of Charles and Ella B. Muggley of Duluth, Minnesota, a first-generation European immigrant. She started her professional career as a figure skater for Shipstead & Johnson Ice Shows in the mid-1940s, and after marrying her husband Raymond, a diamond importer, became an accomplished jeweler in her own right.
Mrs. Gunsell founded numerous charities and volunteer programs, including the development of the volunteer "Candy Stripers" division of the St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was at that hospital that she designed, manufactured and gifted the three, twelve-foot 24-karat gold leafed sculptured angels which celebrated the holiday season and goodwill of the hospital's mission until the hospital's renovation. A steadfast volunteer until late in her life, she contributed her home-grown roses to her church, House of Hope on Summit Avenue, as well as local hospitals, and she was known as the "Queen of the Cotton Candy" for selling the most cotton candy to raise money for the children of Muscular Dystrophy via the Shriner's Circus.
In addition to philanthropic activities, she also was the proud owner of her St. Bernard, Sir Duke, an award-winning show dog.
In addition to her son Roderick, owner and designer of New York City-based couture fashion house of Roderick Studios & Company, Mrs. Gunsell is survived by a son, Terrance, of International Falls, Minnesota, and a daughter, Lana, of Fridley, Minnesota.
Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery Friday 10:00 AM
Memorials may be sent to 244 Fifth Avenue, Suite 249C, New York, NY 10001.
Carole Albertine Gunsell, a philanthropist and jeweler, died on June 21, 2003 in Minneapolis. She was 79. She had been suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease for the last fifteen years of her life, said her son, Roderick.
Mrs. Gunsell was the only child of Charles and Ella B. Muggley of Duluth, Minnesota, a first-generation European immigrant. She started her professional career as a figure skater for Shipstead & Johnson Ice Shows in the mid-1940s, and after marrying her husband Raymond, a diamond importer, became an accomplished jeweler in her own right.
Mrs. Gunsell founded numerous charities and volunteer programs, including the development of the volunteer "Candy Stripers" division of the St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was at that hospital that she designed, manufactured and gifted the three, twelve-foot 24-karat gold leafed sculptured angels which celebrated the holiday season and goodwill of the hospital's mission until the hospital's renovation. A steadfast volunteer until late in her life, she contributed her home-grown roses to her church, House of Hope on Summit Avenue, as well as local hospitals, and she was known as the "Queen of the Cotton Candy" for selling the most cotton candy to raise money for the children of Muscular Dystrophy via the Shriner's Circus.
In addition to philanthropic activities, she also was the proud owner of her St. Bernard, Sir Duke, an award-winning show dog.
In addition to her son Roderick, owner and designer of New York City-based couture fashion house of Roderick Studios & Company, Mrs. Gunsell is survived by a son, Terrance, of International Falls, Minnesota, and a daughter, Lana, of Fridley, Minnesota.
Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery Friday 10:00 AM
Memorials may be sent to 244 Fifth Avenue, Suite 249C, New York, NY 10001.
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