Gloria Lorraine Lundgren, 95, of Sioux City, entered into eternal rest on March 19, 2019. Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at First Lutheran Church in Sioux City. A visitation with family will be from 5-7 pm on Monday, March 25, 2019 in the fireside room at the church. Arrangements under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service of Sioux City. Private family burial will be in Brule Creek Lutheran Cemetery, at a later date.

Gloria was a kind and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She was born on January 30, 1924 in Elk Point, SD to Alfred and Hannah (Knudson) Gunderson. Gloria grew up in rural South Dakota on farms near Beresford and Elk Point. Prior to her marriage, she served as nanny to the children of silent film star, Billie Dove in California. At the end of WWII, she returned home to marry the only man she ever dated. Gloria married Chester "Chet" Lundgren in Dakota City, NE in November 1945. Chet died in 1992.

Gloria was an avid quilter who made sure every family member received at least one homemade quilt. She was a life-long Lutheran who was active in church, whether she attended in South Dakota, Sioux City, Clearwater, NE, or Norfolk, NE.

Survivors include her son, Robert of Ravenna, NE; her daughter, Diane Baker of Sioux City; two grandsons, Jon Lundgren and fiance, Stephanie Wanek of Neligh, NE, and Ryan Baker and his wife, Ann of Sioux City; along with six great grandchildren, Christian Lundgren, and Paige, Caleb, Noah, Julia, and Leah Baker; and many nieces and nephews.

Gloria was preceded in death by her husband; parents; daughter-in-law, Linda Lundgren; and siblings, Ruth Ronell, Howard, Russ, Al, and Carroll Gunderson, Mae Zsolczai, and Eleanor Larson.