Casket bearers will be Gurney’s grandsons, Craig Lorenz, Wade Lorenz, Christopher Lorenz, Jeff Schlechte, Mark Schlechte, Ryan Mainquist and Darin Mainquist.

Visitation will be 4-7 p.m., Friday, at St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Gurney died May 28, 2023, at Osmond General Hospital.

Stonacek Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

Gurney was born July 12, 1928, at rural Winside, the youngest child of Frank and Sadie (Bowles) Lorenz. He attended rural schools, completing the course of study at School District 82, Wayne County, and was awarded his diploma May 24, 1941. Upon completion of his graduation, he began farming with his father, and his lifelong occupation of tilling the soil. He married Mary Ann Olson May 15, 1949, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Carroll. Gurney and Mary Ann resided with their three children at four local-area farms, the last located two and one-half miles west of Randolph, before retiring to the city in 2000.

Gurney is survived by his three children, Sandy (Gene) Schlechte, Waco; Sally (Randall) Mainquist, Hesston, Kan.; and Les Lorenz, McLean; grandsons, Jeff Schlechte, Waco; Mark Schlechte, York; Ryan Mainquist, Blue Springs, Miss.; Darin (Melissa) Mainquist, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Craig (Jennifer) Lorenz, Axtell; Wade Lorenz, Villa Grove, Ill.; and Chris Lorenz, Randolph; seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Sadie; wife, Mary Ann, in 2020; two sisters, Anna and Dora; and a brother in infancy; sisters and brothers-in-law, Nannie (Earl) Shipley, Norfolk; Bessie (Forest) Nettleton, Carroll; Phyllis (John) Hamm,f Carroll; Margret (Ervin) Wittler, Carroll; Twila (Ernest) Sands, Laurel; and brother and sister-in-law, Fred (Bernie) Lorenz, Hoskins.

In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to the Randolph Rescue Squad Trust Fund.