Loren Lee Lunders, 63 of Marcus, and formerly of Le Mars, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Heartland Care Center in Marcus.
A celebration of life will be held at Marcus Community Center, 319 N. Main St., on Saturday, Aug. 2. A visitation with family will be from 10-11 a.m. At 11 a.m. a prayer service and speeches in his honor will be done. Dinner to follow with stories of Loren to be told.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sunnybrook Church HOPE Foundation at 5601 Sunnybrook Dr., Sioux City, IA 51106. Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Marcus is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.
In March of this year, Loren was diagnosed with stage four esophageal cancer. It progressed rapidly and unfortunately spread throughout his body. He fought it as hard as he could up until his last breath.
Loren Lee Lunders was born on Sept. 10, 1961, in Cherokee to Ed and Lenora Lunders. He lived on the family farm with his many brothers and sisters south of Cleghorn until age nine, where he then moved north of Marcus to the farmstead. He loved farming and being outside. He never sat still for long. There was always something to be done. When his parents moved to town, he took over the family farm. He worked many jobs and was always known as being a handyman. There wasn’t anything he couldn’t fix. He never kept idle hands.
He welcomed a beautiful daughter, Shelby Lee, into his life in 1991 with his wife Vicki Grashoff. He later raised Shelby on the farm with the help of many family and friends. It was just the two of them for many years. He was a devoted father who did everything in his power to provide the best life he could for her.
In 2013, he sold the farmhouse and moved to Le Mars. He enjoyed working for Sapp Brothers Petroleum delivering fuel. He worked there for many years, up until the day he found out he was sick. He was one of the hardest working men you’d ever meet.
He made many great friends over the years and spent countless hours talking to each and every one of them. We all know how much Loren loved to talk. His friends were his family. He loved riding his motorcycle in any free time he had. He also loved spending time in Mason City with his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. He enjoyed taking his beloved dog, TJ, on car rides and long walks.
Loren is survived by his daughter, Shelby (Joseph) Pohlman; two grandchildren, Royce and McKinley Pohlman; brothers: Jerry (Kathy) Lunders, Dale (Patty) Lunders and Dave (Susanne) Lunders; sisters, Beverly (Bill) Montie and Connie Vaughn; brothers-in-law, Al Honermann and Ed Utesch; as well as many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Lenora Lunders; brother Leroy Lunders; sisters: Dianne Honermann, Susan Burns and Marrilyn Utesch.
