Help Us Honor David Gunter's Final Wishes and Life

My name is Kayla and I’m David Gunters eldest daughter. Out of the four he has. Which is Juliana, Jordan, and Abby.

our father was an extraordinary human being. Full of jokes, pure sarcasm and smartassery, and love. He was the kind of person you either loved, or looked at him like what’s up with this guy lol. But that was very very far few in between because everyone he encountered seems to automatically have love for him because how could you not when someone could make anybody laugh? He left a mark on so many people’s lives. Whether it be something as simple as a compliment, telling you a joke, singing someone a song and dancing with you in the kitchen over it, or lending a helping hand in ANY way he possibly could. Even if it meant breaking his own back to do so. He’d give the shirt off his back to anyone. And everybody who knew him could attest to that.

my father struggled with so many health problems over the years. From the very start of his life 50 years ago was heart issues and it’s just continued to be a huge part of his life. Given He’s had four open heart surgeries. He’s had many more surgeries to boot on top of those. There’s a lot that’s happened behind closed doors that people aren’t aware of and not everyone is aware to the extent of his health issues he had. Which ultimately cost him his life. And given the unfortunate circumstances, our family does not know what truly took his life. They only want to make an assumption on paper which is cardiac arrest given what happened the night he had passed away so unexpectedly. And we simply can not afford $6,000+ for a private autopsy because due to the countless health problems our father had, they didn’t deem it necessary to do one for free.

Im making this gofundme on behalf of my sisters and I, to help ease the unfortunate financial burden of the cost of this. While our love for our father has absolutely no limit, this was completely unexpected and we’ve researched any possibilities on life insurance he said he had. And the only one we could find, had lapsed in 2023. So everything has to be paid for out of pocket.

my father made is specifically clear what he wanted if he passed away. Even though I always tried to avoid the conversation, he didn’t give me a choice but to listen and I’m honestly glad he didn’t because had he not I wouldn’t know where to even start with this.

his wishes were;

he wanted to be cremated and his ashes to be sprinkled in specific locations.

he wanted a celebration of life on his behalf. Where everybody gets together and talks about all of the good and fun memories we’ve had with him. He wanted people to laugh, play music and eat good food.

he also told me countless times, with insurance money left over, (which unfortunately we we were not able to receive) that he wanted me and my sisters specifically to take a trip together. Even if it was just a weekend. And to get along, have fun, and talk about the good memories we had with him and just bond.

he wanted his family to come together including my sisters and I. And I want him to get EVERYTHING he wanted and more. Because he deserves it.

the money I’m trying to raise would go to helping give him a beautiful celebration of life. Which will be done at creekside park because that place held something special close to his heart. We made many memories there together with our father since we were kids. Our dad took us there very often growing up. Specifically the basketball court was his favorite and it’s where he also taught me how to play. So it will be held there. But we want it to be a very nice celebration.

it would also help pay for his cremation, the urns as well will need to purchase four+ since he has four daughters, as well as family who need to carry him close to their hearts including our uncle which is his brother, his neice, our grandparents, my three children who my father was so close to, and the list goes on. We are hoping there would be enough money for my sisters and I to each purchased a necklace to hold a small portion of his ashes as well so we can hold his memory close to our hearts that way as well. And the cost just simply adds up.

if youre able to help any at all, we would be so grateful. This is such an unexpected and painful loss to our family. And there’s going to be a huge hole that will never be filled for the rest of our lives. But even if you can’t donate, any prayers and thoughts and condolences are so much appreciated. As we are struggling with this heavily right now.

thank you for taking the time to read this if you have. And thank you all so much for the kind words and support.