Gunsaulis v. Tingler

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The question in this appeal is whether the plaintiff-widow is entitled to certificates of deposit and a balance in a pension fund formerly owned by her deceased husband.

Fred H. Gunsaulis, born in 1902, taught school during his adult life, mainly in Du-buque, Iowa. His first marriage ended in divorce. He never had children. His closest blood relative was his niece, Harriett Tingler.

Mr. Gunsaulis married a second time in 1943, to Ricca Powers. She was born in 1893. Her first husband, by whom she had four children, died in 1936. At the time she married Mr. Gunsaulis, her…