February 3, 2021
Gudrun Gerlinde Lounsbury, 85, a devoted wife and mother, died at 9:20 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in her home in Lewes. She was born July 2, 1935, in Elkins Park, Pa., to George and Bertha Krauss. She married William Bicknell Lounsbury Dec. 19, 1959.
Gudrun “Goody” or “Lynn” grew up in Elkins Park and earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology (with a minor in biology) from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1957. She then worked at the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University. Goody and Bill started their family in Pittsburgh, Pa., before moving to Baltimore, Md., in 1964. In 1997, they built their dream home surrounded by nature on Love Creek in Lewes.