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Kenneth Gerdes
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[January
21, 2010]
CHESTNUT
-- Kenneth Gerdes Sr., 94, of Chestnut, died
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at 7:51 a.m. at
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski, with the Rev. Joel Dietrich
officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior
to the service. |
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Burial will be in Laenna Cemetery, Chestnut.
Mr. Gerdes owned and operated Gerdes
Trucking.
He was born Aug. 7, 1915, in Petersburg to
Alfred and Edith Lolson Gerdes. He married Emma
Evers in Petersburg on Sept. 5, 1937. She
preceded him in death on April 18, 1997.
He is survived by one daughter, Norma Jean
(and Ron) Powers of Pana; three sons, Kenneth W.
Jr. (and Sharon) Gerdes of Mount Pulaski, George
(and Cathy) Gerdes of Chestnut and Robert Gerdes
of Atlanta, Ga.; one sister, Jean Rolle of
Beardstown; 12 grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren and three
step-great-grandchildren; and 13
great-great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one
daughter, Joan Harbert; one grandson; one
sister; and three brothers. |
He was a member of Chestnut Zion Lutheran
Church.
He was a Boy Scout leader for many years.
Memorials may be made to Chestnut EMS.
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