OBITUARY: LuAnn Gerlach 1945-1965, Mitchell County, Iowa


                           LuAnn Gerlach

LuAnn Gerlach, 20 died of Rare Illness, Nursing Fellowship Honors Her 
Memory. (Dec. 8, 1965) 

Funeral services for a young St. Ansgar woman and nursing student at the 
college of nursing at the University of Iowa, LuAnn Gerlach 20, were held 
Saturday afternoon at the St. Ansgar Methodist Church. Miss Gerlach died 
last Thursday morning at the University hospitals in Iowa City of a rare 
and incurable blood cancer, a type of leukemia. It was learned that her's 
was only the seventh such case of this disease know to medical history. 

The Rev. Lloyd Brockmeyer, church pastor, was assisted in the service by 
the Rev. Richard Pearson, a former pastor of the St. Ansgar Methodist 
Church. A memorial service was held at the First Methodist church in Iowa 
City. Burial was in the St. Ansgar cemetery. 

LuAnn Gerlach was born Oct. 26, 1945, at Nissen Hospital in Osage, the 
daughter of Gene W. and Norma Rosel Gerlach.  She was baptized in December, 
1945, by the Rev. Milton Northdurft, and was confirmed at the Methodist 
church in St. Ansgar in May, 1959, by the Rev. M. Pearson. 

Miss Gerlach was active in 4-H club work for several years served as Mitchell 
County resident of Girls' 4-H in 1961; was presented the DAR Good Citizenship 
award on the county level and went on to win the Iowa award in 1963; and the 
same year was elected to serve as St. Ansgar community high school Homecoming 
and Band Festival Queen titles. Following her graduation from St. Ansgar 
high school she enrolled at the university college of nursing; and was a 
member of Pi Beta Phi social sorority; served as the sorority's house 
manager and recruiting chairman, and was elected to the university's 
campus-wide central party committee for her junior year, 1965-1966. 

LuAnn Gerlach is survived by her parents, one brother, Gary G. of 
Washington, D. C., and one grandmother, Mrs. Anna Rosel of St. Ansgar. 

To honor and perpetuate the memory of Miss Gerlach her parents and brother 
have established the LuAnn Gerlach Memorial Nursing Fellowship, an annual 
$250 grant will be awarded by her brother Gary Gerlach, under the direction 
of the college of nursing at the university, to benefit a deserving 
undergraduate student at the college. 






Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
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