OBITUARY:  Geraline Dockstader, Mitchell County, Iowa

[St. Ansgar Enterprise Journal online -- January 10, 2002 ]


                Geraline Dockstader Graveside Service
           
Graveside service services for Geraline "Gerry" Ferrell Dockstader, 83, who
died December 23, 2001, will be held Friday, January 4, 2002 in Webster City.

Geraline was born in Webster City, August 1918 to Maye Ado Thompson and
Walter Jason Roger Ferrell. She attended grade schools in Des Moines as well
as Roosevelt High School.  She met Doc W.B. Dockstader at Iowa State
University, graduated in 1940, and married in 1941.

Geraline received many awards working with organizations and was president
or committee chairperson of each. She was an avid bridge player since college.

Several moves ensued following "Doc" before he went to Germany during World
War II.  Many more moves occurred throughout the United States from
Washington State through the Midwest, then 18 years in Washington, D.C.,
and more recently spending 21 years in San Diego.

Gerry is survived by her husband "Doc" Dockstader now living with daughter
Carolyn Stewart-Prinzing in Frenchtown, Montana; son Steven W. Dockstader of
Peach Tree City, Georgia; daughter Sue Higgins of Frederick, Maryland; sister
Maxine F. Virden of Des Moines; grandchildren, Chad E. Stewart of Carlsbad,
New Mexico; Dirk O. Stewart of Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Bryon T.
Dockstader of Portchester, New York; and Heather D. Dockstader in college
in New York.

Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society or Rancho Bernardo
Community Presbyterian Church.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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