OBITUARY: Roman F. Gerk, 1919-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; July 15, 1997]




                            Roman F. Gerk

OSAGE, IOWA-- Roman F. Gerk, age 78, died Sunday July 13, (1997) at the
Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. 

Funeral services will be held today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with
the Rev. John Hemann officiating. Burial will be in Visitation Cemetery,
Stacyville, Iowa.

Roman was born July 4, 1919, in Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa.

Survivors include his wife, Alice of Osage; four daughters, Dorothy Kern of
Des Moines; Ruth Gerk of Des Moines; Mary Koch of Des Moines, and Elaine
Landherr of Stacyville; four sons, James Gerk of Osage; Kenneth Gerk of
Osage; Thomas Gerk of Osage and Steven Gerk of Osage; and 12 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

The Champion Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge of arrangements. 



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