Mrs. ELDO (Ceasil Schutte) GERICKE 1901-1995

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Date: 1/5/2007 at 20:35:29

Mrs. ELDO (Ceasil Schutte) GERICKE 1901-1995

Mrs. Eldo Gericke

Funeral services for Mrs. Eldo Gericke were held Monday, October 30, 1995 at 11:00 a.m. in St. Paul Lutheran Church at Postville, Iowa. The Reverend Charles W. Miller officiated. Joann Martins was the organist. The Schutte Funeral Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements. Interment was in the Postville Cemetery.

Ceasil Lizzie Minnie Gericke, daughter of Fred and Lena (Schroeder) Schutte, was born January 25, 1901 in Clayton County, near Luana, Iowa. She died Friday, October 27, 1995 in the Good Samaritan Center at Postville, Iowa. She had reached the age of 94 years, 9 months, and 2 days.

She was baptized May 12, 1901 by the Reverend P. L. Bockelmann in St. Paul Lutheran Church at Postville and confirmed there on September 5, 1915 by the Reverend E. Schmidt. Ceasil attended a country school near her home and also the Luana Consolidated School.

On September 23, 1924, she was married to Eldo John Gericke by the Reverend Schmidt at Postville, Iowa. Lillian Meier Moon and Eldo Schutte were their attendants. They had three children. Eldo and Ceasil farmed for many years between Luana and Postville. During the mid-1930's, they moved to Postville.

Ceasil had been employed at the Postville Telephone office, Huebner's, Koevenig's and Harold Schroeder's grocery store, and then had worked in the kitchen at Community Memorial Hospital in Postville for seven years. She enjoyed visiting with her neighbors and liked to have them stop in for coffee. Ceasil had a special love for her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Eldo, who died in 1987, a daughter, Marlene May Gericke, who died in infancy, a son, LaMont Gericke and three brothers, Louie Schutte, Arnold Schutte and Emmet (Pete) Schutte.

Surviving is a son, Vernon Gericke and his wife, Marty, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a daughter-in-law, Fern Gericke Kephart and her husband, Floyd, of Monticello, IA; 4 grandchildren, Lynda Martin of Decorah, IA, Laurel and her husband, Dean Ohloff, of Postville, Susan and her husband, Steve Rogers, of Danville, IA, and Karen and her husband, Lee Frantz, of Derby, KS; 7 great grandchildren, Aaron, Seth and Arica Ohloff, Michael and Scot Rogers and Courtney and Allison Frantz and a brother, Eldo Schutte and his wife, Verla, of Postville.

Ceasil waa lifetime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, a member of the Women of the ELCA, serving as Secretary from 1948 to 1950, and taught Sunday School for many years.

Casket bearers were Bennett Lange, Burnell Sander, Marlin Schutte, Dan Ohloff, Gerald Guyer, John Dean, Jeff Lange.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.
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