GETTY, Gerald E. 1939-2001

GETTY, ROBERTS, GRAF, CRIDER, ELLIOTT, GORDON, KEITH, WERKMEISTER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/8/2012 at 14:38:37

Gerald E. Getty, was born October 24, 1939 in Freeport, Illinois, the son of Fred and Florence (Folgate) Getty. He died Monday, June 11, 2001, at Sartori Memorial Hospital, at 61 years of age.

He married Betty June Roberts in December of 1958. They were later divorced. Gerald married Betty Louise Graf on August 28, 1982 in Waterloo, Iowa.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1958-1962. Gerald was employed at Control-O-Fax for 35 years, serving as Plant Manager in California from 1968-1976 and in Georgia from 1976-1981. He was employed at Congdon Printing Company in Cedar Falls for the past 10 years. Gerald served on the Board of Directors for the Sturgis Falls Celebration, the Cedar Falls Community Credit Union and Junior Achievement of Black Hawk Land. He was also involved with the United Way, Boy Scouts of America and the Red Cross.

Survivors include his wife, Betty L. Getty, Cedar Falls; one son, John Paul Getty, Bakersfield, CA; two daughters, Julie Crider, Kerrville, TX and Tamela Elliott, Atlanta, GA; two stepdaughters, Tamre Gordon, Janesville, IA and Angela Keith of California; three grandsons: Cody, Christopher, and Casey Crider; four step grandchildren: Ryan and Amber Gordon, Alisha Keith and Tanner Wood; two brothers, Duane Getty, Dallas, TX and his twin, Harold Getty, Waterloo; and one sister, Mary Ellen Werkmeister, Waterloo.

Gerald was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services were 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2001, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 207 W. Louise St., Waterloo. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Cedar Falls, where military committal rites were conducted by Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49.

A memorial fund will be established.

[Obituary by Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]