De MARIS, Gerald Richard

DE MARIS, HARRISON, PALMER, MONTGOMERY, CHISHOLM, HARRIS, EVERIST, DRAEGER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/6/2016 at 09:06:34

Obituary ~ Gerald Richard De Maris
April 29, 1937 ~ April 02, 1996

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
April 04, 1996

Gerald Richard De Maris, 58, of 3469 78th St., Inver Grove Heights, Minn. 55076, died Tuesday (April 2, 1996) at his home.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7600 Cahill Ave., Inver Grove Heights, with the Rev. Orval Osmundson officiating. Interment will be in Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

English, Meeker, Kandt Funeral Home, 140 Eighth Ave N., South St. Paul, Minn., is in charge of arrangements.

Gerald Richard De Maris was born April 29, 1937, in Mason City, Iowa, the son of F. Albert and Edith Marie (Harrison) De Maris.

Gerald De Maris was formerly from Mason City. He attended schools in the Mason City area.

He worked for Mitchell Transport in Mason City. He was a school bus driver in Inver Grove Heights.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann De Maris of Inver Grove Heights; his children, Mary E. De Maris of Mason City; Melissa Palmer and her husband, Michael, of Mason City; Shari De Maris of Chicago, Ill.; and Rachel De Maris of Mason City; Jeremy De Maris, and Gabrielle De Maris, both of Inver Grove Heights; step-children, Joan Montgomery, Peter Montgomery, Chris Montgomery and Jesse Chisholm; two grandchildren, Jessica Palmer and Erin Palmer, both of Mason City; two brothers, Leo De Maris of Florida, and Patrick De Maris of Colorado; and three sisters, Claudine Harris of California, Margaret Everist of California and Audrey Draeger of Minnesota.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edith and F. Albert De Maris; one sister, Patricia; two brothers, David De Maris and Douglas De Maris; an infant brother; and one infant grandson, Matthew Palmer.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2016