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Gladys L. Berven Gjerde 1919-1995

GJERDE, BERVEN, SCHWARTZ, LARSON, JOHNSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/29/2012 at 02:02:13

Gladys Gjerde
Spirit Lake – Services for Gladys L. Gjerde, 75, of Spirit Lake will be held today, Thursday, July 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Spirit Lake with the Rv. Walter B. Hamer officiating. Interment will be held at 1:30 p.m. at Swan Lake Cemetery, Gruver. She died Monday, July 10.

She was born on December 20, 1919, the daughter of George and Minnie (Schwartz) Berven in Estherville. She graduated from Maple Hill High School and the Estherville Junior College. She taught school for a few years and was united in marriage to Orville A. Gjerde on May 30, 1942 in Wallingford. Following their marriage the couple made their home in Gruver and moved to Spirit Lake in 1973.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Spirit Lake and the Presbyterian Womens Group.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Phillip (Carolyn) Larson of Winona, Minn.; three sons, Dennis of Estherville; Glenn of Spirit Lake and Larry of Okoboji; nine grandchildren; three great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Vernon (Frieda) Johnson of Estherville; two brothers, Albert Berven of Estherville and Donald Berven of Graettinger.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on May 17, 1995; an infant daughter and one brother. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, July 13, 1995)


 

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