Evelyn (Junk) Gerardy

JUNK, PORTZ, GERARDY, RUFF, MICHELS, JACKSON, HEIM, WATTERS, STEINES, FUEGEN, REISTROFFER, MANDERS

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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - September 7, 2003
Deceased Name: Evelyn S. Gerardy

BELLEVUE, Iowa - Evelyn S. Gerardy, 89, of Bellevue, died Friday morning, Sept. 5, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center- Dubuque.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue, with the Rev. Stephen Meyer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at Kingery Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Bellevue.

She was born on May 4, 1914, in Guttenberg, daughter of Mathias and Anna (Portz) Junk.

She married John Gerardy on Aug. 18, 1931, in Springbrook; he preceded her in death on Jan. 13, 1974. They farmed four miles east of Springbrook, until moving to Bellevue in 1965.

She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and its Rosary Society. She also was a member of the Bellevue Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary and the Bellevue Senior Citizens.

Surviving are three sons, Roger (Lois) Gerardy, of Dubuque, Gene (Joan) Gerardy, of Bellevue, and John (Rosina) Gerardy, of Eldridge; three daughters, Lorraine (Lloyd) Ruff, of Bellevue, Betty (Joseph) Michels, of Dubuque, and Janis Jackson, of Bettendorf; 45 grandchildren, 73 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Audrey Heim, of Maquoketa, and La Verne Watters and Algean Steines, both of Bellevue; and a brother, Dwain (Marcella) Junk, of Bellevue.

She also was preceded in death by a son, David; a daughter, Shirley Fuegen; a granddaughter, Mary Ann; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ardo and Marvin Junk; and three sisters, Julitta Reistroffer, Marie Kilburg and Vivian Manders.

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