Stortz, Gerald 1934 - 2015
STORTZ, UTHOFF, SCHACHERER, MLADY, BOHR, WALKER, GARWOOD, REICKS, BRUNKHORST, HANSEL, MCINTYRE, FAIRCHILD, NESTEBY, AASUM, VATLAND, NORDHEIM, NIERLING
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 3/20/2015 at 10:20:26
Jerry Stortz, age 80, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, March 16, 2015, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, IA.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 21, 2015, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, IA.
Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, and also after 9:30 a.m., at the church on Saturday morning.
Jerry is survived by his wife: Ruth Stortz. Five children: Kathryn (Jay) Uthoff, Decorah, IA, Debra (Mike) Schacherer, Decorah, IA, Randall (Theresa) Stortz, Decorah, IA, Susan (Marinus) Mlady, Cresco, IA, and Heidi (Kevin) Bohr, Ossian, IA. Twenty-one grandchildren: Megan (Nathan) Walker, Andrew (Jennie) Uthoff, Matthew Uthoff; Samuel, Maleah, and Zachary Garwood, Travis and Nicholas Schacherer; Derrick (and friend, Carley) Stortz, Dustin (Erica) Stortz, Darren (and fiancé, Lizzy) Stortz, Trisha (Cody Reicks) Stortz; Kara (Tim) Brunkhorst, Courtney (Nathan) Hansel, Brittany (Travis) McIntyre; William, Dawn, Samantha, Anita, Trevin, and Ella Bohr. Eight great-grandchildren. One sister: Marilyn Reicks, Gentry, Arkansas. Brothers and sisters-in-law: Merton Fairchild, Canton, MN, Phyllis and Jim Nesteby, Decorah, IA, Ellen and Bud Aasum, Mabel, MN, Evelyn and Mervin Vatland, Wautoma, WI, Kenneth and Gloria Nordheim, Decorah, IA, Robert and Doris Nordheim, Neenah, WI, Ardith and Dean Nierling, Decorah, IA, along with many special nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred and Nellie Stortz, son-in-law John Garwood, grandson Greg Mlady, granddaughter Hope Bohr, brother Charles (Norma) Stortz, his father and mother-in-law Wallace and Ulah Nordheim, and sister-in-law Shirley Fairchild.
Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database
St. Benedict Cemetery
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