Gerhard Arnold GABRIELSON

GABRIELSON, SUNDE, PETERSON, ODEGARD, LISKA, MENNENGA, OELTJENBRUNS, KING, REID, BOLLER, REASONER, WADDINGTON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/5/2007 at 23:09:09

Gerhard Arnold Gabrielson, 91, of Belmond, passed away Monday (July 26, 2004) at the Belmond Health Care Center in Belmond. Funeral services for Gerhard Gabrielson will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church near Belmond, with Pastor Lowell Halvorson officiating. Burial will take place at 12:30 p.m. at Belmond Cemetery. Visitation for Gerhard Gabrielson will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Dugger Ewing Funeral Home 111 Luick's Lane S. in Belmond, and one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made in Gerhard's name.

Gerhard, the son of Gabriel and Anna Sunde-Peterson Gabrielson, was born March 24, 1913, near Belmond in Wright County, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Olaf Church rural Belmond. He received his education in rural Wright County schools. Gerhard was united in marriage to Marion Odegard of Waterville, Iowa, on Jan. l5, l938 at St. John's Lutheran parsonage in Waukon, Iowa, by the Rev. P. F. Kjorlaug. They farmed in the Belmond and Waterville areas for more than 30 years. In 1972, they moved to Waukon where Gerhard did painting, drove a school bus, and was foreman for the Allamakee County road workers. In l978, they moved to Belmond. He enjoyed farm life, family, fishing, gardening and flowers. Gerhard was a member of the Switzerland of Iowa Barber Shoppers in Waukon for 13 years. He was an active member of Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church of rural Waterville and was serving as president when he moved to Belmond. He was a faithful member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and sang with the men's chorus for many years. He is survived by his wife, Marion; one son, Dale and wife, Kathleen, of Arlington, Tenn.; two daughters, Marjorie Liska and husband, Cletus, of Clear Lake, and Margaret Mennenga and husband, Larry, of Belmond; seven grandchildren, Duan Mennenga of Chicago, Ill., Daren Mennenga and his wife, Diena, of Belmond, Carolyn Oeltjenbruns and husband, Kraig, of Eagan, Minn., Christine King and husband, Brent, of Urbandale, John Gabrielson and wife, Jennifer, of Arlington, Tenn., Daniel Gabrielson and wife, Andrea, of Arlington, Tenn., Caroline Reid and husband, Roger, of Oakland, Tenn.; great-grandchildren, Jessica, Anna, Brinley, Carly, Jamie, Nathan, Tristan, Ty, and Wyatt: one brother, Lester Gabrielson, of Belmond; two sisters, Beulah Reasoner and Ruby Boller of Belmond; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, James in 1964; grandson, Benjamin, in 1991; three brothers, Tolford, Elmer and Norman Gabrielson; and three sisters, Elizabeth Waddington, Burley Gabrielson and Ruth Boller. Dugger-Ewing Funeral Home.

August 4, 2004
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