Wilma Faye (Gambell) GORDON ERDMAN

GORDON, ERDMAN, GILBERT, MARTINSON, GAMBELL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2007 at 11:08:30

February 3, 2004

Wilma F. Erdman, 79, of Garner, died on Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at the Concord Care Center. Funeral services were held on Friday, January 23, at the United Methodist Church in Garner, with burial in the Concord Township Cemetery. Wilma Faye Erdman, the daughter of James and Clara (Martinson) Gambell, was born on October 19, 1924 at Forest City. On October 4, 1941, she married Virgil Gordon at Benson, Minnesota. They lived in the Garner area where they raised their family and Wilma worked as a cook. In 1975, she married Harold Erdman. They made their home in Belmond. Wilma returned to Garner in 1981 and continued to work as a cook at several restaurants.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Virgil Ron Gordon; and husbands, Virgil Gordon and Harold Erdman. Survivors include daughters, Twyla Erdman and Diane (Rick) Gilbert both of Garner.

©Belmond Independent 2004