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Gerald Ward Berkenbosch

11 Sep 1899 – 8 Jan 1968

Birth	11 Sep 1899
Death	8 Jan 1968
Cemetery	Hewitt Cemetery Reasnor , Jasper County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Ron Steenhoek on 17 Sep 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58299669

Bio

Gerald Berkenbosch, 68, of Reasnor, a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died early Saturday in University Hospitals in Iowa City. Funeral services were held Monday in Toland Funeral Home in Newton. Mrs. Ron Toppenberg was the organist. Pallbearers were Duane Hendricks, Larry Hendricks, William steenhoek, Robert Sheeler, Ivan Sheeler, and Kenneth Kingdon. The Rev. Raymond Moore, minister of the Reasnor Methodist Church, conducted the services. Burial was in Hewitt Cemetery near Reasnor. Survivors are his wife Gladys; three son's, Howard, Harold and Carroll all of Newton, Iowa; a daughter Mrs. Blake (June) Carnahan of Reasnor, Iowa; 13 grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Lela Roberts of Praire City, Iowa; Mrs. Henry (Vera) Steenhoek of Monroe, Iowa; Mrs. Joe (Hazel) Tomlonovic of near Newton, Iowa; Mrs. Freeman (Wilma) Hendricks of Reasnor, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Mrs. Ed Franks, and a granddaughter. Mr. Berkenbosch was a member of the Methodist Church and the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. He was a trucker and former employee of the Parsons and Maytag Companies in Newton. The son of Jacob Ward and LuCinda Wood Berkenbosch, he was born September 11, 1899, near Monroe, Iowa. He was married to Gladys Sheeler April 5, 1922, in Reasnor, Iowa. Mr. Berkenbosch had resided in Reasnor, Iowa for the past 41 years.

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Family

Parents

• Jacob Ward "Jake" Berkenbosch 1869–1952
• Lucinda Alice "Peg" Wood Berkenbosch 1873–1956

Spouse

• Gladys Sheeler Berkenbosch 1899–1999 FaG

Siblings

• Lela Mae Berkenbosch Roberts 1894–1979
• Vera Pauline Berkenbosch Steenhoek 1901–1983
• Fern Arlene Berkenbosch Franks 1903–1964
• Hazel Lucinda Berkenbosch Tomlonovic 1905–1996
• Wilma Alice Berkenbosch Jensma 1911–2002

Children

• Mary June Berkenbosch Carnahan 1924–2003 FaG
• Howard Gerald Berkenbosch 1926–2013 FaG
• Harold L "Red" Berkenbosch 1929–1989 FaG
• Carroll Duane "Berkey" Berkenbosch 1935–1970 FaG

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