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Genevieve A. "Genie" Goeken Gerken

15 Mar 1920 – 31 Aug 2012

Birth	15 Mar 1920
Death	31 Aug 2012
Cemetery	Saint Anthony Cemetery Cuming County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Anonymous on 04 Jun 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96364346

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Genevieve A. Gerken, 92, of West Point, died August 31, 2012, at St. Francis Memorial Hpspital. Funeral Mass will be at St. Anthony's Catholic Church at St. Charles, NE with Rev. Gerald Gonderinger as Celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Anthony's Cemetery. Stokely Funeral Home in West Point in charge of arrangements. Genevieve "Genie" Gerken was born March 15, 1920 in St. Charles Township near St. Anthony's Catholic Church to Henry and Katherine (Maly) Goeken. She attended school at Guardian Angels in West Point and worked on the family farm north of town. On October 9, 1940, Genie married Leo Gerken at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The couple farmed near St. Charles where Genie was an active farm wife. She worked at St. Francis Memorial Hospital for 30 years and was a charter member of the West Point Rescue in 1971. She was active in church as an EMHC and was also a CCD teacher. Genie was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church and Guild. She is survived by her children Dorothy (Joe) of Reno, NV, Mary Jean (Tom) Rinker of Boylston, MA, Mildren (Leo) Mausbach of Mesa, AZ, Robert of Wakefield, Eileen Wilson of Fremont, Michael of West Point, Steven (Marlene) of Beemer and Diane (Dudley) Persson of Oakland; brother Jerome (Gladys) Goeken of Omaha; sister Magdalene Seeman of Lincoln; sisters in law Clara Wiesen and Marie Gerken of West Point and Ann Ernesti of Norfolk; 27 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Leo in 2010; sons Richard in 1978 and Donald in 1985; brothers Wenzel, Andrew, Tom and Ben Goeken; sisters Sr. Frances Goeken, Sr. Adele Goeken and Caroline Heywood.

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Family

Parents

• Henry Goeken 1875–1955
• Kathryn Margaret Maly Goeken 1888–1985

Spouse

• Leo C Gerken 1914–2010

Siblings

• Wenzel Henry Goeken 1909–1996
• Sr Frances Mary Goeken 1910–1995
• Andrew A Goeken 1913–1990
• Sr Adele Gertrude Goeken 1914–2006
• Caroline Margaret Goeken Heywood 1916–2012
• Rose Goeken 1918–1918
• John Goeken 1919–1919
• Thomas John Goeken 1921–2004
• Benedict William "Ben" Goeken 1926–2012
• Jerome Francis "Jerry" Goeken 1927–2016
• Magdalen Johanna "Maggie" Goeken Seeman 1929–2017

Children

• Robert Leo Gerken 1948–2021
• Richard J. Gerken 1952–1978
• Donald Jerome Gerken 1958–1985

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