Edwin Bernard Gehrke 1914 - 1971

Edwin Bernard Gehrke was born on July 22, 1914 in Ramona, Marion Co County, KS to Carl John August Gehrke and Sophia Frederika (Bruckner) Gehrke, and had siblings Arthur Gustav Gehrke, Paul Edward Gehrke, Oscar Lewis Gehrke, Harvey Herman Gehrke, Lowell E Gehrke, Leland Carl Gehrke, Lowell Eugene Gehrke, and Juanita Sophia (Gehrke) Tousignant. He married Dorothy Mary (Bickel) Gehrke on August 15, 1937 in Woodbine, Dickinson Co County, KS, and had children Roslyn Dorothy (Gehrke) Mars, Eugene Ed Gehrke, Carol Sue (Gehrke) Briggerman, and Mary Louise (Gehrke) Selover. Edwin Gehrke died at age 56 years old on April 14, 1971 in Simi Valley, CA, and was buried on April 17, 1971 at Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth, Los Angeles County.