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Otto Herman Gehrke Jr 1923 - 1987

Otto Herman Gehrke Jr was born on September 10, 1923 in Herington, Dickinson County, KS to Otto Freidrich Herman Gehrke and Clara Bertha Wilhelmina (Brockmeier) Gehrke, and had siblings Esther Bertha (Gehrke) Pine, Roy Edward Gehrke, Milton Clarence Gehrke, Clarence Lavern Gehrke, and Richard Robert Gehrke. He married Jeanne Lucille Schrowe on April 9, 1948 in Fullerton, Orange County, CA, and had children Jay C Gehrke and Janet Sue (Gehrke) Czerniewski. Otto Gehrke died at age 63 years old on July 6, 1987 in Herington, Dickinson County, KS, and was buried on July 9, 1987 at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Herington.
Otto Herman Gehrke Jr
September 10, 1923
Herington, Dickinson County, KS
July 6, 1987
Herington, Dickinson County, KS
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  • Introduction

    See headstone on Find A Grave Memorial ID 63236132 under Otto Gehrke, Jr
  • 09/10
    1923

    Birthday

    September 10, 1923
    Birthdate
    Herington, Dickinson County, KS
    Birthplace
  • 07/6
    1987

    Death

    July 6, 1987
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Herington, Dickinson County, KS
    Death location
  • 07/9
    1987

    Gravesite & Burial

    July 9, 1987
    Funeral date
    Sunset Hill Cemetery in Herington, Dickinson County, KS
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    Topeka Capital Wed. July 8, 1987 O.H. GEHRKE Jr. HERINGTON--Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul American Lutheran Church here for O.H. Gehrke Jr., 63 of Pomona, Calif. formerly of Herington. He died of natural causes Monday, July 6, 1987, while working with cattle at the Robert Martin farm six miles south of Herington. Mr. Gehrke worked in the automotive department at the Sears store in Pomona, Calif. He was born Sept. 10, 1923, at Herington, the son of Otto F. and Clara Brockmeier Gehrke. He moved from Herington to California in 1959. Mr. Gehrke was a member of First Lutheran Church at Pomona, Calif. He was married to Jeanne Schrowe April 9, 1947 at Fullerton, Calif. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Janet Czerniewski, Ontario, Calif., a son, Jay Gehrke, Hemet, Calif., three brothers, Milton, Clarence, and Richard Gehrke all of Herington and four grandchildren Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery at Herington. Mr. Gehrke will lie in state from 2 until 8 p.m. today at Puryear-Brockmeier Mortuary in Herington where a family prayer service will be held at 8 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to First Lutheran Church in Pomona, Calif., or to the American Heart Association.
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