Paul Edward Gehrke 1913 - 1996

Paul Edward Gehrke of Chowchilla, Madera County, CA was born on January 2, 1913 in Wilsey, Morris Co County, KS to Carl John August Gehrke and Sophia Frederika (Bruckner) Gehrke. Paul Gehrke had siblings Arthur Gustav Gehrke, Oscar Lewis Gehrke, Harvey Herman Gehrke, Edwin Bernard Gehrke, Lowell E Gehrke, Leland Carl Gehrke, Lowell Eugene Gehrke, and Juanita Sophia (Gehrke) Tousignant. He married Lila Jo (Moore) Chavez on July 25, 1935 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co County, KS and they later divorced. They had children Paul Edward Gehrke Jr, Lois Lee (Gehrke) Davidson, Phyllis Irene (Gehrke) Camoroda, and Alice Lorrian (Gehrke) Lawrence. He also married Elsie Victoria Gehrke. Paul Gehrke died at age 83 years old on July 2, 1996 in Chowchilla, Madera Co County, CA, and was buried in July 1996 at Chowchilla Cemetery in Chowchilla.