Children:
Fred H. "Fritz" b. Jan. 1897
Hugo J. b. Nov. 1898
After his death in 1903 she married his brother, Fred, abt. 1905, until his death in 1928.
Children:
Helen C. b. 1906
Catherine b. 1909
Funeral notice from IL Genealogy Trails website:
HERMINA GERKEN - Funeral services for Mrs. Hermina Gerken, Sterling, were held Saturday, 1:30 p.m. in the Rock Falls Lutheran Church with Rev. Carl A. Kalkwarf, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Sterling, officiating. Burial was in the Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Herman Oltman was at the organ and Herman Oltman sang, Abide With Me and The Old Rugged Cross. Pallbearers at the service were Otto Hecker, Glen Hecker, Ernest Hecker, Richard McLaughlin, Wilbur Fulfs, and Arthur Shippert. Floral tributes were cared for by Mrs. Lorenzo Wescott and Mrs. Glenn Carroll, Church usher was John Haas. -- Contributed by Melva Taylor from The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois June 29, 1959 - Monday
Children:
Fred H. "Fritz" b. Jan. 1897
Hugo J. b. Nov. 1898
After his death in 1903 she married his brother, Fred, abt. 1905, until his death in 1928.
Children:
Helen C. b. 1906
Catherine b. 1909
Funeral notice from IL Genealogy Trails website:
HERMINA GERKEN - Funeral services for Mrs. Hermina Gerken, Sterling, were held Saturday, 1:30 p.m. in the Rock Falls Lutheran Church with Rev. Carl A. Kalkwarf, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Sterling, officiating. Burial was in the Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Herman Oltman was at the organ and Herman Oltman sang, Abide With Me and The Old Rugged Cross. Pallbearers at the service were Otto Hecker, Glen Hecker, Ernest Hecker, Richard McLaughlin, Wilbur Fulfs, and Arthur Shippert. Floral tributes were cared for by Mrs. Lorenzo Wescott and Mrs. Glenn Carroll, Church usher was John Haas. -- Contributed by Melva Taylor from The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois June 29, 1959 - Monday
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