Funeral services for William W. Gerken, 64, of Needville, were held Monday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. from the Garmany & Co. Chapel in Rosenberg. The Rev. Joseph Seiler, pastor of Immanuel's United Church of Christ in Needville, officiated.
Mr. Gerken died at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Autumn Hills Nursing Home in Richmond. He was a native of Brenham and moved with his parents as a small child to Fort Bend County. He was an employee of the Dow Chemical Company.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Alice Gerken; two daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Meadows of Needville and Mrs. Brenda Sweeny of Needville; two grandsons; three sisters, Mrs. W.O. Miller and Mrs. W.H. Schulz of Needville, and Mrs. D.I. Lowe of Rosenberg; four brothers, F.H. Gerken, J.R. Gerken, and Herbert Gerken, all of Rosenberg, and Bennie Gerken of Needville.
Pallbearers were nephews, Max Band Jr., Henry Gerken Jr., Albert Gerken, Otto H. Schulz, Bobby Gerken, and Edwin Miller.
Burial was in the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Rosenberg under the direction of the Garmany & Co. Funeral Directors of Rosenberg.
Funeral services for William W. Gerken, 64, of Needville, were held Monday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. from the Garmany & Co. Chapel in Rosenberg. The Rev. Joseph Seiler, pastor of Immanuel's United Church of Christ in Needville, officiated.
Mr. Gerken died at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Autumn Hills Nursing Home in Richmond. He was a native of Brenham and moved with his parents as a small child to Fort Bend County. He was an employee of the Dow Chemical Company.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Alice Gerken; two daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Meadows of Needville and Mrs. Brenda Sweeny of Needville; two grandsons; three sisters, Mrs. W.O. Miller and Mrs. W.H. Schulz of Needville, and Mrs. D.I. Lowe of Rosenberg; four brothers, F.H. Gerken, J.R. Gerken, and Herbert Gerken, all of Rosenberg, and Bennie Gerken of Needville.
Pallbearers were nephews, Max Band Jr., Henry Gerken Jr., Albert Gerken, Otto H. Schulz, Bobby Gerken, and Edwin Miller.
Burial was in the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Rosenberg under the direction of the Garmany & Co. Funeral Directors of Rosenberg.
Family Members
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Herman Gerken
1890–1950
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Meta Gerken
1892–1904
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Emma Gerken Klosterhoff
1893–1937
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Anna Karolina Johanna Gerken Miller
1896–1976
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Heinrich Johann Karl "Henry" Gerken
1897–1958
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Alvena Gerken Band Lowe
1899–1994
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Malinda Gerken
1901–1902
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Minnie Kathrina Gerken Schulz
1902–1996
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Johnnie Rudolph Gerken
1907–1980
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Frederich H. "Freddie" Gerken
1909–1998
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Bennie E. Gerken
1910–1973
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Herbert Otto Gerken Sr
1917–1984
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