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Ben Phillip Gehlbach

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Ben Phillip Gehlbach

Birth
Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, USA
Death
11 Jul 2004 (aged 67)
Homer, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
Burial
Elkhart, Logan County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Ben Philip Gehlbach, 67, of Beason and McCormick, S.C., died July 11, 2004, in Homer, Alaska.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday (July 25) at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln, with Father James Cravens officiating.

Burial will be in Elkhart Cemetery.

Mr. Gehlbach taught in District 16 at Olympia High School and farmed at Beason.

He was born March 6, 1937, at Lincoln to Virgil Keys and Esther Louise Curphey Gehlbach. He married Doris V. Graham on Dec. 26, 1960, in Chicago.

He is survived by his wife, of Beason; his mother, of Naples, Fla.; one daughter, Carrie Gehlbach of Plano, Texas; one sister, Marita Price (and husband Donald) of Beaverton, Ore.; and his uncle and aunt, John and Jo Gehlbach of Elkhart.

He was preceded in death by his father; one daughter, Amy Gehlbach; and one sister, Halcyone Therriault.

He was a member of Lutheran Church by the Lake at McCormick, S.C., Savannah Lakes Promenaders, Thurmond Lake Power Squadron, Lincoln Elks, National Education Association, Illinois Education Association and Illinois Farm Bureau.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Heart Fund or Lutheran Church by the Lake, Highway 378 at Twelve Oaks Drive, McCormick, SC 29835.
Ben Philip Gehlbach, 67, of Beason and McCormick, S.C., died July 11, 2004, in Homer, Alaska.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday (July 25) at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln, with Father James Cravens officiating.

Burial will be in Elkhart Cemetery.

Mr. Gehlbach taught in District 16 at Olympia High School and farmed at Beason.

He was born March 6, 1937, at Lincoln to Virgil Keys and Esther Louise Curphey Gehlbach. He married Doris V. Graham on Dec. 26, 1960, in Chicago.

He is survived by his wife, of Beason; his mother, of Naples, Fla.; one daughter, Carrie Gehlbach of Plano, Texas; one sister, Marita Price (and husband Donald) of Beaverton, Ore.; and his uncle and aunt, John and Jo Gehlbach of Elkhart.

He was preceded in death by his father; one daughter, Amy Gehlbach; and one sister, Halcyone Therriault.

He was a member of Lutheran Church by the Lake at McCormick, S.C., Savannah Lakes Promenaders, Thurmond Lake Power Squadron, Lincoln Elks, National Education Association, Illinois Education Association and Illinois Farm Bureau.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Heart Fund or Lutheran Church by the Lake, Highway 378 at Twelve Oaks Drive, McCormick, SC 29835.


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