Farrel Gabriel
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Farrel Gabriel
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Posted: 23 Jun 2009 11:38AM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Farrel Gabriel, 86, Conesville, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
The Rev. Cathy Whitlatch will officiate. Private burial will be at the Columbus City Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for Columbus Junction United Methodist Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was born June 11, 1920, in Columbus Junction, the son of George F. and Elsie Marsten Gabriel. He married Leota Roselie Swailes on Oct. 18, 1940, in Kahoka, Mo. She preceded him in death in 1989.
He was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He farmed all of his life in the Conesville area. He was a member of Columbus Junction United Methodist Church, the VFW and Farm Bureau. He was also a member of the Columbus City Masonic Lodge AF-AM, the Louisa and Washington counties Shriners Pedicab Taxi Unit and the Order of the Easter Star No. 445. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing.
Survivors include two daughters, Marsha Gerot and husband Jerry of Conesville and Carolyn J. Bell of Las Vegas; grandchildren, Jerry Gerot and wife Diane, Kevin Gerot and Jolene Wheeler and husband Jason; great-grandchildren, Jordan, Zachary and Christian Gerot, Chase and Kylee Wheeler and Jered and Jena Gerot; and a sister, Mildred Hotle and husband the Rev. Tom Hotle of Sioux City.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two brothers, Frank and Glenn; and a sister, Wilma Werner
The Rev. Cathy Whitlatch will officiate. Private burial will be at the Columbus City Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for Columbus Junction United Methodist Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was born June 11, 1920, in Columbus Junction, the son of George F. and Elsie Marsten Gabriel. He married Leota Roselie Swailes on Oct. 18, 1940, in Kahoka, Mo. She preceded him in death in 1989.
He was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He farmed all of his life in the Conesville area. He was a member of Columbus Junction United Methodist Church, the VFW and Farm Bureau. He was also a member of the Columbus City Masonic Lodge AF-AM, the Louisa and Washington counties Shriners Pedicab Taxi Unit and the Order of the Easter Star No. 445. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing.
Survivors include two daughters, Marsha Gerot and husband Jerry of Conesville and Carolyn J. Bell of Las Vegas; grandchildren, Jerry Gerot and wife Diane, Kevin Gerot and Jolene Wheeler and husband Jason; great-grandchildren, Jordan, Zachary and Christian Gerot, Chase and Kylee Wheeler and Jered and Jena Gerot; and a sister, Mildred Hotle and husband the Rev. Tom Hotle of Sioux City.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two brothers, Frank and Glenn; and a sister, Wilma Werner