| Roma R. Gehrk, 82, of Blair, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.
Funeral services were Monday, Feb. 7, at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Kennard. Interment was in the Kennard Cemetery.
Roma Ruth Gehrk was born Jan. 19, 1923, on the family farm northeast of Kennard to Soren and Clara (Follen) Wolsmann. She graduated from Kennard High School in 1940.
On July 1, 1942, she married Henry Gehrk in Blair. Mrs. Gehrk lived in Kennard until the spring of 1999, when she moved to Blair.
Mrs. Gehrk was a life-time member of Emmaus Lutheran Church. She enjoyed gardening, especially growing flowers. She was a good friend and neighbor and enjoyed watching the neighbor's children.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra Winn; granddaughters and their husbands; and three great-grandchildren, all of Fremont; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Roy Fauss of Nickerson; brother and sister-in-law, John and Betty Wolsmann, brother-in-law, Albert Hansen; sister in laws, Hilda Rasmussen, all of Blair; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry, in 1995; son, Ronald; son-in-law, Curtis Winn; sister, Lila Hansen; and niece, Laura Purcell.
Memorials are suggested to Emmaus Lutheran Church or the American Heart Association.
Campbell-Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Note: Roma was buried in Block 4 Lot 13 Space in the Kennard Cemetery. Taken from Kennard Cemetery Records.
#2) Printed in the February 5, 2005 Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE
GEHRK, Roma, age 82--Blair, NE, formerly of Kennard, NE. Survived by daughter, Sandra Winn; granddaughters and husbands: Raquel and Dan Carlson, Tanya and Cory Lynch, Nichole and Chris Porter; great-grandchildren: Gage and Maison Carlson, Caris Lynch, all Fremont, NE; sister and husband, Mary Ann and Roy Fauss, Nickerson, NE; brother and wife, John and Betty Wolsmann; brother-in-law, Albert Hansen; sister-in-law, Hilda Rasmsussen, all Blair, NE.
SERVICES 10:30 am Mon at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Kennard, NE. Burial Kennard Cemetery. VISITATION starting 10am Sun with family receiving friends 6-8 pm. Memorials may be directed to the Emmaus Lutheran Church or the American Cancer Society.
Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, Blair, NE 402-426-2191
~~~Funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~
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