Fifth Generation

114. Gilbert George GERKE was born on 11 August 1902 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{54,63,84,152,302} He was baptized on 14 September 1902 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰² He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶² Gilbert appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ He died on 25 November 1961 at the age of 59.^54,63

Gilbert George GERKE and Sophronia A. JOHNSON were married on 6 February 1928.^54,63 Sophronia A. JOHNSON was born on 15 January 1907.¹⁸

Gilbert George GERKE and Sophronia A. JOHNSON had the following children:

283	i.	Gaylord Milo GERKE was born on 5 June 1923 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^18,54,152 He died on 26 December 2008 at the age of 85 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ Obituary Notes: "Gaylord M. Gerke, age 85, of Camp Douglas, died on Friday Dec. 26, 2008, at the Tomah Veterans Medical Center. He was the son of Gilbert and Saphronia (Johnson) Gerke and was born on June 5, 1923, in Sparta, WI. Gaylord grew up in the Camp Douglas area. In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Marshall Islands Campaign. He remained in the service until 1946. Gaylord has worked for the Clifton Creamery and the Hustler Creamery, Sunbeam Corporation in Chicago for several years and for A.O. Smith in Elkhorn for several years, and the rest of his life as a self employed building carpenter. Gaylord was a member of the Camp Douglas American Legion Post 133 for over 50 years. On occasion he would like to visit the casino for awhile. He is survived by his brothers, Ed Gerke of Mather and Donald Gerke of Harvard, IL; five sisters, Jean Kenny of Oxford, Charlene (Otto) Miller of Mather, Rosemary Anderson of Chisholm, MN, Bonnie (Maurice) McClaskey of Rockford, IL, and Joyce (Charles) Bell of Comer, GA, and a very special companion of 61 years, Lucille Kearney of Camp Douglas and her family Rita and Art Barth of Camp Douglas, Marlene and Jim Loehr of Camp Douglas, Claude and Donna Kearney of Adams, and a “special grandpa” to three grandchildren, Kevin and Terese Barth, Lee and Jamie Jaromin and Steve and Deb Bogucki, and eight great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Delbert and David, and by two brothers-in-law, Donald Kenny and Kenneth Anderson. Funeral services were held on Wednesday Dec. 31, at 10 a.m. at the Hare Funeral Home in New Lisbon with Rev. Jeff Ruetten presiding. Burial with military honors provided by Camp Douglas American Legion Post 133 were in the Camp Douglas Village Cemetery. Relatives and friends called at the Hare Funeral Home on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the 10 a.m. time of service."
284	ii.	Delbert Louis GERKE was born on 13 July 1928 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^152,365,387 He was baptized on 30 September 1928 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He died on 5 November 1948 at the age of 20 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.³⁸⁷ Delbert was buried on 8 November 1948 in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.³⁸⁷
285	iii.	Ed GERKE was born (date unknown).
286	iv.	Donald GERKE was born (date unknown).
+287	v.	Charlene GERKE.
+288	vi.	Jean Eleanor GERKE.
+289	vii.	Rosemary GERKE.
+290	viii.	Bonnie GERKE.
+291	ix.	Joyce GERKE.
292	x.	David GERKE died before December 2008.¹¹³