He was a graduate of Chillicothe Business School and an Air Force veteran of World War II. He worked as an accountant for Mexico Refractories and Kaiser Aluminum.
He was a member of St. Brendan Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, themen's choir and St. Brendan's Senior Citizens.
Other survivors include: two sons, Tom Gerling, Fulton, and Michael Gerling, Fenton; three daughters, Julie Long, Holts Summit, Emily S. Clark, Shawnee Mission, Kan., and Mary R. Farris, Poplar Bluff; one brother, NorbertGerling, Henley; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Brendan Catholic Church. Fr. Henry Reicher will officiate. Burial will be in St. Brendan Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Home with a rosary at 6:30 p.m. Memorials are suggested to St. Brendan School or Cemetery or the Missouri Veterans Home.
He was a graduate of Chillicothe Business School and an Air Force veteran of World War II. He worked as an accountant for Mexico Refractories and Kaiser Aluminum.
He was a member of St. Brendan Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, themen's choir and St. Brendan's Senior Citizens.
Other survivors include: two sons, Tom Gerling, Fulton, and Michael Gerling, Fenton; three daughters, Julie Long, Holts Summit, Emily S. Clark, Shawnee Mission, Kan., and Mary R. Farris, Poplar Bluff; one brother, NorbertGerling, Henley; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Brendan Catholic Church. Fr. Henry Reicher will officiate. Burial will be in St. Brendan Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Arnold Funeral Home with a rosary at 6:30 p.m. Memorials are suggested to St. Brendan School or Cemetery or the Missouri Veterans Home.
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