Dorothy Mae (Kunath) Gericke 1918 - 2010

Dorothy Mae (Kunath) Gericke

Dorothy Mae (Kunath) Gericke

Dorothy Mae (Kunath) Gericke was born June 4, 1918 in Evansville, Indiana.

She went home to be with God on July 17, 2010.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years Ernest Franklin Gericke, children: Ernest Franklin Jr. (Nancy), Jonathon David (Carol), Mary Ruth Anne Akers (Joseph), and Lillian Wyona Gill (Aaron); brothers Paul, John, and Henry Kunath and sisters Ruth Doughty, Grace Ferrell and Elizabeth Mitchell, 9 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.

She graduated from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois in 1939. She worked at Alameda Naval Air Station during WWII where she met her Marine husband in 1944. They were married in 1945 and moved to Illinois after the war.

They moved to Arizona in 1958 and upon retirement, lived in a motor home as full time RVer’s for 14 years. They settled in Cottonwood, Arizona in 2000.

She loved God and her family. The Child of the King is home with her father.

Memorial service will be announced later. Information provided by family members.

Information provided by survivors.


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