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 Geraldine
'Geri' Bertsche
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[October
19, 2009]
MOUNT
PULASKI -- Geraldine "Geri" Bertsche, 90, of
Mount Pulaski, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at
5:11 p.m. at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski, with Mark Weber officiating. Visitation
will be 1-2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery. |
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Mrs. Bertsche had been a waitress and worked at
the hairpin factory in Shelbyville for many
years. She was born July 7, 1919, in Decatur
to George and Florence Severe McGlennon. She
married Harold Bertsche in Springfield on May
17, 1961. He preceded her in death on Aug. 22,
1977.
She is survived by two sons, Lloyd (and
Evelyn) Rice of Pekin and Gerald Rice of
Oklahoma; two daughters, Sharon Forbes of
Springfield and Cathy Loveall of Lincoln; seven
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by two sisters
and an infant brother.
She was of the Christian faith. |
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society.
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