From "The Pierre Gerardy Family in America," edited by Evelyn Potter Park, 1979, pp. 15–17, 74:

Howard Dale Gerardy (called Dale) was born May 17, 1911, on the Peter Gerardy farm, Goshen Township, Clay County, Kansas. On May 15, 1941, he was married to Dorothy Dodson, who was born September 28, 1913.
When Dale was one and one-half years old he moved with his parents to a farm five miles north of Clay Center. There he attended the Hayes, Nicod, and Clay Center elementary schools as well as the Clay County Community High School from which he graduated in 1929. Immediately after graduation he joined his father in farming and raising livestock.
In September, 1941, soon after they were married, Dale and Dorothy moved onto "7-6-4" as the Peter Gerardy farm was affectionately known. Dale and Dorothy were privileged to have a long and happy tenure there which lasted just three months less than thirty-five years. It was there they reared their three sons, Robert, Harlan, and Marc. All three sons are men of the soil as evidenced by their work or land ownership. At one time during the Vietnam War all three were in the uniform of the United States.
Farming was not without danger, however. A tractor accident put Dale in the hospital and on May 17, 1942, he was struck by lightning while fixing a fence where the family milk cow had gotten out, and he fell face downward onto the grass. Upon regaining consciousness he was able to get to the house. His body from the waist down was dark, as if bruised, and caused the doctor said, because his heart had ceased beating for a few seconds and the blood had not been moved along. The gum boots he wore probably saved his life. All that summer he had one continual headache.
Dale and Dorothy modernized and remodeled Peter and Caroline's house while they lived there. They also expanded and modernized the farm. More acres were needed to provide a paying unit and there was greatly increased use of mechanism on the farm. More acres tilled meant greater dollar investment which in turn meant larger sheds to house the expensive machinery. Modern cattle feeding operations required much grain storage and grinding equipment all powered by electricity. Concrete fence-line feed bunks replaced the portable wooden ones. Both the farmstead and the farm itself grew substantially.
Dale was a quiet, unassuming, and industrious man. His work included the usual tasks necessary to keep a community united and progressive. He was an active member of the Fact united Methodist Church , a board member of the Fact School, on the Goshen Township Board, and a director of the Clay County Farm Bureau. Dale was one of the first board members of the Clay County Soil Conservation Service . He especially enjoyed this contact with the land and the opportunity to save it for others yet to come. He served on this board for ten years and then stepped down so that another might enjoy the same privilege.
Dale Gerardy is remembered as a good farmer, horseman, and stockman, but most of all as a friendly man who was a good neighbor.

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Obituary from the Salina Journal, Tuesday, July 25, 1995:
Dale Gerardy, 84, Clay Center, died Sunday, July 23, 1995, at Clay County Hospital, Clay Center.
Mr. Gerardy was born May 17, 1911, in Clay County and was a resident of Clay Center since 1976, moving from rural Clay County. He was a farmer in the Fact community and was a member of the Fact United Methodist Church. A grandson preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy of Clay Center; three sons, Marc of Green, Robert of Kansas City, Mo., and Harlan of Gruver, Texas; a sister, Vera Shepherd of West Allis, Wis.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, Clay Center, the Rev. Robert Baer officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Clay Center.