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Erma Marie <I>Johnson</I> Gakle

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Erma Marie Johnson Gakle

Birth
Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
Death
6 May 1997 (aged 68)
Burial
Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.9016151, Longitude: -95.7898295
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Erma Marie Gakle died Tuesday, May 6, 1997, at the Sabetha Community Hospital at the age of 68.

She was born December 22, 1928, the daughter of Claude C. and Rose McCaffery Johnson at Seneca, one of nine children. She grew up in Seneca, attending Catholic schools.

She married Gale E. Gakle, on February 15, 1952, in Sabetha. They lived in Excelsior Springs, MO, many years before moving to Sabetha in 1981. She was employed for a number of years for several resturants throughout her working career.

She is survived by sons, Gale Galke, Holton; Roger A. Galke, Burlington; daughter, Betty J. Rokey, Sabetha; sisters, Doris Korber, Wichita; Grace Pederson, Centralia; Eileen Hebel, Beatrice, NE; three grandsons and two granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gale E. Gakle on October 17, 1988; her parents; three brothers; two sisters; and an infant daughter, Gaylene Gakle on June 26, 1956.

Funeral services were held May 9, 1997, at the Popkess Mortuary Chapel in Sabetha. Burial was in the Sabetha Cemetery.

Courier-Tribune
Seneca, KS
May 14, 1997
pg 4
Erma Marie Gakle died Tuesday, May 6, 1997, at the Sabetha Community Hospital at the age of 68.

She was born December 22, 1928, the daughter of Claude C. and Rose McCaffery Johnson at Seneca, one of nine children. She grew up in Seneca, attending Catholic schools.

She married Gale E. Gakle, on February 15, 1952, in Sabetha. They lived in Excelsior Springs, MO, many years before moving to Sabetha in 1981. She was employed for a number of years for several resturants throughout her working career.

She is survived by sons, Gale Galke, Holton; Roger A. Galke, Burlington; daughter, Betty J. Rokey, Sabetha; sisters, Doris Korber, Wichita; Grace Pederson, Centralia; Eileen Hebel, Beatrice, NE; three grandsons and two granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gale E. Gakle on October 17, 1988; her parents; three brothers; two sisters; and an infant daughter, Gaylene Gakle on June 26, 1956.

Funeral services were held May 9, 1997, at the Popkess Mortuary Chapel in Sabetha. Burial was in the Sabetha Cemetery.

Courier-Tribune
Seneca, KS
May 14, 1997
pg 4


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  • Created by: Lisa
  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40601984/erma_marie-gakle: accessed ), memorial page for Erma Marie Johnson Gakle (22 Dec 1928–6 May 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40601984, citing Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Lisa (contributor 46623471).