Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, Davenport, with a vigil service at 7 p.m.
Mr. Gaul died Wednesday, March, 12, 1997, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport.
Mr. Gaul retired in 1976 as a job setter at the Rock Island Arsenal after 31 years of service.
He was born Nov. 25, 1911, in Earling, Iowa, to Peter J. and Elizabeth C. (Schechinger) Gaul. He married Madeleine L. Dessert on Dec. 5, 1942, at Sacred Heart Church, Moline.
He was a veteran of World War II and had served in the Army.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport; a life member of the American Legion Post 26; and a life member of Disabled American Veterans of Iowa.
Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Cathedral or Genesis Visiting Nurses Association.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Judith (Mrs. Gerald) Hodgett, Eldridge, Iowa, Charlene (Mrs. Brig. Gen. David) Bice, U.S. Marine Corps., Kailua, Hawaii, Patricia (Mrs. Tom) Golden, Galena, Ill., M. Joyce (Mrs. Don) Welch, Moline, and Kathie (Mrs. Master Sgt. Terry) Dell, U.S. Army, Urbandale, Iowa; a son and daughter-in-law, James and Brenda Gaul, Bettendorf; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Adelaide (Mrs. Pete) Croghan, Panama, Iowa; brothers, Sylvester Gaul, Davenport, Ferdinand Gaul, the Rev. Cornelius Gaul and Leo Gaul, all of Earling, Francis Gaul, Longview, Wash., Peter Gaul, Melbourne, Fla., and Charles Gaul, Holt, Mo.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, the Rev. Hilary Gaul and Gerald Gaul, may they rest in peace.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, Davenport, with a vigil service at 7 p.m.
Mr. Gaul died Wednesday, March, 12, 1997, at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport.
Mr. Gaul retired in 1976 as a job setter at the Rock Island Arsenal after 31 years of service.
He was born Nov. 25, 1911, in Earling, Iowa, to Peter J. and Elizabeth C. (Schechinger) Gaul. He married Madeleine L. Dessert on Dec. 5, 1942, at Sacred Heart Church, Moline.
He was a veteran of World War II and had served in the Army.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport; a life member of the American Legion Post 26; and a life member of Disabled American Veterans of Iowa.
Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Cathedral or Genesis Visiting Nurses Association.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Judith (Mrs. Gerald) Hodgett, Eldridge, Iowa, Charlene (Mrs. Brig. Gen. David) Bice, U.S. Marine Corps., Kailua, Hawaii, Patricia (Mrs. Tom) Golden, Galena, Ill., M. Joyce (Mrs. Don) Welch, Moline, and Kathie (Mrs. Master Sgt. Terry) Dell, U.S. Army, Urbandale, Iowa; a son and daughter-in-law, James and Brenda Gaul, Bettendorf; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Adelaide (Mrs. Pete) Croghan, Panama, Iowa; brothers, Sylvester Gaul, Davenport, Ferdinand Gaul, the Rev. Cornelius Gaul and Leo Gaul, all of Earling, Francis Gaul, Longview, Wash., Peter Gaul, Melbourne, Fla., and Charles Gaul, Holt, Mo.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, the Rev. Hilary Gaul and Gerald Gaul, may they rest in peace.
Inscription
Cpl
US Army
World War II
Family Members
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Sylvester George Gaul
1914–2012
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Ferdinand Henry Gaul
1916–2000
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Rev Hilary William Gaul
1918–1992
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Rev Cornelius John Gaul
1920–2003
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Francis Paul Gaul
1922–2007
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Joseph Gaul
1924–1924
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Gerald Vitus Gaul
1925–1993
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Adelaide Marie Gaul Croghan
1927–2013
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Peter Joseph Gaul Jr
1930–2024
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Charles Sylvester Gaul
1933–2012
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