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Edward Gegax

Birth	:	14 Jul 1858 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death	:	Nov 1948 Dunlap, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Forest Grove Cemetery, Middlebury, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6318910, -85.6766810
Description	:	Edward Gegax 1st married Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie Ann" Miller Gegax Children William R Gegax Frank L Gegax Charles L Gegax Seymour E Gegax Edna E Gegax Brown Edward 2nd married 1921 Saloma Smeltzer Locker Gegax, daughter of Henry Smeltzer & his wife Elizabeth Yoder Smeltzer Salome 1st married Archibald F Locker, son of Hiram Locker & his wife Mary A Border Locker Son & Daughter Ellis Locker -- Locker Bosworth *********** Edward Gegax, 90, a former resident of Wakarusa, died last Friday afternoon at 3:15 pm in the home of his son, Seymour Gegax in Dunlap. He had been in declining health for some time, but bedfast only the past week. For more than sixty-eight... Read More	Edward Gegax 1st married Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie Ann" Miller Gegax Children William R Gegax Frank L Gegax Charles L Gegax Seymour E Gegax Edna E Gegax Brown Edward 2nd married 1921 Saloma Smeltzer Locker Gegax, daughter of Henry Smeltzer & his wife Elizabeth Yoder Smeltzer Salome 1st married Archibald F Locker, son of Hiram Locker & his wife Mary A Border Locker Son & Daughter Ellis Locker -- Locker Bosworth *********** Edward Gegax, 90, a former resident of Wakarusa, died last Friday afternoon at 3:15 pm in the home of his son, Seymour Gegax in Dunlap. He had been in declining health for some time, but bedfast only the past week. For more than sixty-eight years Mr Gegax had been a manufacturer of ladders and for twenty years had owned and operated the Gegax Ladder Co in Wakarusa. His ladder factory supplied the cities and Michigan fruit growers in this section. He retired from active business about five years ago, and spent some time in California, but had lived with his children most of the time since the death of his wife. He was born in Detroit, Mich, July 14, 1858. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Ann Miller of Middlebury. She died in 1902. Eighteen years ago he married Saloma (Smeltzer) Locker and they resided in Wakarusa until her death five years ago. Surviving are four sons, William R Gegax and Frank L Gegax of San Diego, Calif, Dr Charles L Gegax and Seymour E.Gegax of Dunlap; a daughter, Mrs A S (Edna) Brown of Wakarusa; and two sisters, Mrs Laura Slater and Mrs Emma Lowe, of California. Funeral services were held at 1:30 pm Monday at the Wagner funeral home in Bristol. The Rev Herbert E Hass of the Seventh Day Adventist church of Elkhart, of which Mr Gegax was a member, officiated. Burial was in Forest Grove cemetery at Middlebury. Wakarusa Tribune 25 November 1948

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Edward Gegax's memorial is located at: Forest Grove Cemetery, Middlebury, Elkhart County, USA.
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Edward Gegax death on Nov 1948 in Dunlap, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 41.6318910
Longitude: -85.6766810

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