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Fern Rachel Buraas Gericke Kephart

Birth	:	5 Apr 1924
Death	:	2 Apr 2002
Burial	:	Postville Cemetery, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0811081, -91.5655594
Description	:	Fern Rachel (Buraas) Gericke Kephart, the daughter of Alfred Merwin and Norma Alice (Thoen) Buraas, was born April 5, 1924 at Postville, Iowa. She was baptized April 20, 1924, in the East Clermont Lutheran Church by the Reverend Gustav Gunsten, and confirmed there on April 30, 1939 by the Reverend Elling E. Ramsey. Fern was graduated from the Clermont High School in 1941 with the honor of Valedictorian. She attended the University of Iowa for one year in the mid-1940s. Fern also graduated from the American Institute of Business in Des Moines in 1941 and graduated magna cum laude from... Read More	Fern Rachel (Buraas) Gericke Kephart, the daughter of Alfred Merwin and Norma Alice (Thoen) Buraas, was born April 5, 1924 at Postville, Iowa. She was baptized April 20, 1924, in the East Clermont Lutheran Church by the Reverend Gustav Gunsten, and confirmed there on April 30, 1939 by the Reverend Elling E. Ramsey. Fern was graduated from the Clermont High School in 1941 with the honor of Valedictorian. She attended the University of Iowa for one year in the mid-1940s. Fern also graduated from the American Institute of Business in Des Moines in 1941 and graduated magna cum laude from Luther College at Decorah in 1967, with a double major in Business Administration and Biology. She also worked for the Red Cross during World War II. Fern was married to LaMont Gericke on Oct. 3, 1948 at the East Clermont Lutheran Church by the Reverend A. O Nesset. They had two daughters, Lynda and Laurel. They made their home in Postville. Following the death of her husband, LaMont, the family moved to Decorah in 1965. On Oct 27, 1979 Fern was married to Floyd Kephart in the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church at Monticello, Iowa. Fern had been employed as a bookkeeper at Community Memorial Hospital in Postville. She was the Business Manager of the Medical Associates Clinic in Decorah. She had also been employed as a Biology Lab Instructor at Luther College. Fern continued her education and became a Medical Technologist. Fern died Tuesday, April 2, 2002 in Postville at the home of her daughter, Laurel Ohloff. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 6, 2002, at St. Paul Lutheran Church at Postville, Iowa. The Schutte Funeral and Cremation Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her parents, her step-mother Delphina Buraas; her husband, LaMont Gericke; her second husband, Floyd Kephart who died in 2000 and a daughter, Lynda Martin, who died in 1995.

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Latitude: 43.0811081
Longitude: -91.5655594

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

LaMont Frederick Gericke

(1925 - 1963)

Siblings

DeElta Alys Buraas Heins

(1929 - 2008)

Children

Lynda Beth Gericke Martin

(1949 - 1995)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Postville Cemetery
Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0811081, -91.5655594

2. Minert Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1161003, -91.5488968

3. Grand Meadow Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0628014, -91.5081024

4. Hardin Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0889015, -91.4863968

5. Oak Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1324997, -91.6294022

6. Luana Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0602989, -91.4682999

7. Fry Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0152530, -91.5182350

8. Smith Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1539001, -91.5267029

9. Saint John Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0628000, -91.4546000

10. East Clermont Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9969406, -91.5916672

11. Walden Pond Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1431900, -91.6515210

12. Pleasant View Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1183014, -91.6785965

13. Mount Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1333104, -91.6751508

14. Bloomfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1152992, -91.6896973

15. Cleveland Cemetery
Postville, Allamakee County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1631000, -91.4930000

16. Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery
Clermont, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0003014, -91.6438980

17. Gods Acres Cemetery
Clermont, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9925003, -91.6496964

18. Eno Cemetery
Wagner Township, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9930992, -91.4693985

19. Marion Lutheran Cemetery
Gunder, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9708290, -91.5127792

20. Frankville Cemetery
Frankville, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1910000, -91.6210000

21. Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Postville, Allamakee County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1971000, -91.5402000

22. Pioneer Cemetery
Monona, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0149994, -91.4274979

23. Nutting Cemetery
Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0306015, -91.7247009

24. Bailey Plot
Volney, Allamakee County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1499799, -91.4168047