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Gertrude E. Pitts Messerole

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Birth	:	5 Jul 1907 Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	19 Dec 1993 Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Maryhill Visitation Church Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7360000, -95.6895000
Description	:	Cherokee Daily Times: Dec. 21,1883: pg 3 Gertrude B. Messerole, 86, Cherokee died Dec. 19, in Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital,following a lengthy illness. She had been a resident of Cherokee County her entire life. Services will be held Dec. 22, at 10:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee. Rev. James Smith and Rev. Dale George will officiate. Burial will be in the Maryhill Visitation Church Cemetery. A scripture service will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Greenwood Funeral Home. She was born July 5,1907 in Cherokee to William and Gertrude (Schmitz) Pitts. She attended school at Maryhill. On... Read More	Cherokee Daily Times: Dec. 21,1883: pg 3 Gertrude B. Messerole, 86, Cherokee died Dec. 19, in Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital,following a lengthy illness. She had been a resident of Cherokee County her entire life. Services will be held Dec. 22, at 10:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee. Rev. James Smith and Rev. Dale George will officiate. Burial will be in the Maryhill Visitation Church Cemetery. A scripture service will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Greenwood Funeral Home. She was born July 5,1907 in Cherokee to William and Gertrude (Schmitz) Pitts. She attended school at Maryhill. On June 15,1936 she married Gordan Messerole at Maryhill. He preceded her in death January 7,1983. They farmed in Rock Township for many years before moving to Cherokee in 1961. Survivors include three sons, Robert, and his wife, Sheryl; Ron (Tiny), and his wife Gayle, all of Cherokee; Roy, and his wife, Mary Margaret, of LeMars; two daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Selk, and her husband, Tom, of Larrabee; Mrs. Joyce Bechtel, and her husband, Michael, of Cherokee; a daughter-in-law, Elaine Messerole, of Cherokee; one brother,Melvin Pitts, of Cleghorn; one sister, Mrs. Katherine George, of Storm Lake, sister-in-law, Alice Pitts, of Cleghorn; brother-in-law, Bob Rahn, of Cherokee; 21 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son Jesse in 1987, brothers Alvin, Joe and William (Wid) Pitts; sisters, Mary Leonard, Helen Rahn and Rose Zimmer.

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Gertrude E. Pitts Messerole's memorial is located at: Maryhill Visitation Church Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA.
When did Gertrude E. Pitts Messerole death?
Gertrude E. Pitts Messerole death on 19 Dec 1993 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7360000
Longitude: -95.6895000

Family Members:

Parent

William G. Pitts

(1874 - 1937)

Gertrude Schmitz Pitts

(1876 - 1963)

Spouse

Gordon E. Messerole

(1910 - 1983)

Siblings

Mary Ellen Pitts Leonard

(1899 - 1989)

Rose Ethel Pitts Zimmer

(1900 - 1983)

Alvin Pitts

(1901 - 1967)

Melvin J. “Mike” Pitts

(1909 - 1995)

Children

Robert W. Messerole

(1936 - 2009)

Roy John “Red” Messerole

(1937 - 2018)

Jesse J. Messerole

(1939 - 1986)

Ronald “Tiny” Messerole

(1941 - 2004)

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