Marie Gerding's Obituary
Marie L. Gerding (nee Friedenauer) age 82, of North Ridgeville, died Saturday March 15, 2008 at Bradley Bay Nursing Home, Bay Village following a short illness.
Mrs. Gerding was born in Cleveland where she lived until moving to North Ridgeville in 1957. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church. Surviving are her husband of sixty-three years, Ralph; two daughters, Linda Matus (Gerald) of Avon Lake and Nancy Partyka of North Ridgeville; two sons, Dennis (Mary), of Grafton and Jeffrey (Debbie), of Wellington; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, James Friedenauer, of Boise, Idaho and sister, Ann Gillpatrick of Meridian, Idaho. She was preceded in death by two sons, David and Kenneth; parents, Mabel and Albert Friedenauer; sister, Ruth Hana and brother, Richard Friedenauer.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00AM Wednesday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 35777 Center Ridge Rd., North Ridgeville, 44039 with Rev. Stephen Kaminski, Pastor, as the celebrant. Interment will be in St. Peter Cemetery, North Ridgeville.
Memorial donations have been suggested to the St. Peter Memorial Fund via the address of the church.
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