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Visitation: 4:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday
October 4, 2016 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln
Service: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday
October 5, 2016 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Vernon Philip “Gilly” Gehlbach, 96, passed away at
5:20 a.m. on Saturday October 1, 2016 at The
Christian Village of Lincoln.
Gilly was born on February 24, 1920 in Lincoln, son
of Elmer and Alma Werth Gehlbach. He married Amy
Anderson on May 22, 1955. She preceded him in death
on January 11, 2013.
Surviving Gilly are his children: Lois (Scott) Smeja
of Oak Brook, Daryl (Janet) Gehlbach of Fridley, MN,
and Gary (Susan) Gehlbach of Sussex, WI; two
sisters: Norma Rankin of Champaign, and Doris Howell
of Lincoln, ten grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his
parents and wife.
Gilly was a WWII Army Air Corps pilot veteran. He
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church where he was a
long time elder. He taught Sunday school, served as
a weather observer, was Courier Man of The Month on
February 27, 1969, and was a PTA President for
Central School. He was a partner of Sheers Auto
Supply from 1949-1991. |
Services for Gilly will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday
October 5, 2016 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln
with Rev. Mark Thompson officiating. Visitation will
be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday October 4, 2016 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Burial at Zion Cemetery will follow the service
where full military rites will be accorded by
Lincoln American Legion Post# 263.
Memorials may be made in Gilly’s name to Zion
Lutheran Church or Zion Lutheran School.
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