In Loving Memory of: Mr. Gerd Rosendahl:

G. Rosendahl Rites Tuesday at Gilmore City, IA.
GILMORE CITY, IOWA-

Funeral Services for Gerd Rosendahl, 73, retired farmer, will be held at 1:30 P.M. at the Beiter Funeral Home and at 2:00 P.M. at First Lutheran Church in Gilmore City, IA. The Rev. A. H. Geske, Pastor of First Lutheran, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Marble Valley Cemetery north of Gilmore City, IA.

Gerd Rosendahl, the son of Ubbe and Maria (Gerdes) Rosendahl was born on April 17, 1886 near Eureka, ILL. He was Baptized and Confirmed into the Christian Faith at St. Peter's Lutheran Church near Benson, ILL. Gerd was called Home to be with the Lord Jesus on Christmas Eve Thurs. Dec. 24, 1959, at about 6:15 P.M., surrounded by his family.
He was united in marriage with Ecke M. Janssen on Jan. 17, 1912 at rural Chatsworth, IL at the farm home of the grooms parents. Witnesses were the groom's siblings, Martin Rosendahl, and Cassie (Rosendahl) Wilson. They were married by Pastor Shermann Koepp? They came to Iowa in 1915 and settled on a farm in Webster County, south of Clare, IA. About a year later they moved to a farm in Center Twp. Calhoun County, north of Rockwell City, IA; here they lived for about 17 years. In the spring of 1931 they moved to a farm north of Gilmore City in Humboldt County, IA. In 1936 the Rosendahl's retired from active farming and moved into town on the east side of Gilmore City, IA. Mr. Rosendahl had been a Sexton and Caretaker of First Lutheran Church in Gilmore City for about 21 years; where he had been a faithful and active member for about 28 yrs.

Born:
April 17, 1886
rural Benson, IL

Entered Into Rest:
December 24, 1959
At home, Gilmore City, IA

Services From:
First Lutheran Church,
Gilmore City, Iowa
Tuesday, December 29, 1959

Clergyman Officiating:
Rev. A.H. Geske

Organist:
Mrs. Doris Stevenson

Vocalists:
Carol Christensen, Joe Johnson, Mrs. Alvin (Rosey) Christensen, and Mrs. Jake Boomgaarden

Hymns:
"The Way Of The Cross Leads Me Home"
"The Old Rugged Cross"

Casket Bearers:
August Henrichs, Donald Johnson, Lyle Seward,
Robert Benjamin, Leonard Jenson, Harold Landmesser

Honorary Casket Bearers:
Gerd's Children, and Grandchildren

Final Resting Place:
Marble Valley Cemetery,
Gilmore City, Iowa

Funeral Conducted By:
Beiter Funeral Home,
Gilmore City, Iowa.

Following the Interment Service: The Gerd Rosendahl Family greeted family and friends back to lunch at the First Lutheran Church Parlor.

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death and I Will Give Thee the Crown of Life. Rev. I also believe that this was Great-Grandpa's confirmation verse.

He is Lovingly Remembered by his wife: Ecke Rosendahl of Gilmore City, IA; his children: Arthur Rosendahl of Miami, FL; Mrs. Lloyd (Helen) Harris of Dakota City, IA; Vernon Rosendahl of Wenatchee, Wash.; Carl Rosendahl of Newberg, Ore.; Glen Rosendahl of Hardy, IA; Mrs. Jack (Dorothy) Abel of Shelbyville, Ind.; and Arlene Johnson of Humboldt, IA; 27 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Four brothers: Martin Rosendahl of Manson, IA; Bert Rosendahl of Dayton, IA; Andrew Rosendahl of Worthington, Minn.; and Pete Rosendahl of Somers, IA; and two sisters: Mrs. Robert (Lena) Tjaden, and Mrs. Barger (Cassie) Wilson, both of Rockwell City, IA. He joins in Heaven his parents; brothers, John Rosendahl, and Herman Rosendahl, and two infant twin siblings.
Gerd was of German decent, and knew all of the old German Hymns and Christmas carols by heart, as he would thing them in German.

The Family of Gerd Rosendahl:
Thank-you is not enough to say for all of the acts of kindness and deeds shown to us at our time of sorrow. A Special Thanks to Pastor Geske, and those who provided us with the beautiful music. We wish to thank those who came to the house to serve our family lunch before Gerd's funeral, and the ladies of First Lutheran for serving lunch after the services. Thank-you to those who remembered us with your visits, prayers, cards, and for showing us your Christian Love, since Gerd's illness and his passing on to his Enternal Home. It's all deeply appreciated, we give you our Thanks from the bottom of our Hearts. May God Bless each and everyone one of You!
Ecke Rosendahl, Art, Helen, Vernon, Carl, Glen, Dorothy, Arlene, and Families.

Died of Type 2 Diabetes and heart.