Kenneth Robert Gerhardstein

1930 - 2006  (75 years)

• Name	Kenneth Robert Gerhardstein
  Born	19 Dec 1930	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 May 2006	Country Meadow Care Center, Bellville, Richland County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Buried	16 May 2006  [2]
  Person ID	I191731	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Oscar Clarence Gerhardstein,   b. 25 Sep 1900, Huron County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 0May 1983, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Ruth Carpenter
  Married	29 Nov 1924	Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F72980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia A. Brokaw
  Married	25 Sep 1954
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F72981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Kenneth Robert Gerhardstein (I191731) Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I191731&tree=Suedpfalz Description: Died: Country Meadow Care Center, Bellville, Richland County, Ohio, USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA [S927] Obituary. MANSFIELD: Kenneth Robert Gerhardstein, 75, of Dirlam Lane, Mansfield, died Saturday evening May 13, 2006 in Country Meadow Care Center, following a year-long illness. He was born December 19, 1930 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Oscar C. and Ruth (Carpenter) Gerhardstein and was graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1948 in Fort Wayne. A veteran of the United States Army, he served from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War, and was honorably discharged as a Corporal. Kenneth earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from The Indiana Institute of Technology in 1957, the year he moved to Mansfield. He served Ideal Electric in Mansfield as an engineer and business executive for 33 years, retiring in 1986 as Vice-President of Marketing. He is survived by his wife Virginia A. (Brokaw) Gerhardstein, whom he married September 25, 1954; a daughter Anne Bender of Mansfield; a son and daughter-in-law Kenneth R. and Martina Gerhardstein of Albuquerque, New Mexico; a grandson and his wife Andrew and Anna Bender of Chicago, Illinois; a great grandson Owen A. Bender; a sister and brother-in-law Joan and Ronald Brouwer and a sister-in-law Irma Gerhardstein all of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his father Oscar Gerhardstein and mother Ruth Elmer; a son-in-law Gary Bender; and a brother Arthur Gerhardstein. The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 6-8 pm in the Lexington Avenue Snyder Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial contributions to Gorman Nature Center, which may be made at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting: www.snyderfuneralhomes.com