↑ Source: #S-150375614 Helen Gerlach, 82, Mitchell Jan 1991 Helen Gerlach, 82, Mitchell, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 1991, at the Brady Memorial Home. Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m. on Monday at the First Lutheran Church in Mitchell. burial will be in Sunset memorial Park. Visitation will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday at the Bittner Funeral Chapel. A memorial fund has been established. She was born on Dec. 7, 1908, in Douglas County to Wilhelm and Augusta (Negebauer) Sperlich. She grew up and attended schools in Douglas County. She married Alvin Gerlach on march 16, 1927, at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Dimock. They lived south of Mount Vernon. They moved to Mitchell in 1964. She was a resident of Wesley Acres since 1980 and a resident of the Brady Memorial Home since Aug. 1, 1989. She was a member of First Lutheran Church. Survivors include five sons: Delbert, Armour; Elmer, Mount Vernon; Marvin, Ventura, Calif.; Donald, Armstrong, Iowa; and Dale, Colorado Springs, Colo.; two daughters: Lois Doerr, Waukee, Iowa; and Carol Sherer, Wacco, Neb.; two brothers: John Sperlich, Parkston; and Herbert Sperlich, Mitchell; two sisters: Gertrude Vogel, Mitchell; and Hilda Vollmer, Sioux Falls; one step-brother: Arthur Sperlich, Dimock; on step-sister: Annie Koehn, Parkston; 18 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in September 1985; one son, Jerry; one daughter, Delma; and two sisters.
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