Gerig, Melvin C. (1921-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Jul 28 p. 11

Birth date: 1921 Sep 30

text of obituary:

MELVIN C. GERIG

Melvin C. Gerig, 81, of Archbold, Ohio, died June 29, 2003, at the Medical College of Ohio hospital in Toledo. He was born Sept. 30, 1921, to Martin and Emma (Nofziger) Gerig near Wayland, Iowa.

He married Waneta Nofziger on May 19, 1946. She preceded him in death on Dec. 3, 1983. He married Lucille Richer on June 14, 1986.

He lived most of his life in the Wauseon area, moving to the Fairlawn complex in Archbold in 2002. He was a farmer, worked at Wauseon Woodworking Co. for 33 years and at Sauder Village for 14 years.

He served more than three years in Civilian Public Service during World War II and participated in voluntary service in Tucson, Ariz., for four months. He also helped through Mennonite Disaster Service several times. He was a member of North Clinton Mennonite Church near Wauseon.

Survivors include his wife, Lucille; a daughter, Marlene Stuckey and her husband, Gary, of West Unity; six sons, Larry and his wife, Bonnie, of New Holland, Pa., Ronald and his wife, Jody, of Pettisville, Marlin and his wife, Karen, of Archbold, David and his wife, Rhonda, of Kernersville, N.C., LaMar and his wife, Dawn, and Douglas and his wife, Sue, both of Archbold; a son-in-law, Ronald Nafziger of Wauseon; five brothers, Emanuel of Albany, Ore., Allen of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Eldon of South Bend, Ind., Elmer of Lebanon, Ore., and Willard of Albany, Ore.; three sisters, Frances Yutzy of Kalona, Iowa, Mary Gerig of Albany, Ore., and Minnie Chaffee of West Unity; 23 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Waneta; a daughter, Karen Nafziger; a brother, Emery Gerig; and two sisters, Mabel Miller and Elsie Gerig.