Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Gerald E. Wordinger

July 9, 1926 – Jan. 23, 1983

 

The Elkhart Truth 1/24/1983

Bristol – Gerald E. Wordinger, 56, of 809 E. Vistula, died at 3 a.m. Sunday at home after an 11-year illness.

 

He was born July 9, 1926 in Wyatt, and married Rosalyn I. Tom, Oct 1, 1949, in Jefferson City. She survives with two sons, Ross, Goshen and Jeff at home; a daughter, Mrs. Orville (Mona) Futrell, Edwardsbug; two grandchildren; one brother Otho V., South Bend and one sister Mrs. Carl (Elvera) Schalliol, Wyatt.

 

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Warner Funeral Home, Osceola, where her arrangements are pending.

 

He was an army veteran of World War II. He retired from work as a plumber in 1972, and was a member of that trade union.