Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring, Minn., for Raymond J. Gerding, age 88, who died Friday, Nov. 11, at Assumption Home in Cold Spring surrounded by his loving family. Burial will be in the Sts. Peter & Paul parish cemetery in Richmond, Minn.
Raymond was born in Elrosa, Minn., to Hubert and Rose (Deters) Gerding. He married MaryAnn Meyer on May 3, 1955, in St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Spring Hill. Raymond served in the Army during the Korean conflict. He worked at Cold Spring (Granite) for 36 years. Raymond loved eating his wife’s cookies, singing, dancing to old time music, garage parties and going for walks. He also enjoyed visiting people and house painting.
Survivors include his children, Deb Vogt (Max Monnens) Sherry (Jim) Hartman, Scott (Robyn) and Pamela Skogland (Paul Fleck); son-in-law, Tucker (Patti) Plantenberg; sister, Lillian Schoenberg; sisters-in-law, Tillie, Rita and Valeria Gerding, Isabel & Kathleen Meyer; 5 grandchildren, Joell and Jenny Vogt, Jenna (Noah) Rezac, Leah (Jake) Riesgraf and Beau Gerding; and 3 great-grandchildren, Taylor and
Mykayla Evens, and Isaac Rezac.
He was preceded in death by his wife, MaryAnn; daughter, Denise Plantenberg and unborn child; parents; brothers, Elmer, Wilfred, Robert, and Rueben; 2 infant sisters, Bertha and Bernice Gerding; in-laws, Armella Gerding, Monica and Dillo Leukam, Henry Schoenberg, Leander and Alvera Meyer, and Gerald and Sylvester Meyer.
A special thank you to the staff at the Assumption Nursing Home, Ione Koltes and Heartland Hospice for the wonderful care provided to our dad. Additionally, we would like to thank Fr. Matthew Luft, O.S.B., Fr. Julius Boeckerman, O.S.B., and Fr. Bob Rolfes for their unending spiritual care and support.
Arrangements are with Wenner Funeral Home, Richmond.