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John Gehring Obituary

John Gehring, 88, passed away January 11, 2002, preceded in death by his beloved wife Thelma, nee Mack, who passed on April 23, 1980; survived by his three devoted sons, William (Leslie) of Peoria, IL, Robert (Mary), of New Berlin, WI, and Raymond (Kay) of Sunnyvale, CA; loving grandfather of Krista Schwartz of Cincinatti, OH, Gaela Gehring of Takoma Park, MD, Spring Gehring of Corpus Christi, TX, Chris Gehring of Milwaukee, WI, Sarah Gehring of New Berlin, WI, Bryant Gehring of Sunnyvale, CA and Mitchell Gehring of Sunnyvale, CA; proud great-grandfather of Krijn Schwartz of Cincinatti, OH and Kaela Thomas of Corpus Christi, TX; preceded in death by his sister Madeline Umbright of Chicago, IL. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Neighborhood Boys and Girl's Club, 2501 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 60618. Services will be Wednesday, 10 a.m. at Geils Funeral Home, 180 S. York Road, Bensenville, IL 60106. Interment Ridgwood Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL. Visitation Tuesday from 2 to 6 p.m. For info call 630-766-3232.

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Published by Chicago Tribune on Jan. 14, 2002.

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Steven & Anna Umbright

January 15, 2002

We are so sorry about John. We miss him living on Francisco Street. Boy what a fighter he was then.

God bless the family and our prayers are with you.

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