Harold Carl Gaebe Jr.

Gaebe, Harold Carl Jr., son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Harold Carl Gaebe of Desloge, Missouri, died on December 2, 2006. He was 84 years old. Mr. Gaebe was a graduate of Washington University where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He entered Harvard Law School but interrupted his studies to serve with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Lieutenant Gaebe participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands, Guam, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima, where he witnessed the raising of the two victory flags on Mount Suribachi. He retired from the Marines with the rank of Major. Mr. Gaebe was a member of the Board of Governors of the Missouri Bar, President of the Metropolitan Bar Association of St. Louis, and a Webster Groves municipal judge. He was a partner with the law firms of Nouss, Bamburg and Gaebe, and Thompson, Walther, Shewmaker and Gaebe, respectively. Later in his career he was president of J.B. Gury Manufacturing, founded by his grandfather in 1886. Active in the Episcopal Church, he was Junior and Senior Warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and a member of the Rt. Reverend Cadigan's Bishop's Vestry. Mr. Gaebe served as a Trustee of the John Burroughs School and on the Frontenac Police Board. He also served his community in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where he was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels, Deep Well and Hilton Head Hospital. He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Barbara Winberg Gaebe; his five children: Christopher (Ginger), Cynthia Potter (Edward), Jonathan (Julie), Melissa, Lindsay Keller (Peter); his 12 grandchildren, Christopher Jr. and Anne Gaebe, Nicholas (Katie), Teddy, Brookes and Bryce Potter, Jonathan Jr. and Erin Gaebe, Katharine Burstein, Hadley, Chandler, and Xiaoling Keller; one great-grandchild, Laurel Potter; and his aunt, Mrs. Victor Gury.Services: A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 11, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 110N. Warson Rd. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, 825 College Blvd., Suite 102, PMB 609, Oceanside, CA 92057; Unity Health Hospice, 1000 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis, MO 63131, or Churchill School, 1035 Price School Rd., St. Louis, MO 63124.