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Celeste
Gerardy, 66
Thief
River Falls -- Celeste Gerardy, 66, Thief River
Falls, died Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at Northwest
Medical Center in Thief River Falls.
Celeste
Ivadelle Pierce was born October 25, 1934 in
Warren, to the late Harold and Florence (Nelson)
Pierce. She was baptized in Viking and confirmed at
Trinity Lutheran Church. She then was confirmed
into the Catholic Faith at St. Bernard's Catholic
Church in Thief River Falls. She grew up and
attended school in Thief River Falls and graduated
from Lincoln High School.
On
October 16, 1954, Celeste was united in marriage to
Ronald Gerardy. The couple lived in Thief River
Falls until 1991 when they moved to Owatonna. In
1993 she moved back to Thief River Falls where
Celeste entered the CNC unit of Northwest Medical
Center.
Survivors
include husband Ron, Thief River Falls; six
children, Mark Gerardy; Renae (Mitch) Hoard, Kristi
(Mike) LaSalle, Brian (Kim) Gerardy, and Bruce
(Mary) Gerardy, all of Thief River Falls, and
Michelle "Mic" (Jim) Morrissey, Glenwood; Eleven
grandchildren; sisters and brothers, Arlys (Dennis)
Morrison, Askov, Valerie (Richard) Vigstol, Oak
Grove, James (Ramona) Pierce. She is also survived
by other family members including Shirley (Orvis)
Nordby, Grygla, Walker, Joyce (Ernest) Landsrud of
Grygla, Gordon (Margaret) Brateng of Olathe, Colo.,
Beverly (Dick) Burris of Spokane, Wash., Wendell
(Doris) Brateng of New Hope, and Yvonne (Ray) Ellis
of Wabasso, and many relatives and
friends.
She
is preceded in death by her parents, two nephews,
Robbie and Travis; once niece, Denise; and brothers
Vernon and Lyle Brateng.
Burial
will be at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Thief River
Falls.
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