Obit: Wellman, Gerd #2 (1946 - 2007)

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Surnames: BERNDT, CHRISTIANS, COOPER, HELD, MIESSNER, SMITH, UHLIG, UNDERWOOD, WELLMAN, WITT

----Sources: The Tribune-Phonograph, Vol. 47, No. 19, Wed., May 9, 2007, p 13

Wellman, Gerd (25 Sep 1946 - 03 May 2007)

Gerd Wellman, 60, Chili, died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Grandview Country Living, Chili.

Funeral services were held May 7th, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Milan. The Reverend Matthew Christians presided. Pallbearers were Virgin Underwood, Ken Smith, Edwin Meissner, Walter and Helmut Berndt and Alan Uhlig. Burial was in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Milan.

Gerd was born September 35th, 1946, in Germany to Irvin and Johanna (Held) Wellman. He graduated from Abbotsford, Wis. High School in 1965 and served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years.

He resided in the Owen-Withee area for a number of years before moving to Chili.

Gerd is survived by one son, Michael (Stephanie) Wellman, Abbotsford, his father, Irvin Wellman, Abbotsford; and three sisters, Linda (Lawrence) Cooper; Unity, Ursula (David) Witt, Fond du Lac, and Ruth (Alan) Uhlig, Abbotsford, Wis.

He was preceded in death by his mother Johanna Wellman and one brother, Charles Wellman.

Marina-Community Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.