Obit: Pevan, Gertrude (1926 - 2004)

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Surnames: Pevan, Hoffman, Apfelbeck

----Sources: Leader Telegram (Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wis.) 02/24/2004

Pevan, Gertrude (31 Oct. 1926 - 21 Feb. 2004)

Gertrude M. Pevan, 77, a resident of Lakeside Nursing & Rehabilitation, Town of Eagle Point, and formerly of 737 Maple St., Chippewa Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at the home.

She was born Oct. 31, 1926, in Colby, Wis., the daughter of Bernard and Bernadine (Hoffmann) Apfelbeck. She married Francis X. "Whitey" Pevan on Oct. 27, 1948, in Colby. She had worked at Hamm’s Cheese House.

She was a member of Holy Ghost Church.

She is survived by two sons, Paul and Bernard, both of Chippewa Falls; and two brothers, Joseph of Colby and Dale of Lublin, Wis.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis X. "Whitey" Pevan; her parents; and one brother, William Apfelbeck.

Funeral services will be held at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, at Holy Ghost Church, Chippewa Falls. Interment will be in Hope Cemetery, Chippewa Falls.

Friends may call only from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at the Horan Funeral Home, Chippewa Falls. There will be a Christian vigil service at 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.