Obit: Louise Gerels

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Louise Gerels, 89, of Muscatine died on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at her home.

Funeral service was held Monday, Nov. 23 at Hillcrest Baptist Church. Burial will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family in care of Bonnie Tharp. The Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com.

Louise was born on July 26, 1931, in Muscatine, the daughter of Karl and Wilhelmine Dohrmund Giese. She married Sherman Junior ‘John’ Gerels on Aug. 21, 1948, in Muscatine. He preceded her in death.

She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading and lunches with her church lady friends. She attended Wilton Lutheran School.

Louise is survived by her two daughters, Bonnie Tharp and her husband Garey, and Theresa Hanson, all of Muscatine; two grandsons, James Jay Rieff and wife Elizabeth, and Daniel Lee Tharp his wife Kerri; seven great-grandchildren, Ali, Abigail, Chloe, Quinn, Bella, Lilly, Aiden.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; brothers, Art, Bill, Carl, Herman, John, Harry, Rinehart; sister, Anna; and son-in-law, Tom Hanson.

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