Bernice Viola Miller

Bernice Viola Miller was born August 19, 1898 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL and died December 2, 1966 at St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL. Bernice died of carcinoma colon and abdominal (cancer). She was buried December 5, 1966 at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL.
Bernice married Wendell Guthrie Gerber on December 27, 1921 at Chicago, Cook County, IL.
Wendell Guthrie Gerber, son of Johann Karl Ernst Gerber and Frances Eescher Guthrie, was born May 16, 1901 at Papineau Township, Iroquois County, IL and died January 27, 1968 at Riverside Hospital, Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL. Wendell was buried on January 29, 1968 at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL.

Bernice and Wendell had the following child:

• (F) Beverly Bernice Gerber was born July 25, 1926 and died September 1, 1991.

Birth Certificate Bernice Viola Miller

Certificate of Birth
State of Illinois County of Kankakee
I, Bruce Clark, County Clerk of Kankakee County Illinois, do hereby certify that Bernice Viola Miller of the Female sex was born on August 19, 1898 at Kankakee in the County of Kankakee and State of Illinois, all of which appears from the records and files in my office.
Given under my hand and seal this 22nd day of September A.D., 1986.
Filed for Record January 27, A.D. 1942
Certificate Page 813
signed Bruce Clark, County Clerk Alisha Hall, Deputy

Certificate of Marriage

This certifies that Wendell Gerber of Kankakee, Ill and Bernice Miller of Kankakee, Ill were united by me in Holy Matrimony on the Twenty Seventh day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty One at Chicago, Illinois.
signed Judge of the City Court of Kewanee, Ill H. Sterling Pomeroy

Death Notice Bernice Viola Gerber

Kankakee Daily Journal, Sunday, December 4, 1966
Bernice Gerber, Kankakee, dies
Mrs. Bernice Viola Gerber, 68, 567 S. May Ave., a lifelong resident of Kankakee County, died at 9:50 a.m. Friday in St. Mary’s Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Her death came just 26 hours after the death of a sister, Mrs. Melissa Haarer, Gainesville, Fla., who died Thursday.
Mrs. Gerber was born Aug. 18, 1898 in Kankakee, the daughter of the late Mr. And Mrs. Norris J. Miller.
She was married Dec. 27, 1921 in Chicago to Wendell Gerber, who survives along with: a daughter, Mrs. Beverly Cole, Kankakee; brothers, Ernest and Leo, both of Kankakee; sister, Mrs. Freda Haarer, Kankakee; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Clancy Funeral Home, where visitors may call after 2 p.m. today until time of services.
The Rev. Frank Pieper of Trinity Lutheran Church will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Gardens.

Medical Certificate of Death Bernice V. Gerber

State of Illinois Medical Certificate of Death State file Number 63927
Place of Death: State Illinois County Kankakee Inside Kankakee City
Usual Residence: State Illinois County Kankakee
Outside Kankakee corporation Length of Residence: 18 years
Residence Address: 567 So. May Ave., Kankakee
Name of Hospital: St. Mary's Hospital Length of Stay: 4 wks
Name of Deceased: Bernice Viola Gerber
Date of Death: 12 2 1966
Sex: Female Race: White Married Date of Birth: Aug 19, 1898 Age: 68
Usual Occupation: Homemaker Kind of Business: Own Home
Birthplace: Kankakee, (unreadable_???), Ill Citizen of what country? U.S.A.
Father's Full Name: Norris Jay Miller
Mother's Full Maiden Name: Hattie Merillat
Was deceased ever in U.S. Armed Forces: no
Informant's signature (signed) Wendell Gerber
Address 567 S. May Ave Kankakee
Medical Cause of Death: Carcinoma colon & abdominal (unreadable_???)
signed 11-26-66 Abd. carcenomatosis
I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from July 1966 to 12-2-1966
death on 12-2 66 at 19:30 am
dated 12-5-66 IL License 240? P. Beland?, M.D.
1309 E. Court Street Kankakee, Ill 9393541
Disposition: Memorial Gardens Aroma Twp, Ill.
Funeral Director M.L. Clancy 1151 E. Court Street Kankakee, Ill Lic 1721

Memorandum Bernice V. Gerber

Kankakee Sunday Journal, Sunday, December 4, 1966
In Loving Memory of Bernice V. Gerber
Date of Birth August 18, 1898
Date of Death December 2, 1966
Services Held At Clancy Funeral Home Monday December 5th, 1966 2:00 pm
Clergy Rev. Frank Pieper Officiating, Trinity Lutheran Church
Interment Memorial Gardens

Birth Certificate Wendell Guthrie Gerber

Father: John Gerber
Residence at time of this birth: Papineau Twsp   Color: White    Age 38 yrs
Birthplace: Mecklenburg, Germany
Occupation: 4
Mother: Frances Isabelle Guthrie
Residence at time of this birth: Papineau Twsp   Color: White    Age: 34 yrs
Birthplace: Papineau Twsp, IL
Occupation: 4
Signed at IL, Kankakee County, by
(mother) Frances I Gerber Maulbetsch Box 81 Aroma Park, IL 26 Aug 1942
by Harvey W. Swan, Notary Public
Filed Aug 29, 1942 by Walter Ruebenson, Papineau IL Registrar
Copy rec'd of birth of Wendell Guthrie Gerber dated August 29, 1942

Memorandum Wendell Guthrie Gerber

In Loving Memory of Wendell G. Gerber
Date of Birth: May 16th, 1901
Date of Death: January 27th, 1968
Funeral Services: Monday, January 29th, 1968 2:00 PM Clancy Funeral Home
Clergyman: Rev. Frank Pieper of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating
Interment: Memorial Gardens
Arrangements by: Clancy Funeral Home

Death Notice Wendell G. Gerber

Kankakee Journal, Jan 28, 1968
Wendell Gerber, Kankakee, Dies; Funeral Monday
Wendell G. Gerber, 67 of 567 S. May Ave. died at 6 a.m. Saturday at Riverside Hospital following a short illness. He was a lifelong resident of Kankakee and was a superintendent at Kroehler Manufacturing Co., where he had been employed for 42 years.
He was born May 16, 1901, in Papineau, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gerber. He was married Dec 27, 1921 in Chicago to Bernice Miller. She died Dec. 2, 1966.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Beverly Shreves of Paxton; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother George Gerber of Whitehouse Point, Fla.; and a sister, Mrs. Faye Captain of California.
Gerber was a member of Masonic Lodge 389 of Kankakee.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Clancy Funeral Home with the Rev. Frank Pieper of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. Sunday until the time of services. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory.
Masonic services will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Clancy Funeral Home.