The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

A funeral service for Willis A. Gebert was held Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hartley. Pastor Chris Nitzel and Pastor Dave Ericksen officiated.

Pallbearers were Jim Paulsen, Eric Paulsen, David Whited, Doug Meyer, Kevin Zinn and Kevin Rossiter. Honorary pallbearers were Karen and Kenny Zinn, Mary Lou and Rollie Lenz, Keith and Pearl Ackerman, and Rodney and Marilyn Meyer. Burial was in St. John Cemetery at Germantown. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.

Willis Arthur Gebert, one of five children born to Arthur E. and Ella (Fiddelke) Gebert, entered the...