Geneva C. Gelarden, 88

Geneva C. Gelarden, 88, of Dale, died at 3:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at Scenic Hills Care Center in Ferdinand.

She was born in Perry County on Nov. 24, 1926, to Alfred L. and Anna P. (Litkenhus) Dupont. She married Earl N. Gelarden on July 1, 1950, in St. John Chrysostom Catholic Church in New Boston.

Mrs. Gelarden was a homemaker and a retired secretary for Servel Corp. She was a member of St. Nicholas Parish in Santa Claus. She wintered in Florida and enjoyed dominoes, crafts, euchre, bowling and her family.

Surviving are her husband, Earl N. Gelarden; four sons, Michael W. Gelarden and wife Pearl of Fulda and Mark V. Gelarden and wife Dorothy Ann, Daniel J. Gelarden and James P. Gelarden and wife Jenni, all of Evanston; a sister, Sister Mary Dupont of Evansville; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Dupont-Wright of Owensboro, Ky.; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Madonna Kay Gelarden, and a brother, Earl Dupont.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. CST Thursday in St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Santa Claus. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. CST Wednesday and 8 to 9:30 a.m. CST Thursday at Becher Funeral Home in Ferdinand.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Nicholas Parish or family wishes.