Gerritts, John R.

1897 - 1961  (63 years)

• Name	Gerritts, John R.
  Birth	17 Sep 1897	Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Bef 1919
  WWI - Stu Armt Training Corps
  1930 Census	1930	Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA
  Marinette Marinette County WI. Listed living with wife and 1 c hild age 31 married at 28, occupation Teacher at public school, Grace a ge 24, Richard age 2 and ??/12.
  Family History Researcher	Email Name: Mary Gerritts Stusek Email: mary@namespeed.com Note: John Rob ert Gerrits (changed from Gerrits to avoid confusion with a relative) cele brated his bith date as Sept. 22, 1897 although his bith certificate sho ws Sept. 17th. He married Grace Cummings who died April 19, 1935. He marr ied Winifred Lynch 12/27/38. He died May 14, 1961 Email 6/11/2005Hello, I appreciated your website. You helped me fill in some ga ps on my ancestry. In return I would like to give you some info. My na me is John Vander Loop. I currently live in California but spent the fir st 10 years of my life in Appleton, Wis. A name in your database is John G errits b. Sept. 17, 1897 & d. May 14, 1961. He is my namesake and matern al grandfather. His marriage to Grace Cummings was in 1926. My mother w as about 5 years old when Grace died. You have his second marriage to Lync h. This should be Winifred. I always considered her my Grandma. Winifred w as born June 18,1903 and sadly she passed away on May 2, 2001.She was born in New Richmond, Wis. and is buried in St. John Cemetary in L ittle Chute, Wis.My grandfather also changed his last name and added another "t" (Gerritts) .There is a middle school in Little Chute, Wis. named after him called J. R. Gerritts Middle School. The old school was closed a couple years ago a nd a brand new school replaced it. If you have any other information concerning Gerrits or Cummings I wou ld appreciate your help. Again thanks for your website. NOTE: send any e -mail to JVND@verizon.net. Sincerely, John A. Vander Loop
  Death	14 May 1961
  Burial	Aft 14 May 1961	St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	17 May 1961
  Kaukauna Times
  John R. Gerritts, of Kimberly, died Sunday evening. John was the former superintendent of schools in Kimberly and business manager of the Kimberly High School.
  Person ID	I47691	1FamilyTree | CarlaDorow25298
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Gerrits, James M.,   b. 26 Jan 1869, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 26 Nov 1952, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Peters, Theodora,   b. 23 Jun 1869, Mill, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d. 23 Nov 1935, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F15208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Cummings, Grace,   b. 5 Jul 1906   d. 19 Apr 1935 (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1926
  Children	+ 1. Gerritts, Richard J.,   b. 14 Nov 1927, Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin, USA d. 28 Mar 2008, Minocqua, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA (Age 80 years) + 2. Gerrits, Doris,   b. 19 Sep 1931, Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 May 2012, Henderson, Clark, Nevada, USA (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F19777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Lynch, Winifred M.,   b. 18 Jun 1903, New Richmond, St. Croix, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 May 2001, Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1938
  Children	1. Gerritts, Judy   2. Gerritts, Mary
  Family ID	F19778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010