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Gerald Lewis Sherman

Male 1922 - 2004  (81 years)


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  • Name Gerald Lewis Sherman 
    Birth 14 Aug 1922 
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Jan 2004  Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 9 Jan 2004  Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I555  Weeks
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2016 

    Father Cecil Lewis Sherman,   b. 14 Sep 1890, Courtland, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1964, , , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Aletta Bessie Weeks,   b. 11 Feb 1900, Middleton, Norfolk Cty, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1971 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jan 1920  Middleton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Marriage certificate: OVS Marriages 1869-1922, Reg # 018345
      Bridegroom: Cecil Lewis Sherman, Bachelor, Blacksmith
      Age: 27
      Residence: Courtland, Norfolk cty., Ontario
      Father: George Eugene Sherman
      Mother: Margaret Chambers
      Bride: Aleta Bessie Weeks, Spinster, Clerk
      Age: 20
      Residence: Middleton
      Father: Andrew Weeks
      Mother: Minnie Anscombe
      Clergyman: Thomas McLachlan, Presbyterian, Tillsonburg
      Witnesses: George Anscombe & Mrs. Bessie Elizabeth Anscombe, Tillsonburg
      Date of Marriage: Dec 20, 1919
    Family ID F181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family G.M. Hayward 
    Children 
    +1. L.M. Sherman
    +2. C.A. Sherman
    +3. R.G. Sherman
    Family ID F185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2006 

  • Headstones
    Sherman, Cecil L. & Wife Aletta B. Weeks
Sherman, Gerald L. & Wife Greta M. Hayward
    Sherman, Cecil L. & Wife Aletta B. Weeks Sherman, Gerald L. & Wife Greta M. Hayward
    SHERMAN SHERMAN
    Cecil L. Gerald L.
    1890 - 1964 1922 - 2004
    His Wife His Wife
    Aletta B. Weeks Greta M. Hayward
    1900 - 1971 1924 - 2006

  • Notes 
    • Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery, Section D, Row G, # 1
      Face of stone divided Sherman
      Right side;
      Gerald L. 1922 -


      Obituary
      GERALD 'ZEKE' SHERMAN
      Peacefully at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Monday January 5, 2003, **with his family by his side, Gerald "Zeke" Lewis Sherman of Courtland at the age of 82 years. Wonderful husband and best friend of 60 years to Greta (Hayward) Sherman. Zeke was an excellent father to Marlene Knack and her husband Bob, Cheryle Ann Palmer and her husband Larry, and Robert Sherman and his wife Jo-Ann. Loving grandfather to Bryon Carson and hsi wife Kim, Glen Carson, Carolyn Carson Dunseith and Gary Wells, Sherri Palmer and husband Wray Goodwin, Mandy Sherman and fiance Dan Gaulin, Jerry Sherman, Richard Dunseith and Richard and Terri Knack. Robert and Cathy Knack, and Cheryl and Paul Wardle. Great Grandfather to Trevor and Adam Carson, Brandon, Main, Baily, Emily and Cameron. Loving brother to Donna Long and Jean Bowlby. Brother in law to Bob and Donna Mae Hayward, Corrin Hayward and Don McQuiggan. Zeke was predeceased by his parents Cecil Sherman and Aletta (Weeks), two granddaughters Judy Lynn Carson (1961) and Teresa Leanne Palmer (1975); sisters Dorothy Marquette, Ruth Gray, Marie Sands, Margaret McQuiggan, Norm and Dorothy Hawyard, Marie and Mac Hicks and Jack Hayward. A Royal Canadian Legion service will commence on Wednesday evening, January 7, 2004 at 6;30 pm. The family will receive friends at Ostrander's Funeral Home, 43 Bidwell St., Tillsonburg on Thursday, January 8, 2004 from 2-4pm and 7-9pm. The funeral will be held in the Ostranders Funeral Home chapel on Friday, January 9,2004 at 1:30 pm. Pastor Bryan Bucher officiating, Interment at the Tillsonburg Cemetery. Memorial donations to Zeke's memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Tillsonburg, District Memorial Hospital Dialysis Unit or the Children's Miracle Network.

      ** misprint hw

  • Sources 
    1. [S131] OVS Marriage Index 1857-1922, Cecil L. Sherman & Aleta Bessie Weeks, Reg # 018345 (Reliability: 3).
      30 Dec 1919



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