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Gerlad 'Jerry 'Bib' Schaudt
GERALD “JERRY” “BIB” SCHAUDT
Marshalltown
Gerald "Jerry" "Bib" Schaudt, 91, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Nov. 15, 2021. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at First Presbyterian Church in Marshalltown. Visitation will be held ffrom 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. In lieu of flowers, Gerald requested memorials be directed to Slater Area Historical Association, First Presbyterian Church of Marshalltown or Marshalltown Community Auditorium Foundation.
Gerald Duane was born at home in Slater, Iowa, on Aug. 3, 1930, to William and Alma (Queensland) Schaudt. Gerald graduated from Slater High, where he played baseball and basketball. He was a very proud member of the Slater Night Hawk Baseball team. Gerald was also a proud veteran, having been deployed by the Army to serve with the 68th AAA Gun Battalion in the Korean War from 1951-1953. For a short time, he was the owner of Bib's Sandwich Shop on Main Street in Greater Slater. He attended Grandview College for one year, before transferring to, and graduating from, Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls (now UNI). He coached and taught at Greenville-Rossie, Sac City, and the majority of his years were devoted to being a seventh and eighth grade science teacher at Marshalltown's Anson Junior High. He also taught driver's education for 35 years.
On Aug. 17, 1955, Gerald married Eleaner Vespestad at the Little Brown Church of Nashua. They were married for 53 years before Eleaner's passing in 2009, raising five children together.
Gerald is survived by his children, Sonda (Wade) Kirsteatter of Marion, Wanda Sporrer (Kurt, Kim, Kevin) of Carroll, Iowa; Brenda (Greg) Kirsteatter of Troy Grove, Ill., and their children, Jared (Hallie Konieczki) Kirsteatter of LaSalle, Ill., and Alissa (Ian) Ferguson of Paulding, Ohio, Dane (Donna) Schaudt of Pella, and their children, Kaitlyn of Chicago, Ill., Karissa of Chicago, Ill., Kollin of Marshalltown and Kara of Ankeny; and Gary Schaudt of Marshalltown; and four great-grandchildren, Monroe Kirsteatter, and Samuel, Henry and Brynn Ferguson.
Adams & Soderstrum Funeral Home of Slater is assisting the family with arrangements.
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