Gerleman, Mary Kay

Mary Kay Gerleman, 93, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Friday at All Saints Catholic Church by the Rev. John Flaherty. Burial: 2:30 p.m. Friday, Holy Trinity Cemetery, Harper. Friends may visit with the family after 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Teahen Funeral Home is serving the family.

Mary Kay is survived by her children, Carol (Dan) O'Brien and their children, Angie and Katie of Cedar Rapids, Barbara (Bill) Hamann of Oconomowoc, Wis. and their children, David of Richardson, Texas and Lisa of Oconomowoc, Wis., David (Joyce) Gerleman of Swisher and daughter Gina of Hiawatha, LuAnn (Terry) Patten of LaGrange, Wyo. and her children, Janice (Dirk) Newhoff of Bayard, Neb., Robert (Connie) Payton of Durango, Colo., and Philip (Kim) Payton of Bellview, Colo.; and several great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are three sisters, Eve Parrish of Cedar Rapids, Bernadette (Wilbert) Adam of Keota and Rose Ann (O. Beryl) Giltner of Akron, Ohio; and brother, Leon (Rose) Leinen of West Des Moines.

She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gus (1984); her parents; and brothers, Jerry, Art and Don Leinen.

Mary Catherine was born June 23, 1920, in South English, the daughter of John W. and Anne B. Leinen. She received her education at St. Elizabeth Catholic School in Harper and the Commercial Business College in Omaha, Neb. She married Gus Gerleman on Oct. 15, 1966, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. She did secretarial work at Creighton Memorial St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. In 1954, she moved to Cedar Rapids and was employed at Collins Radio and later by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her passions were cooking and taking care of her grandchildren.

Memorials may be directed to All Saints Catholic Church.

Online condolences can be left for the family at .

Published in The Gazette Nov. 5, 2013.