Dr. Robert Earl Gerner's Obituary
VAIL, COLORADO Graveside Services for Dr. Robert Earl Gerner, 76, of Vail, Colorado will be at 3:30 pm on Friday, October 12, 2007 at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon, with Rev. Truman Ledbetter, officiating. Dr. Gerner died Friday, October 5, 2007 at Denver, Colorado. He will be laid to his final rest in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon alongside his parents, grandparents, 2 brothers, a nephew, and a number of other family members. Dr. Gerner was born December 12, 1930 in Lelia Lake to Edward W. and Alma Jane Russell Gerner. He attended Lelia Lake schools, Clarendon College, & West Texas State University. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston and surgical residence from Hahnaman Medical Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He worked for a number of years in Buffalo, New York’s Roswell Park Memorial Institute in cancer research before moving to Denver, Colorado in the early 1970’s. He practiced there for many years, specializing in cancer surgery. At the time of his illness and death, he had been practicing in Vail, Colorado for over 20 years. Dr. Gerner was a dedicated physician, he spent his life in service to others, workingto make their lives better. He was a Methodist. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - his parents; 5 brothers, Ernest, Henry, Bill, Ray, & Harold. SURVIVORS - 3 sister-in-laws, Irene Williams of Memphis, Helga Youngman of Denver, & Leora Gerner of Yucaipi, CA; several nieces and nephews including Johnny Gerner & Rick Gerner, formerly of Clarendon, & Sabine Brookmeyer of Denver.
MEMORIALS - The family request memorials be to Citizens Cemetery/ PO Box 669/ Clarendon, Texas 79226 or a favorite charity.
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