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Ralph Kerr Gaiser
Ralph Kerr Gaiser, 66, of 2800 Pine Lake Drive in Greensboro, died Friday, June
28, 1996, at NC Baptist Hospital in Greensboro.
He was born in Worthington, August 15, 1929, the son of the late Chalmer R. and
Agnes M. (Kerr) Gaiser. His mother, Agnes was born in Scotland.
He was a 1947 graduate of Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington,
Pa.
He later joined the Navy and was a veteran of the Korean War.
He began working for Pennsylvania National Insurance Company in the 1950's.
He became a member of The Lutheran Church of Our Father in 1968, when he finally
moved and settled in Greensboro with his wife and five children.
Mr. Gaiser was also a member of the American Legion and the North Carolina
Insurance Auditors Association.
There is no doubt that Mr. Gaiser will be remembered by countless numbers of
people, however, not for extraneous things, but for intangible human qualities
which illustrated the soul of an honest and kind man. He moved through life with
such a companionable temperament that his mere simplicity often set the most
apprehensive stranger at ease.
Mr. Gaiser was preceded in death by both his parents, Chalmer Ralston and Agnes
Kerr Gaiser, and his brother, George D. Gaiser.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley Perkins Gaiser of the home; daughters,
Teresa ``Teri' Olivares of Winston-Salem, and Sheryl ``Sheri' Lyon of
Greensboro; sons, Stephen K. Gaiser and Daniel ``Danny' Gaiser, both of
Greensboro, and Bryan K. Gaiser of Virginia Beach, Va.; seven grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, one niece, and two nephews.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 1996, at
Hanes-Lineberry N. Elm Chapel in Greensboro and other times at the home of Mr.
Gaiser, 2800 Pine Lake Dr. in Greensboro.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Monday, July 1, 1996, at The Lutheran Church of
Our Father, 3304 Groometown Road in Greensboro, with Pastor Bernard W. Hess
officiating.
Interment will follow in Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, NC.
Memorials may be made to The Lutheran Church of Our Father, c/o The Church
Building Fund, 3304 Groometown Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407.
Arrangements by Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home, Greensboro, NC.
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