Obituaries : Mary C. Gerhold Neuhaus

Mary C. Gerhold Neuhaus

ATKINS: Mary C. Gerhold Neuhaus, 84, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 21, 2013 at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Atkins with Rev. Douglas Woltemath officiating.

Interment will be held at St. Stephen's Cemetery near Atkins. Visitation will also be held at the church from 2 to 6 p.m., on Sunday. A memorial fund has been established.

Mary was born September 23, 1929 at Cedar Rapids to Calvin and Opal (Tow) Rosdail and graduated from Roosevelt High in Cedar Rapids in 1948.
On November 14, 1953 she married Carl Henry Gerhold, Jr. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. He preceded her in death in 1973. She married David Neuhaus on May 12, 2000 at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Atkins.

Mary was employed at the City of Cedar Rapids Water Dept. J.C. Penney at Westdale and as a Secretary at Farm Service Inc. in Atkins. Her favorite job was always that of mother, wife, and grandmother.

She is survived by her husband, David Neuhaus of Atkins; her children, Randall (Pamela) Gerhold of Eden Prairie, MN, Lynnette Gerhold of Cedar Rapids, Carl (Marilyn) Gerhold, III of Atkins, Thomas (Julia) Gerhold of Atkins, Jony Gerhold of Sacramento, CA, and Judy Gerhold of Roseville, MI; her step-children, Patrick and Kevin Slater of Fairfax; six grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; her brother, Dennis Rosdail of Newhall; her sisters, Betty Stallman of Fairfax and Janet (Ron) Schanbacher of Newhall; and her sister-in-law, Ruth Rosdail of Springville.

In addition to her parents and first husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Donald Rosdail.

Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com