Provided by Allen Brand:

Gerald G. Eller, 51, of Grand Island died Thursday, June 4, 1998, at St. Francis Memorial Health Center.  Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home. The Rev. Jim Schmitt will officiate. Burial will be in Ohio. Visitation will be
from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to the Westside Youth Bowling League or Central Catholic Fine Arts Guild.  Mr. Eller was born on Nov. 12, 1946, at Ashtabula, Ohio, to Merrell and Arlene (George) Eller. He grew up and was educated in Geneva, Ohio, graduating from Geneva Senior High School in 1964. He furthered his education at Lakeland Community College in Mentor, Ohio.  He entered the U.S. Air Force on Feb. 7, 1966, served in Vietnam and received his discharge on Feb. 6, 1972.  He returned to Cleveland and married Deborah Friedel there on Nov. 24, 1973. The couple lived in Cleveland, where he worked for Forest City as a buyer. In 1987, the family moved to Grand Island, where he worked for Country General as a buyer.
He was a member of Resurrection Catholic
Church and was very involved with the Youth Bowling League at Westside Lanes.  Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Brooke Salmon and Shannon Eller, both of Grand Island; one son, Brandon Eller of Grand Island; his mother, Arlene Mullin of Geneva, Ohio; and one sister, Pat May of Ashtabula, Ohio.  He was preceded in death by his father, Merrell.