In Memory

Catherine Geppert (Santel) - Class Of 1938

Catherine Geppert (Santel)

Catharine D. Santel 1921-2011

Santel, Catharine D. (nee Geppert) Baptized into the hope of Christs Resurrection, April 30, 2010. She was born on February 22,1921 in Reliance, SD and served in the United States Navy from 1943-46. Beloved wife of Walter J. Santel; loving mother of Tom (Mary Pat) and Don (Kelly) Santel; dear grandmother of Laura, Jim and Margaret Santel; our dear sister. sister-in-law, aunt and friend.

Services: Funeral from BOPP Chapel, 10610 Manchester Road, Kirkwood, Friday May 7 at 10:3Oam, @the Incarnate Word Catholic Church with the celebration of Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am. The interment will follow at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Walter and catharine Santel Scholarship Fund at St. Louis University High School, 4970 Oakland Ave .• Sl Louis, MO 63110 are appreciated. Visitation Thursday, May 6 at Bopp Chapel from 4-8pm. Online register at www.boppchapel.com


 
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06/14/11 12:52 PM #1    

Barbara Stallman (Speck) (1959)

As I was working in my Lyman County web site this morning (June 14, 2011,  this newspaper article jumped out at me so I felt moved to post it here to share with her family and classmates.  barbara

Geppert, Catherine
Reservist		 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Geppert of Reliance, is now on active duty at the Navy department in Washington, D.C. The feminine Bluejacket, as an enlisted woman in the US Naval Reserve, is one of several thousands of women who have been assigned to Washington to serve as direct replacements for Navy men, releasing them to  fight at sea with the fleet. Groups of "Women in Navy Blue" have become an established part of the busy Washington scene and both the Navy and the city have made the newcomers feel at at home. Yeoman Geppert is a graduate of Reliance High School and worked as Junior clerk and typist before joining the ranks of Navy Women Reservists.  (Feb. 3 1944)

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