{"id":5540,"date":"2023-08-21T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:41:52","slug":"thelma-e-gerardot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/21\/thelma-e-gerardot\/","title":{"rendered":"Thelma E. Gerardot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.batesvilletechnology.com\/fh_live\/15900\/15910\/images\/obituaries\/8645568_fbs.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thelma E. Gerardot, 82, of Monroeville, Indiana passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Adams Heritage in Monroeville surrounded by her family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on March 31, 1941 in Convoy, Ohio to the late Roy and Marie (Fegley) Gaskill. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 30, 1958, Thelma married Dennis J. Gerardot at St. Louis Catholic Church, Besancon and he preceded her in death on October 15, 2004.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church in Monroeville, Indiana and served in the Monroeville Fire Department Auxiliary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thelma was a lifelong homemaker and babysitter to many of her grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thelma enjoyed bike riding and watching her grandchildren play baseball and basketball. &nbsp;In her spare time country music and bingo provided her with pleasure\u2026and some frustration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is survived by her son, Jeffery (Dawn) Gerardot of Leo, Indiana; son, Roger (Laure) Gerardot of Fort Wayne, Indiana; son, Brian (Tammy) Gerardot of New Haven, Indiana; son, Matthew (Deb) Gerardot of Fort Wayne, Indiana; daughter, Becky (Mark) Johnson of Monroeville, Indiana; sister, Janice Decker of Van Wert, Ohio; 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thelma was preceded in death by a daughter, Jacqueline K. Gerardot; grandson, Kyle Gerardot; and sisters, Shirley Exline and Patty Marquardt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, August 25, 2023, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. at St. Rose Catholic Church in Monroeville, Indiana with Father Dennis DeBenedetto. Burial will follow at St. Rose Catholic Cemetery in Monroeville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Holy Rosary will be recited at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, August 24, 2023, at Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel in Monroeville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family and friends will be received from 3-7 p.m. on Thursday following the Rosary at the funeral home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials are to Riley Children\u2019s Hospital, Stillwater Hospice or Masses to the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements are by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel in Monroeville, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thelma E. Gerardot, 82, of Monroeville, Indiana passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Adams Heritage in Monroeville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-5540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}