1921
Gerald
2013
Gerald Stokes
August 26, 1921 — January 19, 2013
Gerald G. Stokes, a retired farmer-rancher died of natural causes on Saturday, January 19th at Teton Nursing Home in Choteau, MT.
Vigil services will be on Tuesday, January 22nd at 7:00 PM and Funeral Mass on Wednesday, January 23rd at 11:00 AM, both at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Choteau, MT. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Gorder Jensen Funeral Home of Choteau and private burial of his ashes will follow at the family plot in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Conrad, MT.
Gerald was born at the family home near Valier on August 26, 1921 to T. P. and Edna (Armstrong) Stokes. He attended rural elementary school near the family farm and graduated from Conrad High School in 1939l.
Gerald enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp in July 1942 and trained as a top turret gunner and flight engineer in a B-17 at the gunnery school at the Las Vegas Army Air Field. He was then assigned as an instructor in the school until December of 1944 when he transferred to Amarillo Texas Air Force Base for re-training on B-29s and again was an instructor in the school until being discharged in December, 1945.
Gerald and Mary Grady were married at St. Ann's Cathedral in Great Falls in April 1944, and moved to a ranch near Dupuyer after Gerald's discharge. They sold this ranch and purchased land adjacent to Pendroy in December 1957. In 1990, they retired and moved to Choteau.
Gerald served a number of terms on the Pendroy School Board of Directors and on the Board of the Choteau High School District. He was a life-time member of Choteau American Legion and active in Choteau Kiwanis Club, the Teton Food Pantry and St. Joseph's Building and Maintenance.
Survivors include his wife, Mary of the family home; daughters Patricia (Fleet) Truman of Anchorage, AK and Rosemarie DeRuwe of Walla Walla, WA and sons: Gerald (Karen) Stokes Jr. of San Mateo, CA, T. P. (Lynda) Stokes II of Selah, WA; and Robert (Debbie) Stokes of Pendroy, MT; son-in-law: Larry Brownell of Conrad, MT and sister, Fern Pemberton of Fort Meyers, FL. Mary and Gerald have children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in ten different states.
He was preceded in death by his son, Paul, and daughter, Kathleen Brownell; his parents; brothers: Parley and Tom and sisters Faye and Shirley.
Memorials are suggested to a charity of the donor's choice. Online condolences may be left at www.gorderjensenfuneralhome.com
Vigil services will be on Tuesday, January 22nd at 7:00 PM and Funeral Mass on Wednesday, January 23rd at 11:00 AM, both at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Choteau, MT. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Gorder Jensen Funeral Home of Choteau and private burial of his ashes will follow at the family plot in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Conrad, MT.
Gerald was born at the family home near Valier on August 26, 1921 to T. P. and Edna (Armstrong) Stokes. He attended rural elementary school near the family farm and graduated from Conrad High School in 1939l.
Gerald enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp in July 1942 and trained as a top turret gunner and flight engineer in a B-17 at the gunnery school at the Las Vegas Army Air Field. He was then assigned as an instructor in the school until December of 1944 when he transferred to Amarillo Texas Air Force Base for re-training on B-29s and again was an instructor in the school until being discharged in December, 1945.
Gerald and Mary Grady were married at St. Ann's Cathedral in Great Falls in April 1944, and moved to a ranch near Dupuyer after Gerald's discharge. They sold this ranch and purchased land adjacent to Pendroy in December 1957. In 1990, they retired and moved to Choteau.
Gerald served a number of terms on the Pendroy School Board of Directors and on the Board of the Choteau High School District. He was a life-time member of Choteau American Legion and active in Choteau Kiwanis Club, the Teton Food Pantry and St. Joseph's Building and Maintenance.
Survivors include his wife, Mary of the family home; daughters Patricia (Fleet) Truman of Anchorage, AK and Rosemarie DeRuwe of Walla Walla, WA and sons: Gerald (Karen) Stokes Jr. of San Mateo, CA, T. P. (Lynda) Stokes II of Selah, WA; and Robert (Debbie) Stokes of Pendroy, MT; son-in-law: Larry Brownell of Conrad, MT and sister, Fern Pemberton of Fort Meyers, FL. Mary and Gerald have children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in ten different states.
He was preceded in death by his son, Paul, and daughter, Kathleen Brownell; his parents; brothers: Parley and Tom and sisters Faye and Shirley.
Memorials are suggested to a charity of the donor's choice. Online condolences may be left at www.gorderjensenfuneralhome.com
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