The Advocate; Newark OH; 2013-10-26


HEATH: A Funeral Mass for Geraldine "Jeri" Mahan, 86, of Heath, will
be held at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 10:30 A.M., Tuesday,
October 29, 2013, with Rev. JCP Sullivan, Parish Priest, as celebrant.
Interment will follow in Spring Grove Cemetery. Jeri died at the Selma
Markowitz Care Center of Hospice of Central Ohio on Friday, October 25,
2013. She was born in Newark, Ohio on May 17, 1927 to the late Raymond
and Ruth (Mason) Lake. Jeri was retired from Newark Catholic High School
where she worked as the cafeteria supervisor for many years. She was
a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and a member of
their Ministry of Comfort. Jeri enjoyed camping and the fellowship at 1st
EUB. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Joseph E. and
Jane Mahan, Joyce M. Brown and her fiance; Rodney Reed, John W. and
Connie Gatrell and Mary Louise and James Edwards; 12 grandchildren; many
great-grandchildren; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Catherine Barber,
Janice and Bill Horkey and Mary and Roger Lucas; longtime friends, Buck
and Mary Jane Crawmer and Helen Norris; and many nieces and nephews. In
addition to her parents, Jeri was preceded in death by her husband
whom she married on June 3, 1946, John H. Mahan; her son, Harold E.
Gatrell; and her brothers, Don, Virgil, and Herman. The family requests
that memorials be made to the Foundation for Hospice of Central Ohio,
PO Box 430, Newark, Ohio 43058. Friends and family may call from 4-7
P.M., Monday October 28, 2013 at the REED-EGAN FUNERAL HOME, 141 Green
Wave Drive, Newark.