Gerald Rynearson

Picha Funeral Home, Locally Owned and Operated

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Gerald S. Rynearson, age 76 of Huntley, Illinois and of rural Oxford, Wisconsin at the Bulldog Ranch died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Ann Catholic Church in Brooks, Wisconsin with Father Daniel Kelly celebrating. Burial will be at the Calvary Cemetery in Brooks. Visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday from 9:30 A.M. until the time of service at 11 A.M.

Gerald was born June 28, 1930 in Hastings, Nebraska to Lauretta Rynearson Read Schmidt and he was raised by his grandparents, Anna and Herbert Rynearson. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the China Marines and on Admiral’s Staff until he was sent to fight in the Korean Conflict where he was awarded the Purple Heart with one star. After an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps at Great Lakes, Illinois in 1951 he remained in the Chicago area where he worked, built and ran seven executive search firms until his retirement in 1998.

In 1952 he married Lorraine Weber, also of Hastings, Nebraska, and their daughter, Rene’ was born in 1956.

Gerald enjoyed flying, fishing, boating, golfing and taking care of his bulldogs. For the last 30 years his major enjoyment has been improving and caring for his beloved Bulldog Ranch.

Gerald is survived by his wife, Lorraine; daughter, Rene’ (Kevyn) Miller of Thorntown, Indiana; granddaughters, Jessica and Kasey Miller; sister, Eileen (Vern) Eastman of Giltner, Nebraska; brother, Laurence Read of Walnut Creek, California; and many nieces and nephews as well as countless friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that memorial donations be made to the Have a Heart Pet Shelter of Oxford or the Budda Box Cancer Fund.