Gerhard Prull

Gerhard Prull, 97, of Kanawha passed away Monday, June 11, 2001, at the Kanawha Community Home in Kanawha, Iowa.

Gerhard, the son of Charley and Fannie (Eenhuis) Prull was born March 26, 2904, at the family farm north of Kanawha.  He received his education in the Hancock county rural schools.

On February 24, 1932, he was united in marriage with Anna Marie Seebeck at the Kanawha Christian Reformed Church by the Reverend D.H. Plesscher.  Except for a brief period, they lived on the Prull family farm northeast of Kanawha.  In 1975 they moved to a home on east 6th Street in Kanawha.  In June of 1991, Marie passed away.  Gerhard continued to live in their home until April 1996, when he moved to the Kanahwa Community Home.

Gerhard was a lifelong member of the Kanawha Christian Reformed Church.  He loved farm life and always had a special interest in horses.  His retirement to "town life" was quite an adjustment and he began building a miniature replica of the farm site where he was born and enjoyed life over many years.  He enjoyed showing the farm to his many friends and relatives.

Gerhard is survived by his daughter Janice Rasmussen and her husband, Dale of Mason City, his daughter Carolyn Welden and her husband, John of Iowa Falls; his grandchildren, Kim Andrea and her husband John of Keewatin, Minnesota;David Welden and his wife, Lori of Marshalltown; five great-grandchildren: Amy, Christopher, and Joshua Wilmarth; Cole Welden; and Mallory Pierce; sister-in-law Margaret Prull of Kanawha; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law: Henry and Tillie Seebeck, Clarence and Genevieve Seebeck, Marian Seebeck of Britt, and George and Pearl Seebeck of Sunnyside, Washington.

He is preceded in death by his wife Anna Marie, his sister Grace Abbas, and brothers, John and Fritz.