Gervaise (Geri) Martin Sattler, age 65 died February 1, 1988 at North Memorial Hospital. Funeral services and internment in Fort Snelling Cemetery were held Monday, February 6.
Geri was born December 18, 1923, to James and Jennie Martin in Eden Valley. She graduated from EVHS in 1941, and attended the College of St. Catherine for two years. She enlisted in the WAVE's in 1943 and served in the Navy until November 1946. She was stationed at Norfolk.
Geri and John (Jack) Sattler were married in Washington D. C. August 19, 1945. Jack, a Marine, was an Eden Valley classmate. After three years in the South Pacific, he was stationed in Washington. When they were discharged they returned to Minnesota and have lived in Minneapolis and Crystal.
Geri is survived by husband, Jack, four sons, Michael, Robert, Patrick, and John Leo, and two grandchildren, one brother, Elmo Martin in St. Cloud and sister, Edna M. Tintes in Eden Valley.