Services were Saturday, May 25, at Casey-Witzenburg Chapel, Auburn, for Earl P. Gerdes, 85, who died May 22, 1991. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery.

He is survived by two sons, Robert Gerdes, Bloomington, Minnesota and Lee Gerdes, San Francisco, California, and three daughters, Mary Jane Morrissey, Blair; Shirley Burns, Spring, Texas and Pat Gerdes, Boone, Iowa.