Gilbert F. Feldhacker, 79, was born March 26, 1929 at Crofton, Nebraska to Edward and Rose Tramp Feldhacker.  He was the youngest of nineteen children.
On December 27, 1948 he was married to Theresa Wuebben.  They made their home on a farm near Crofton, NE until 1949 when they moved to Milford.  Gib and his brother, Elmer, operated Elmer and Gib’s Lounge for thirty-three years in Milford.  After Elmer’s death in 1982, Gib operated the lounge another nine years as Gib’s Lounge.
Gib was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church of Milford, the Knights of Columbus and the Eagles Lodge of Spencer.  He enjoyed golf and cooking and baking.  The summers in retirement, he worked in the Arnolds Park Amusement Park.
Gib died May 18, 2008 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, after a five year battle with leukemia, at seventy-nine years of age.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Theresa; daughter, Sandra Grobe; his parents, Edward and Rose; twin siblings in infancy, brothers, Wilfred, Elmer, John,
Bernard, Joe and Ray; sisters, Veronica Foxhoven, Teresa Foxhoven, Mary Foxhoven, Clara Hass, Florence Salmon, Elizabeth Schroeder, and Cecilia Bingham; and son-in-law, Rocky Cheevers.
Surviving are his daughters, Linda Cesnik (John) of Rice Lake, WI, Susan Cheevers of Spirit Lake, and Rose Teege (Terry) of Milford; twelve grandchildren, five great grandchildren; and sisters, Rozella Pixler of Spencer, Hildegard Kuehler of Spencer and Sister Grace Feldhacker of Yankton, South Dakota.

IN MEMORY

Gilbert Feldhacker
March 26, 1929         May 18, 2008

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Milford, Iowa
Thursday, May 22, 2008   10:30 AM

PRESIDER
Msgr. Kenneth Seifried

MUSIC
Just As I Am, Processional
On Eagles Wings
Be Not Afraid, Recessional
Herman Richter, Soloist and Cantor
Wynette Moore, Accompanist
Anthony Cesnik, Oboeist, Communion
Jody Jenness, Accompanist

PALLBEARERS
Anthony Cesnik      John Cesnik      Allen Feldhacker
Tyson Cheevers      Fred Grobe, Jr.     Fred Grobe, III
Marvin Feldhacker     Ron Hansen           Terry Teege

INTERMENT
Calvary Cemetery,
Milford, Iowa