Dennis Funeral Homes

GERTRUD M. JEWISON, age 80 of Waseca died Friday, April 3, 2009 at Golden Living Center in Franklin.

Born in Czechoslovakia on December 16, 1928 she was the daughter of Hans and Maria Mahrla. She attended school in Czechoslovakia and later the University of Minnesota-Waseca.  Gertrud married Willard Jewison in 1959 in Frankfurt, Germany.  She had been employed as a cook at the University of Minnesota-Waseca for many years.  Gertrud enjoyed quilting and crocheting.  She was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church in Janesville.

She is survived by one son, Harold and Wendy Jewison of Waseca; one grandchild, Cassidy Jewison; and one brother, Peter Mahrla of Oberhinkofen, Germany.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one sister-Monica.  

Visitation will be held at Kinder-Dennis Home for Funerals in Waseca on Monday, April 6, 2009 from 4-7 PM.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 1:30 P.M. at Kinder-Dennis Home for Funerals in Waseca with Rev. Syl Brown officiating.  Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Elysian.