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GERALDINE (WARNER) Geraldine (8-25-1927 to 7-26-2012) born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Jiles and Zelma Warner. She had two younger siblings, Gordon Warner and Louise Griffin both (deceased). Geraldine (Gerry) moved to New Mexico and Married William D. (Bud) Hepler March, 1946 after a year long pen pal romance which started when Bud found a letter in a foxhole on the beach in Normandy. Bud died just days after their 65th Anniversary. Gerry then moved to Spanaway WA to live with her daughter whose family enjoyed caring for her until her death. Geraldine has three children, William M. Hepler, Patricia (Mohammad) Qavi and Lorraine (Matthew) Kuzior; fifteen grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, and traveling to visit friends and family. Her three sister-in-laws, cousin, nieces and nephews, friends, and her puppy all love and miss her. She was an Elementary school teacher, teaching two years at Otis, two years at Holloman Air Force base, and 23 years at Daniel Fernandez in Los Lunas retiring in 1993. Geraldine is together again with her beloved Bud at the Veteran's Cemetery in Santa Fe New Mexico. In lieu of flowers a donation to the Alzheimer's Association in her name would be much appreciated.
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