John Adam Gerberich Sr. ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: L849-VT1.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News; Gerberichs are Wed 20 Years, 8 Apr 1970, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹ Mr. and Mrs. John A Gerberich of Lebanon RD 2 are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary today.
They were married by the late Rev. Francis J. Heltshe in St. Gertrude's Catholic Church.
Mrs. Gerberich is the former Sarah Beicher, daughter of Mrs. Mable Beicher of 146 Lehman St. and the late James Beicher. Her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy A Gerberich of Lebanon RD 2. He is employed by Cleaver-Brooks.
They are the parents of nine children: Carole, a freshman at Shippensburg State College; Linda, John Jr., James, Richard, Joseph, Robert, Thomas, and William, all at home.
A mass was said this morning at St. Gertrude's Church for the couple.

2. Residence: on 20 Dec 1971 in , Lebanon, PA. ⁴

3. Residence: Lebanon RD 2, Lebanon, PA on 22 Jul 1972 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁷

4. Newspaper: Daily News, 7 Apr 1973, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹¹ Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ger- berich Sr. of Lebanon RD 2 will celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary with a family dinner on Sunday at their home. The couple was married on April 8, 1950 in St. Gertrude's Catholic Church by the late Rev. Francis J. Heltshe.
Mrs. Gerberich, the former Sarah A. Beicher, is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James A. Beicher of Lebanon. Mr. Gerberich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy A. Gerberich, is employed by Pennco Distillers, Inc. of Pennsylvania. The couple has nine children: Carol A. (Mrs.
Franklin Bretz) of Layton, Utah; Linda S. (Mrs. John West) of Grantville, John A., a student at Thaddeus Stevens Trade School in Lancaster; James A., Richard A., Joseph A. and Robert A., Thomas E. and William M., all at home.

5. Obituary: Daily News on 16 Oct 1989 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁰ John A. Gerberich Sr., 59, of 1775 N. 8th Avenue, Lebanon, died Monday, Oct. 16, 1989, in Good Samaritan Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was the husband of Pauline R. Herr Gerberich. Born in Lebanon, he was the son of the late Leroy A. and Annabelle Snyder Gerberich.
He retired from the maintenance department of the Good Samaritan Hospital, and was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and the Rescue Hose Company. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons John A. Jr., James L., Robert A., and Thomas E., all of Lebanon, Richard A., Annville, Joseph A. Jonestown, and William M., Langley Air Force Base, Va.; daughters Carol, wife of Franklin Bretz, Grove, Linda, wife of John Basel, Lebanon, and Debora, wife of Larry Wolfe, Cornwall; 13 grandchildren, sisters Loraine DiFave, Jonestown, Arlene Youtz, Lebanon, and Lucille Behrendt, Tucson, Ariz.; and several nieces and death nephews. He was first preceded wife, Sarah Beicher Gerberich, who died in 1976.

John married Sarah Ann Beicher, daughter of James Andrew Beicher and Mabel A. Deck, on 8 Apr 1950 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.¹ (Sarah Ann Beicher was born on 5 Sep 1928 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA,^{12 13} died on 24 Dec 1976 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{12 13} and was buried in Lebanon: Holy Cross Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ¹².)