Mrs. Dorothy B. Geardink, age 91, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2010, in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.
Mrs. Geardink was born in Duel, South Dakota, on Wednesday, December 18, 1918, a daughter of the late Richard Bublitz and Nellie Sedgewick Bublitz. She was a farmer and had lived in the Blairsville area for the past two years. Her husband, John Geardink, had preceded her in death.
Surviving family members include son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Gloria Geardink, of El Paso, Texas; and daughter and son-in-law, L.K. and Craig Metz, of Blairsville; a sister and brother-in-law, Nellie and Paul Wahlstrom, of Canby, Minnesota; grandchildren: Barry Handegard, of Blairsville, Brad Handegard, of Knoxville, Tennessee, Jaime Dix, of Indiana, and Ryan Geardink, of South Dakota; six great grandchildren also survive.
Memorial services will be scheduled at a later date in Brookings, South Dakota.
Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville. You may send condolences to the family at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com