Obituary

Betty Jane Gerlach
(December 31, 1936 - December 10, 2011)

Betty Jane Gerlach, 74, of Huntington, passed away Saturday December 10, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville. Burial will be in Woodmere Memorial Park. She was born December 31, 1936 in Huntington, a daughter of the late Leslie and Edna Jordan Blake. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Deann Gibson and Betty June Jones, brothers and sisters, Charles Blake, Robert Blake, Ruth Abbott, Donna Sowards, Mary Hemming and Dorothy Stephens. She is survived by her husband, Peter Gerlach; two daughters and sons-in-law, Gloria Dee and Gary Bowen of Ona and Shelia and Richard Holley of Huntington; brothers and sisters, Ruby Ratliff, Bertha Woodyard, Ronald Stephens, Isaac Blake and Donald Blake; five grandchildren, Stacie Thompson of Ona, Sharon Collins of Ona, Tracy and Michael Burd of Huntington and Brittney Gibson of Huntington; eight great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild; four step-children, Toney and Duff Gerlach, Pete Perry and Pepsi and John Richardson and five step-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6-8 pm Monday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville.