Gertrude was the baby of the Gorskie family. Youngest of four children which included her brother Raymond and sisters Rosemary and Muriel. She was orphaned early in her life, her father dying when she was still a baby and her mother just a few years later. The children were raised by their Aunts Rose and Margaret.
She met the love of her life, Charles Herian, while they were teenagers in Astoria, Queens New York. Charlie joined the Army in 1945 when he was just 15 and they wouldn't see each other for several years. They married October 4th, 1952 and she was off to Germany as an Army wife. She recalled her sisters crying at her departure on board the ship, fearing that they would never see her again. Little did they know that this was just her first step in traveling the world.
From there it was back to America on Long Island and then Ft Knox, Kentucky, back to Germany, back to Kentucky where Charlie retired, a few months on Staten Island until they bought a house in Farmingdale, New York, where she worked as a clerk/typist for an insurance company until 1989 when they retired to Melbourne, Florida for the rest of both of their lives.
She was a wonderful wife and mother to her son Chip Herian and his wife Brenda, daughter Cathy Kyle and her husband Dennis, grandmother to Chris Herian, Bryan and Michael Kyle, and great grandmother to five little ones who will never get to fully appreciate her love and company.
Gert and Charlie loved to travel and took many cruises all over the world, including to the Holy Lands, Italy, Russia, Alaska and the Caribbean. In the end, she was world weary, very tired, and certainly deserved her eternal rest with her beloved husband. Rest in Peace, Gertie Marie!
A funeral service for Gertrude will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2022 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 5330 Babcock St NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.FountainheadFuneralHome.com for the Herian family.
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