Geraldine (Gerri) Iris McArdell born on April 13, 1927, in Amery, Wisconsin died on October 25, 2019, in Hudson, Wisconsin.  Gerri was 92 years old at the time of her death. Preceded in death: Mother Loretta (Legrid) Garbe, Father Louis Garbe, Step Mother Edith (Hedman) Garbe, Brother Baby Boy Garbe, Brother William Garbe, Sister Alice Hallgren

Survived by:  Loving daughters Barbara Redmond, Carol Ann McArdell, Janice Schumann (Kim), Kathe Nickleby (John), 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

In Gerri's final letter to her daughters, she wrote: "I was grateful for my Christian parents, my dad as close to the heavenly father as an earthly father could be, my mother, Loretta, who gave me life and my mother, Edith, who taught me to live life."