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| John Rodney Gaebe (1930-2008) |
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Announcement |
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On February 19, the firm lost a partner and a friend in John R. Gaebe. |
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02/15/08 |
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'It was a great ride.' John Gaebe, 'a man of towering integrity', died at home on Sunday after a year-long battle with cancer. He was an honorable, generous, fun-loving and loyal man who took pride in his family - Georgeann, his wife of 53 years; daughters Susan Everett, Lauren Bakker-Arkema and Karen Gaebe; sons-in-law Jon Everett and Peter BakkerArkema; and his eight grandchildren Chris and Scott Everett; Haley, Hannah, Julia and Lilly Bakker-Arkema; Jane and George Rezek; and his younger brother Allen Gaebe.
John Gaebe was born in Centralia, Illinois in 1930 and raised in Addieville, Illinois. He graduated from Western Military Academy and attended Westminster College for two years before leaving to serve in the Korean War. When his tour of duty was completed, he married Georgeann (in 1955) and they returned to Westminster so he could complete his bachelor's degree. Mr. and Mrs. Gaebe then moved to St. Louis with their daughter Susan.
He was employed by Laclede Gas and went to night school at St. Louis University, graduating with a law degree in 1960. That summer the twins, Karen and Lauren were born. In 1962 he accepted a position as Florissant City Attorney. While developing a bond issue, Mr. Gaebe came to the attention of the senior partner of Charles and Trauernicht, a firm with a nationally recognized opinion on municipal bond issues. He joined the firm in 1964 and stayed there until Charles and Trauernicht merged with The Stolar Partnership in 1999. He was a partner there until his death.
John Gaebe loved a good game of solitaire and dinners out with his wife, family and friends. He was an adventurous man who enjoyed canoeing, scuba diving with his daughter Susan, world travel with Georgeann, family vacations on Lake Leelanau in Michigan, baking banana bread with his granddaughters, long conversations, good scotch at 'choir practice', playing the ukelele, giving directions, feeding the birds and outwitting the squirrels in his backyard. When told by his doctor that he didn't have much time left he said to Georgeann, 'It was a great ride'. He will be hugely missed. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Audubon Society or the American Cancer Society. |
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