Geraldine (Jerry) Doyle, 92, of New Holland died Sunday, July 15, 2018, at 7 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Manor of Washington Court House where she had been a resident since 2014.
Jerry was born December 6, 1925, in New Holland to Thomas Wadsworth and Bertha Mae Ater Doyle. She was a 1943 graduate of New Holland High School and lived most of her life in New Holland.
She formerly was a housekeeper at the Orient State Institute and the Columbus Developmental Center. She previously was a longtime meat cutter at the Red & White Grocery Store and Griffith’s Store, both in New Holland.
Jerry was a member of the New Holland Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Herbert, James, Charles Richard (Dick), Jack and Gene Doyle; two half-brothers, Todd and Willard Doyle and four sisters, Fanny Davey, Mary Jane Doyle, Betty Rudduck, Artie Ellars Stewart and Louis Rutherford.
Jerry is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Terry Lynn and Becky Doyle of Henderson, NV; four grandchildren, Leigh Ann (Tim) Robinson, Melanie (Rick) Mattingly, Kristi (Matt) Hart and Molly Kern; six great grandchildren, Riley and Ryan Robinson, Lydia and Lucas Mattingly and Trevor and Kaelyn Bertsch; a sister-in-law, Sue Doyle of New Holland and several nieces and nephews including Eileen Doyle and Mary Ann Smith who were her caregivers, and numerous great nieces and great nephews.
The funeral will be Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 2 p.m. at the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in New Holland with Victor Slutz, former minister at the New Holland Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow in the New Holland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home in New Holland Wednesday from noon until time of the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Holland Church of Christ, P.O. Box 166, New Holland, Ohio 43145 or Heartland Hospice, 6500 Busch Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio 43229.
www.kirkpatrickfuneralhome.com
To all the family,
Our deepest condolences. While we think we met Jerry on a few different occasions, we feel we know her more through the stories we have heard over the years and of course through FaceBook. What a wonderful Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma and friend. How loved she was by all! We loved seeing the pictures of her in Vegas and of course with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren! Sending warm thoughts and hugs as you go through this loss. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
Hugs and love,
Deb and Ron Lloyd