Fourth Generation

115. Howard Hineman GERKE was born on 13 December 1922 in Monroe County, WI.⁴⁸ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ He died on 1 January 1981 at the age of 58.³³ Howard was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Howard Hineman GERKE and Nina LIEK were married.²⁹ Nina LIEK, daughter of Arthur E. LIEK and Florence LA DUE, was born on 16 March 1928.²¹⁹ She died on 17 April 1988 at the age of 60.^31,219 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Howard Hineman GERKE and Nina LIEK had the following children:

269	i.	Patti GERKE was born on 12 December 1950.220 She died on 12 January 2017 at the age of 66 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO.220
+270	ii.	Steven "Steve" GERKE.