Gaertner, Fred Walter

FRED WALTER GAERTNER, 80, of Florence, died Tuesday, November 09, 2010 at the McLeod Hospice House after an illness. Mr. Gaertner was born in Chicago, Illinois, a son of the late Alfred B. and Bertha Gaertner. He retired from the US Coast Guard having served during the Vietnam Era. He was a longtime member of Willow Creek Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Leona Bright Gaertner of the home; daughters, Kimberly G. (Will) Hobbs and Gerri G. (Walter) Maurice, both of Florence; sister, Anita (George) Lewis-Schmoll of Illinois; brother, Harold O. Gaertner of Missouri. Memorials may be made to Willow Creek Baptist Church, 3089 North Old River Road, Pamplico, SC 29583. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, November 11, 2010 in the Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Willow Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Pamplico. The family will receive friends from 1 � 2 PM Thursday at the funeral home.