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Phillip J. Gedert

FLAT ROCK — Phillip J. Ged-
ert, 51, of Flat Rock, died of nat-
ural causes at 10:30.a.m. Monday
in the Veterans Administration
Hospital in Allen Park: He had
been ill for several weeks and seri-
ously so for two weeks.

Family visitation will be from 4
to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Arthur
Bobcean Funeral Home, where
services will be at 11 a.m. Friday.
The Rev. John Negele of Faith
Lutheran Church, Flat Rock, will
officiate. Burial will be in Michi-
gan Memorial Park with graveside
services held under the auspices of
the Downriver Veterans Honor
Guard.

Born June 11, 1944, in Dear-
born, he was the son of Alfred and
Ann (Hale) Gedert.

He owned and operated PJ.’s
Service Garage in Flat Rock. Prior
to that, he was employed by
McLouth Steel, Trenton, and Gen-
eral Motors. He was a veteran of
the Vietnam War, where he served
for three years.

A 1962 graduate of Flat Rock
High School, he played football .
and wrestled in high school.

He is survived by his mother,
Ann of Dearborn: two brothers,
Bill of Tampa, Fla., and Edward of
New Boston, and two sisters,
Janette Lobianco of Scottsdale,
Ariz., and Kathleen Gedert of
Dearborn.

He was preceded in death by his
father.