Gerda Newstrom, born in Nurnberg Germany on June 24, 1943 to George and Betty Schirmer. As a young girl, in war-torn Europe, Gerda attended Catholic school and spent the rest of her days with the ...

Gerda Lisbeth Yasuda, of Columbia, MO, passed away at home on July 12, 2025, after a difficult battle with cancer. She departed this life at the age of 92, with her loving family at her side. She was ...

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While the winner’s cheque of R874,000 would have seemed like a great payday for women’s Comrades Marathon champion Gerda Steyn on Sunday, it turns out the Smiling Assassin earned almost double that in ...

Gerda Steyn laboured more than in previous victories but continued her dominance of South African ultra-marathon running and the Comrades Marathon clinching her fourth win in the 2025 race on Sunday.

Gerda Steyn will enter Sunday’s Comrades Marathon as the favourite for a fourth win. She says she is focused on building a legacy at the race. Steyn has, in recent years, become one of South Africa’s ...

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Gerda Steyn is the queen of the Two Oceans ultramarathon after claiming her sixth win in succession. Gerda Steyn wins the women’s event in the Two Oceans ultramarathon on 5 April. (Photo: Peter Heeger ...

Mary Ann D. Lipski, age 82, a Manitowoc resident, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2024 at Aurora Medical Center, Two Rivers. She was born October 26, 1942 in the Town of Meeme, daughter of the late ...

Gerda Rose Grimm, 87, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida and formally of Shark River Hills Neptune passed away peacefully at her home in Port Saint Lucie on August 19, 2024. She was born on November 14, ...

Gerda Marie Fahrendorff Strupp died on August 9, 2024. She was born in Milltown, Wisconsin (Polk County) on May 15, 1926, the daughter of Mabel Johnson Fahrendorff and Harold H. Fahrendorff. In August ...