Margaret Ann VanHook

Female 1926 - 2005


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  • Born  29 Aug 1926  Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  5 Sep 2005 
    Buried  Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Father  Hubert VanHook,   b. 3 Jun 1896, Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1958, Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Lucille Cecilia VanHook,   b. 7 May 1902, Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1975, St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family  Robert William Gerstacker,   b. 10 Nov 1920,   d. 6 Apr 2004, Glen Ellyn, Dupage, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified  20 Apr 2015 
    Family ID  F2810  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Note - birth record gives August 30 as birth date, grave record gives August 29

      Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates
      Name Margaret Ann Van Hook
      Event Type Birth
      Event Date 30 Aug 1926
      Event Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
      Registration Date 01 Sep 1926
      Registration Place , Cook, Illinois
      Gender Female
      Race White
      Father's Name Hubert Van Hook
      Father's Birthplace Chicago Illinois
      Father's Age 30
      Father's Estimated Birth Year 1896
      Mother's Name Lucille Van Hook
      Mother's Birthplace Chicago Illinois
      Mother's Age 30
      Mother's Estimated Birth Year 1896
      Certificate Number 38801
      "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMW-8JLR : accessed 19 January 2016), Hubert Van Hook in entry for Margaret Ann Van Hook, 30 Aug 1926; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 38801, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

      Margaret A. Gerstacker

      Margaret Ann Gerstacker, 79, of Glen Ellyn died Monday, Sept. 5, 2005, at the Aurora Rehabilitation Living Center. She was born Aug. 29, 1926, in Chicago.

      She was a homemaker and a 1947 graduate of the University of Illinois. She was an avid bridge player, enjoyed reading and loved doing crossword puzzles.

      She is survived by four children, Ann (husband Jerome) Green of Melbourne, Fla., Lee (wife Loa) Gerstacker of Round Rock, Texas, Lyn (husband Marc) Potts of Aurora and Beth (husband Ronald) Nordman of Fort Collins, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandsons.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert W.

      A private graveside service and inurnment took place Thursday, Sept. 8, at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Chaplain Larry Schneider officiated.

      Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society, 1801 Meyers Road, Suite 100, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181; or to a charity of the donor's choice.

      Leonard Memorial Home in Glen Ellyn handled arrangements.

      Sun, The: Wheaton (IL) - Friday, September 9, 2005
      "Sun, The: Wheaton", Illinois, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/10D925025A875DD8-10D925025A875DD8

      U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
      Name: Margaret Ann Gerstacker
      Service Info.: SGT US ARMY AIR FORCES
      Birth Date: 29 Aug 1926
      Death Date: 5 Sep 2005
      Relation: Wife of Gerstacker, Robert William
      Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
      Cemetery Address: 27034 South Diagonal Road Elwood, IL 60421
      Buried At: Section G3 Site 362