Cletus Joseph Gentrup, (Pops, as the Grandkids and Great grandkids call him) turned 81 on his Birthday, August 21, 2017, returned to his heavenly home on September 13, 2017 after a long battle with congestive heart failure.
Cletus was born to the late Conrad and Mary Gentrup-Spenner, in Crofton, Nebraska on August 21, 1936. He was raised in a loving family with 9 siblings. He enlisted in the U.S. Army for almost a year then his Dad passed while he was in active duty, he returned home and helped his Mother and siblings work the family farm.
He married the love of his life, Anita Elizabeth Havermann, from Fordyce Nebraska, on September 2, 1958 in Menominee, celebrating their 59th anniversary this year. Cletus helped raise their 3 children, and among many other things, took them on countless and memorable outings, taught them the art of fishing, driving, and climbing.
Cletus spent a dedicated 45 years at Homestead House Furniture Company, starting as a truck driver in 1958 and retiring as the Sr. Manager of operations, with ...[more]
h a company that grew from 1 store to having many stores in 4 states.
Cletus was a kind man. He worked hard and he played hard. Pops was an outdoor loving, an avid fisherman, a rock, a grizzly, loving, funny, ornery, always there for his family and the best darn guy you could ever meet, we cannot express how much he will be missed.
Cletus is survived by his wife, Anita; his sons; Mark, Luke and Matthew Gentrup; his grandchildren Amanda Gentrup, Rebecca Gentrup, Stephanie
Conkle, Catherine Pettengill, Joe Hladky, Brandon Gentrup, Ashley Gentrup, Courtney Karslake, Damon Gentrup, Ethan Gentrup, Jacob Gentrup, Megan Gentrup, Kate Gentrup; his great grandchildren Haley Pettengill, Chloe Pettengill, Evelyn Conkle, Ian Gentrup, Emelie Gentrup, Ryen Karslake, Quinn Karslake; his siblings Hilda Schumacher, Hilary Gentrup, Marcella Lammers, Angela Goeden, Robert Gentrup, David Gentrup, Irene Hames,and Mary Ann Sorci.
Cletus was preceded in death by his siblings Hank Gentrup and Lucille Havermann.
The Rosary for Cletus will be held at Tabor and Rice Mortuary at 6:00pm on September 20, 2017. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00am at St. Williams Catholic Church on September 21, 2017. Cletus will be buried at Heart of the Plains Cemetery In Roggen, Colorado at 1:00.