Born 5-29-1955 and passed suddenly at age 69 on December 31st 2024. He is survived by his sister Rose Leben (Tom) niece Jennifer and nephew Brian. Gerard loved learning and continued to take engineering classes well past his mechanical engineering degree and was currently working at We Energies.  Gerard could fix almost anything, especially cars. Gerard had an old car that he was able to keep running past 450 thousand miles.

Since Gerard was in his teens he built and raced slot cars. His dad got him involved with the Boys Club building slot cars for the kids to use and running a track for them. As an adult Gerard would race slot cars in meets in Chicago, Indiana and locally. Gerard also enjoyed attending car races at Road America and other tracks.

Gerard enjoyed working outside and was in the process of clearing land so he could build a workshop where he could work on his cars and other things to keep him busy into retirement. Unfortunately, Gerard was not able to realize his dream as he died shy of retirement.



A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date.