Services for Mike Gendke, 75, of Keene, Texas will begin with visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, October 26, 2018 at Rosser Funeral Home in Cleburne. Graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Keene Memorial Park Cemetery with Pastor Dale Wolfe officiating. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. at the Joshua SDA Church.
Serving as Pallbearers will be David Bayless, Donald Hines, Art Rasmussen, David Stair, Thomas Alberti, and Jason Hill.
Pastor Gendke fell asleep in Christ Sunday, October 21, 2018 at his home. He was born in Pasadena, Texas on August 5, 1943, the son of Alner Arles (Boldt) and Robert Herman Erwin Gendke.
Mike and Margie (Alberti) Gendke were married on May 8, 1968 in LaPorte, Texas.
He was a retired Pastor of the Alvarado Seventh-day Adventist Church and was a member of the Joshua Seventh-day Adventist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Harland Gendke; and sister Jean Hill.
Pastor Gendke is survived by his wife, Margie Gendke of Keene; sons, Brady Gendke and wife, Joanna, and Bo Gendke and wife, Deborah, all of Burleson, Texas, and Buc Gendke and wife, Lindsey, of Keene; brother, Lee Roy Gendke of Center, Texas; grandchildren, Madilyn and husband, Manrique Gonzalez, Megan, Taylor, Emma, Max, Sam, and Seth; great grandchild Sophia Gonzalez; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.