Gene Entrop, 65, of Temple, formerly of Westphalia, died Saturday (Feb. 23, 2002) in a Temple healthcare center.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 27, 2002 in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia with the Rev. Reinhold Schmitt officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery in Westphalia.

A Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral home in Rosebud.

Mr. Entrop was born Jan. 2, 1937 in Westphalia to William E. and Elizabeth Hoelscher Entrop. he served in the Texas national Guard and the US Army with assignments in Germany, and was discharged in 1958. On October 25, 1959 he married Delores Emma holtman. He was employed by Safeway Grocery Stores and Appletree in Temple, from which he retired.

Survivors include three sons, Brian Entrop, Bradley Entrop and Bruce Entrop, all of Temple; one daughter, Belinda Strauch and husband John of Lorena; four granddaughters, Charlotte Entrop, Victoria Entrop, McKenna Strauch and Mabry Strauch; three brothers, Ervin Entrop of Burlington, Clarence Entrop of Temple and Elmer Entrop of Austin; five sisters, Aletha Curtis of Houston, Valira Kostiha of Westphalia, Erna Mae Garvey of Austin, Carolyn Gottschalk of Arlington and Arlene Doskocil of Highland, California.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Leon and Bernard Entrop.

Memorials may be made to Westphalia Historical Society or to Vista Care Family Hospice in Temple.

Posted by Pat Lyon