Mendota native Stan Gehler was honored at the Sweetcorn Festival Saturday. Gehler died in 2017 at age 77 after a 20-year career in the Army and 20 more years working as a civilian employee of the Army. His older brother Ken remembered him to a crowd.
A flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol was presented to Stan Gehler’s son Greg. He immediately gave it to the Mendota Museum and Historical Society which has a display about Stan Gehler.
Greg Gehler (right) gives a U.S. flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol to Tom Henson of the Mendota Museum and Historical Society immediately after Henson presented it to him. The event was in honor of Greg’s father Stan Gehler. The flag will be included in a display about Stan Gehler.