A memorial service for Gerald Lee Wainman, age 61, will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 21, 2008, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel.  Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.  There will be no viewing or visitation at the funeral home.

            He was born to Harry William and Thelma (Russel) Wainman on April 19, 1946, in Hartford, Connecticut, and died Saturday, January 19, 2008, in Enid, OK.

            Gerald grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut.  He served in the United States Army in Vietnam.  On December 21, 1968, he married Gertude (Trudy) Pack, and they made their home in Enid.  He was a truck driver and had many truck-driving friends.  He also loved fishing.

            He is survived by his wife Trudy; two sons Donald Lee Wainman and Willie Lee Wainman, all of Enid; one grandson Donavan Wainman of Bethany; three sisters, Janice Kahl of Pine Meadows, CT, Debbie McWilliams of Las Vegas, NV, and Angie McWilliams of Arizona; five brothers, Robert Wainman of Muskogee, Bernard Wainman, Walter Wainman and Lawrence Wainman, all of Connecticut, and Joseph McDonald of Tucson, AZ; and many nieces and nephews.

            He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, William and Wallace “Joe” Wainman.