ORDER OF SERVICE

Processional

Scripture
Old Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Psalm 91 :1-2, 16
New Testament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John 14:1-4

Born
October 25, 1951

Entered Eternal Rest

August 2, 2016

Prayer

GREGORY EARL
STEMRICK SR.

Selection I Won't Complain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pam Crumbly

Acknowledgment of
Cards and Condolences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla Harrington

Obituary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silently

Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 minutes Please

Selection "Wind Beneath My Wings" . . . . . . . . Caroline Robb

Eulogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Alfonza Jones

Benediction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Alfonza Jones
Recessional

Lofell Williams
Jamael Turner

OUR LOVE HAS BEEN A JOURNEY

that everything in my life before then

had been leading me to you...

But looking back, I realize every decision led me just the

right tum, and that road taken or not,

brought me one step closer to you and the love we share...

came together and we found one another,

it was really only the beginning of the most beautiful

journey of all The journey of two hearts that beat as one.
With all my love.

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Flower Bearers
Friends of Family

Leroy Williams
Rudy Carey

Interment
Oak Hills Cemetery
Glendale, Ohio

Repast
Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church
for family and out-of-town guests.

Acknowledgement
The Stemrick Family wishes to acknowledge with deep
appreciation, the prayers, phone calls, cards, and other expressions of
kindness extended to them during their hour of bereavement. May
God bless each of you.

Author unknown
Submitted by Gwen Stemrick

Honorary Pallbearers
C. L. Wittington
Earl Campbell

Lonnie Mitchell
Edmund Pipes

Today, I know for sure that when our paths

Harold Green
Ronald Coleman

I couldn't have known when we first met

Pallbearers
Jim Kennedy
Kenneth Turner, Jr.

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SERVICE
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Visitation 9:00 a.m. Service 11 :00 a.m.
Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church
9991 Wayne A venue
Lincoln Heights, Ohio 45215
Rev. Alfonza Jones, Officiating

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Greg will be greatly missed. He leaves to cherish his

memory: His devoted and loving wife of eighteen years,
Gwendolyn Elene, his children, Gregory Stemrick, Jr.,
Ryan Hodge, and Malinda Dawson; his siblings: brothers William (Joyce) Turner, Ronald Turner of Illinois,
Gerald Turner, Reginald Turner, Larry Stemrick and
sister, Willadean Jackson of Southfield, Michigan,
mother-in-law Francine Hill, Sisters-in-law Linda
(Mark) Buckner, Janet (Thayer) Blackwell, Priscilla
(Clarence) Price, brothers-in-law, Lionel Hill of
Baltimore, Maryland, James Towns of Rayle, Georgia,
Wade Hill, Jr., (Vanessa) of Cincinnati, Ohio. granddaughters: Jayla Stemrick, Karah Stemrick, Armonee
Stemrick and one great-granddaughter, nephews,
nieces, and a host of adored family and friends.

Following graduation from high school, he attended

Colorado State University on a football scholarship. He
selected Colorado State University even though he had
scholarships for baseball, basketball, and track. But football
was his passion. His many accomplishments include being
an All-State and All-Conference football player; (High
School) and a 1975 inductee into the Buddy LaRosa High
School Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1975 to recognize
outstanding athletes (LaRosa MVP.com).

Gregory grew up in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, where he

attended Lincoln Heights Elementary, Lincoln Heights
Junior, and Lincoln Heights High School. His graduating class of 1970 was the last class to graduate from the
Lincoln Heights High School. The Lincoln Heights
School District then merged with and became part
of the Princeton School Distract.

In high school Gregory was an extraordinary athlete. He

played baseball, basketball, football, and ran track. In his
senior year, he was an integral part of the Ohio State
Championship teams in baseball ( he pitched a 7-0 record
that year), pitching in the baseball championship and
playing on the basketball team.

Gregory Earl Stemrick was born on October 25, 1951,

in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late William Stemrick and
Mabel Berry. He entered into eternal rest on August 2,
2016, at Bethesda North Hospital. He was the fifth of
nine children. Gregory was preceded in death by his
parents, and brothers, Kenneth and Randall Turner.

After college, he went on to play professional football with a

career that spanned over ten years. He played in the World
Football League for the Chicago Fire, eight years for the
Houston Oilers, (Pro Bowl player in 1980), and one year for
the New Orleans Saints.

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Greg (Stem, Gaygee, Gaygay) loved life, people, sports, and

FAMILY He was the family grill master. He always looked
forward to his daily phone calls from nephew (Reggie) all
day long. Reggie and Greg spent their last outing this past
June at Hooters. They had a ball! He also enjoyed their time
spent running/walking in local parks when Reggie was in
town. He was very special to Greg.

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