JENNY OCCHIATO GERSICK/ ROSE OCCHIATO

JENNY OCCHIATO GERSICK

Jenny and Albert (AL) Gersick lived in Pueblo all their lives, and all 3 of their children were born in Pueblo.Their oldest was Rita followed by Elaine and then Joe.Both Jennie and Al spent most of their lives working in the family business.There were many years where you would find at least four of the five Gersick family members working there.Jennie spent her years at Pueblo Pepsi running the Front office.While you would find Jennie running things in the front it was Al who was in charge once you passed beyond the front office.Al had one of the most important and high pressured positions in the family Pepsi business.Al headed all production at the Pueblo plant.As head of production Al oversaw the 2 bottling lines and one high speed canning line.In addition to meeting the needs of Pueblo Pepsi and its 15 branches Al had to see that production met the needs of outside companies like Safeway which had canning contracts with Pueblo Pepsi.His efforts were recognized many times with awards for quality from The PepsiCola Company.Pueblo was a muliple winner of Pepsi;s coveted Caleb Bradham award given yearly for Product Quality
Al was a tough but fair boss.Over the years hundreds of Pueblo's young men including all of Al's nephews spent their summers working for Al.For most it was their first job.Many did not make it through their first summer but the ones that did would come back every summer from high school through college.Many boys could not have gone to college if not for their summers working for Al.They will all tell you that those summers working for Al gave them much more than just the money they were paid.Many started the summer as boys but ended the summer as men.Al tought them a work ethic that they used throughout their life with many achieving success becouse of that work ethic.

ROSE OCCHIATO

Rose Occhiato is still living a very busy life in Pueblo.She lives on Melrose with her niece Rita.Most of Rose's life was spent working in the family business until she retired in1982.Rose is currently active in her community through various organizations and charitable events.

RITA GERSICK

The above picture is Rita (rcgersick@rmi.net) with her dad Albert.Rita and her aunt Rose reside in the beautiful Aberdeen area of Pueblo. She lives at the same address in Aberdeen where her parents had lived for so many happy years.Except for her college years while attending the prestigous Loretta Heights College in Denver Rita has been a lifelong resident of Pueblo. Rita now retired spent the majority of her career working in the family business.Together with her mother and Aunt Rose Rita spent her years at Pueblo Pepsi making sure that the office ran smoothly.
In keeping with a family tradition of community involvment Rita has always been active player in both the civic and the political arena's of Pueblo .Rita played a major role in Pueblo's politics when, like her Aunt Mary had done before her, she was elected as an officer in Pueblo's democratic party. Rita also continues to lend her time to her community by serving on boards and committees.She currently serves on the board of the Colorado Stae University Pueblo Foundation. Rita also serves on the Pueblo Urban Renewal Board of Directors. Her tenure on the Urban Renewal board has been during their development of Pueblo's River Walk.

Elaine (Buzzy) Gersick Nicoll

Elaine (enicoll@rmi.net) on the right in photo has been married to William (Bill Nicoll) for over 30 yrs and have 2 boys Chris and Todd.Bill and Elaine reside in the university park area of Pueblo.They too keep active by participating in many local charities.

Chris Nicoll Chris (canicoll@home,com) Chris and his wife Brenda live in Pueblo.They have one child.Chris Has become very active in Pueblo politics.He recently ran for council.Chris failed his first try but I am sure it won't be his last.Chris heads a local group that was largely responsible for getting a referendem on the ballot to ban smoking in Pueblo.That vote did not fail and the smoking referendem is currently a law.

Todd Nicoll Todd and his wife Pam reside in Pueblo.

Joe Gersick

Joe (suejoegersick@msn.com) and his wife Sue reside in Colorado Springs .
After many years as a beer distributer Joe now operates a large storage facility in Woodland Park.Before moving to Colorado Springs Joe was President of The Pueblo Chamber Of Commerce.Joe and Sue's family includes son Tom Schafer and daughter Ellie Schafer.

Tom Schafer Tom Schafer(treyschafer@msn.com) and his wife Jill have two children,Trey and Lincoln.The Family lives in Littleton,Co.

Elle Schafer Elle(ellieschafer@msn.com) lives in San Francisco,CA.