Anna Gerhart

Anna E Gerhart, 103, Bismarck, died March 28 at the Baptist Home, Bismarck. Services will be held at 10:00am at Church of St. Anne, Bismarck, with Rev. Ed Wehner officiating. Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bismarck. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm Friday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, where a Eagles Auxilary will be held at 6:30 pm followed by a Catholic Daughters rosary at 7:00 pm. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Anna Elizabeth, the second of seven surviving children, was born on January 26, 1906 at Zeeland, ND to Wendelin Braun and Julianna Keller Braun. The family moved to Bismarck in 1911. The trip took five days by horse drawn wagon and their first home there was a tarpaper covered two-room house with no indoor plumbing or running water. At that time there were four children, all daughters. Anna’s parents and grandparents were all born in Ukraine and were immigrants to the United States. In 1885, her paternal grandparents, Wendelin and Eva Schleppe Braun, were among the first immigrants from Ukraine to settle in North Dakota. On September 18, 1928 she married Anthony Tony Gerhart in Bismarck. Mr. Gerhart was Service Manager for the Montgomery Ward Store for many years. He died in 1988. Except for a brief period during the early thirties, she spent the remainder of her life in Bismarck. She was a Charter and life member of the Bismarck Eagles Auxiliary and the Catholic Daughters of America. Although she touched many lives, she and Tony were an especially significant part of Tim and Terry’s lives after the death of their father James at an early age. Special mention goes to Tim for his attention and loving care for her in her final years. The family also wishes to thank Rose Aman for all her help and care. She will be missed by all that knew her. She is survived by her sister, Pauline Swanson of Bismarck; her son, Daniel Gerhart and his wife, Sally of Holualoa, Hawaii; five grandchildren, Timothy Gerhart of Bismarck, Michael Gerhart and his wife, Valencia of Alameda, CA, Laura Gerhart of Cedar Ridge, CA, Terrance Gerhart of Redding, CA, and Steven Gerhart of Jamestown, ND. She was preceded in death by her husband Anthony, her sons William, Thomas, and James and his wife, Patty. Memorials in her name may be made to Home On The Range, 16351 I-94, Sentinel Butte, ND 58654 or visit http://www.gohotr.org/

Anna Gerhart

January 26, 1906 - March 28, 2009