Individual Details
Anna Margaretha Behrends
(9 Dec 1885 - 10 Dec 1974)
Events
| Birth | 9 Dec 1885 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 13 Sep 1936 | Tjark Johann Gerdes |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Tjark Johann Gerdes |  | ||
| Death | 10 Dec 1974 | Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Tjark Johann Gerdes (1877 - 1942) |
| Father | Henrich F "Henry" Behrends (1858 - 1922) |
| Mother | Maria Elizabeth "Eliza / Lizzie" Zimmerman (1862 - 1951) |
| Sibling | William Gerhard "Bill" Behrends (1888 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Augusta Marie "Gusta" Behrends (1890 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Benhard Henrik "Ben" Behrends (1892 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Clarence Alva Behrends (1902 - 1971) |
Notes
Census (family)
Head T John Gerdes M 62 IowaWife Anna Gerdes F 54 Iowa
Mother-in-law Lizzie Behrends F 76 Iowa
Death
MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 15....DECEMBER 12, 1974ANNA M GERDES.....MONTICELLO
Funeral services for Anna M Gerdes, 89, will be held Friday, at St Matthew Lutheran church at 1:30 p.m.
Mrs. Gerdes died Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Lutheran home in Muscatine where she had resided since 1968.
She was born Dec 9, 1885, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Zimmerman Behrends at Bowens Prairie.
She was preceded in death by her husband, T.J. Gerdes, three brothers and one sister.
Endnotes
1. "T. I. Gerdes Buried Monday," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 16 July 1942; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 18 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.