Individual Details
Catherine "Kate" Andersen
(26 Sep 1885 - 27 Sep 1966)
Events
| Birth | 26 Sep 1885 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 28 Oct 1908 | John Anton Gerdes | |||
| Death | 27 Sep 1966 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | John Anton Gerdes (1884 - 1933) |
| Child | Anna Louisa Gerdes (1909 - 1998) |
Notes
Death
Mrs Catherine GerdesWyoming....Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine (Kate) Gerdes will be held at Goettsch Funeral home in Monticello this afternoon 9 Thursday) at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Wayne Zion cemetery near Monticello.
Mrs. Gerdes died at John McDonald hospital Tuesday morning, Sept 27, after an illness of several weeks. Catherine Andersen was born Sept 26, 1885 in Jones county, the daughter of August and Anna Petersen Andersen. She was married to John A Gerdes, Oct 28, 1908. The couples farmed near Anamosa until Mr. Gerdes death June 26, 1933. Mrs. Gerdes had made her home in Wyoming since her husband's death.
She is survived by three children, Mrs. Ed L. (Louise) Helgens and Mrs. Claude A. (Augusta) Appleby, both of Monticello and John A. Gerdes of Lost Nation: nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Laura Curry, Wyoming; a half-sister, Mrs. Grace Zemanek, Cedar Rapids, and a half-brother, Oscar Andersen, Rudd.
Pallbearers were Donald Appleby, Bruce Appleby, Galen Helgens, Thomas Gerdes, Darrell Helgens and Stephen Gerdes.