Individual Details
Anna Margaretha Knake
(4 Jul 1897 - 18 Oct 1972)
(Monticello Express, May 31, 1951)
Mrs. Anna Gerdes left Friday of last week to spend the summer months with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eiben. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Clark are making their home in the Gerdes residence until their new home is finished.
Mrs. Anna Gerdes left Friday of last week to spend the summer months with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eiben. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Clark are making their home in the Gerdes residence until their new home is finished.
Events
| Birth | 4 Jul 1897 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 12 May 1920 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Henry Gerdes | |||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Henry Gerdes |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Henry Gerdes | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Death | 18 Oct 1972 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | John Henry Gerdes (1895 - 1939) |
| Child | Glenn R. Gerdes (1923 - ) |
| Child | Loretta Mae Gerdes (1926 - 2005) |
| Child | Helen Joan Gerdes (1930 - ) |
| Father | Henrich Otto "Henry" Knake (1866 - ) |
| Mother | Antjee "Anna" Taupne (Johnson) Jansen (1868 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Louis Knake (1893 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Fredrick Knake (1895 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Martin Edward "Attwood" Knake (1899 - 1962) |
Notes
Census (family)
14 GERDES JOHN H 29 IA H GERDES, GEORGE 55 GER WESSELS, LOTTIE 53 GER IA15 GERDES ANNA 26 IA W KANKE, HENRY GER JOHNSON, ANTJEE GERGER
16 GERDES HAROLD 4 IA S IA
17 GERDES GLENN 2 IA S IA
18 KNAKE HENRY 59 GER H KNAKE, HENRY F GER ROHLFS, ANNE M GER GER
Census (family)
Father-in-law Henry Knake M 60 Germany 3x, widowed,Head John H Gerdis M 34 Iowa Germany Germany, married
Wife Anna M Gerdis F 32 Iowa, Germany Germany, married
Son Glen R Gerdis M 7 Iowa IA IA
Daughter Loreta M Gerdis F 3 Iowa IA IA
Daughter Helen J Gerdis F 0 Iowa IA IA
Census
Head Emil Stutt M 40 IowaHired girl Anna M Gerdes F 42 Iowa, widowed
Hired girl's son Glenn R Gerdes M 17 Iowa
Hired girl's daughter Loretta Mae Gerdes F 13 Iowa
Hired girl's daughter Helen Joan Gerdes F 10 Iowa
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 24....OCTOBER 19,1972MRS. ANNA GERDES
MONTICELLO - Mrs. Anna Gerdes died early Wednesday morning, Oct. 18. Services are pending at Goettsch Funeral home.
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 16....OCTOBER 26,1972
ANNA M. GERDES
MONTICELLO -- Funeral services for Anna Margaretha Gerdes, 75, were held at 1 p.m. Friday at SS. Peter and Paul
Lutheran church, rural Monticello. The Rev. Harold Naig officiated. Interment was in Prairie Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Gerdes died Oct. 18 at John McDonald hospital. She was born in Castle Grove township July 14, 1897, the daughter of Otto and Anna Johnson Knake.
She was married to John H. Gerdes in 1920 and they farmed in the Castle Grove area until 1936. Mr. Gerdes died in 1939.
Mrs. Gerdes was a 40-year charter member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and served as chaplain for five years. She was a life-long member of SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran church.
Survivors include one son, Glenn of Superior, Wis.; two daughters, Mrs. Carl (Loretta) Eiben of Amlierst, Mass., and Mrs. Lee (Helen) Smalley of Menomonie, Wis.; six grandchildren. Also three sisters, Mrs. Marie Siebels of Monticello, Mrs. Mattie McCrae of Waterloo and Mrs. Wilhemina Gold of Fredericksburg, Tex.
She was preceded in death by an infant son and three brothers.
Casketbearers were Ben Eiben, Will Albers, Clarence Stadtmueller, Edward Stadtmueller, John Monk and Edward Siebels.