Joseph Gerhartz
1856-1939
Born: Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois
Died: Meyer, Mitchell County, Iowa
1856-1939
Born: Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois
Died: Meyer, Mitchell County, Iowa
Joseph Gerhartz, a Long-time Resident of Meyer, Is Dead <br><br>Joseph Gerhartz, 83, died on his home farm, near Meyer last Thursday after a brief illness. He had been making his home with his son, Matt. <br><br>Mr. Gerhartz was born on January 20, 1856, at Johnsburg, Illinois, and came to Mitchell county about sixty years ago. He had lived on one farm for forty-three years. <br><br>He married Susanna Heimer June 14, 1884. In 1914 Mr. Gerhartz, retired from farming and erected a pleasant home in Meyer where his wife died March 14, 1934. <br><br>He was the father of nine children, five of whom survive and are as follows: Matt and William, of Meyer; Mrs. Nick A. Freund, of Marshfield, Wis.; Mrs. Joseph Winkels of LeRoy, Minn., Mrs. Fred Blake, of McIntire. There are also twenty-three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Anton Klapperich, of Meyer, died in 1925; three children died in infancy. <br><br>Funeral service was held at 9 o'clock last Saturday at the Sacred Heart church at Meyer, the mass read by the Rev. Father Stirn, and interment was made in the Meyer cemetery. <br><br>[Mitchell County Press-Osage News; Feb. 9, 1939]