OBITUARY: Grant G. Gerhart, 1912-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa 




                           Grant G. Gerhart

Funeral services for Grant G. Gerhart age 92, of Sioux City, Iowa, and
formerly of Stacyville, were held Saturday, April 30, 2005, at St. Peter
Lutheran Church in Toeterville, with the Rev. Lance Kittleson officiating.

Burial was in Union Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Stacyville.  Grant died on
Sunday, April 24, 2005, at the Country Side Senior Home in Sioux City, Iowa.

The family suggests that memorials may be given to the Union Presbyterian
Cemetery Association, in care of Dona Ziegler, P.O. Box 233, Lyle, Minnesota.

Grant was born August 13, 1912, at Stacyville, Iowa, the son of Fred and
Mina (Barwin) Gerhart. He attended the rural school in Union Township and
graduated from Osage High School in 1931. Grant married Marjory Heckel at
the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa on May 20, 1942. He farmed for more
than 60 years on or near the family centennial farm in Union Township.

He was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran church in Toeterville where he
played church league softball for many years.  During his life he was a
member of the Lion's Club in St. Ansgar and several Mitchell County farm
organizations.

Grant was preceded in death by his parents Fred and Mina Gerhart.

He is survived by four sons, Grant R. and his wife Klaren of Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan; Fred and his wife Martha Cooper of Philadelphia, PA;
Steven and his wife Victoria of Sioux City, Iowa; and Craig and his wife
Jane of Ankeny, Iowa; 12 grandchildren, Scott and his wife Christina
Gerhart, Jon Gerhart, Kristin Gerhart, David Soast-Gerhart, Ethan
Soast-Gerhart, Sarah Gerhart, Melissa Gerhart, Nathaniel Gerhart, Abigail
Gerhart, Nicholas and his wife Jessica Gerhart, Bradley Gerhart and Emily
Gerhart; two great-grandchildren; and a brother Harold Gerhart of Sioux
City, Iowa.

the arrangements were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, Iowa.



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