Gertrude Anderegg

GERTRUDE ANDEREGG

Garnavillo

Gertrude Helen Louise (Groth) Anderegg died Aug. 6, 2015, at Chosen Valley Nursing Home in Chatfield, Minn. She was born Sept. 18, 1915, on the family farm near Garber, daughter of William and Suzanna Helena (Hoyer) Groth.

Gertrude graduated from Guttenberg High School and taught school at Jefferson Township No. 5. She was an active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Guttenberg and later at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Garnavillo. On June 28, 1937, she was united in marriage with Otto Anderegg at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Guttenberg. They farmed for many years in the Millville area.

Survivors are one son, Harley (Mary) of Guttenberg; two daughters, Esther Emily (Guy) Ghan of Marquette and Nadine Sportsman of Wycoff, Minn.; eight grand-children; two stepgrand-children; 17 great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and one brother, Clarence (Virgene) Groth of Garber.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sisters, Evelyn Walke and Esther Groth; and two brothers, William Donald Groth and Lawrence Groth in infancy.

Memorial services will be at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Garnavillo at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, with the Rev. Hillary Berns-Kite officiating. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Inurnment will be at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, rural Guttenberg, at 2 p.m. Saturday, with the following pallbearers: Randy Fischer, Marsha Knudsvig, David Anderegg, Tresa Devaney, Tonya Anderegg, Elena Watson, Erin Sportsman and Robert Sportsman.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to either St. John's Lutheran Cemetery 108 W. Oak St., Garnavillo, IA 52049; St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 301 N. Adams St., Garnavillo, IA 52049; or St. Paul Lutheran Church, 214 S. First St., Guttenberg, IA 52052.