Beatrice Berger

1915 - 2009  (93 years)

• Name	Beatrice Berger
  Born	20 Aug 1915	Fallon, Morton County, North Dakota, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Apr 2009	Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA   [3]
  Buried	20 Apr 2009	Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I88830	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Stephan Adam Berger,   b. 2 Feb 1869, Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 31 Jul 1949, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Florentina Dauenhauer,   b. 1 Nov 1873, Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 29 Dec 1958, Fallon, Morton County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1890	Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Family ID	F17770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Valentine Gerhardt,   b. 10 May 1918, Morton County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 1992, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1939	Fallon, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Gladys M. Gerhardt,   b. 27 Mar 1942, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 17 Apr 2005  (Age 63 years)   2. James Gerhardt   3. Raleigh Gerhardt   4. William R. Gerhardt   5. Leonard Gerhardt   6. Lawrence Gerhardt   7. Kenneth V. Gerhardt   8. Robert Gerhardt   9. Rosie Gerhardt   10. Delilah Gerhardt
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F39767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Bertha Berger Home in 1920: Township 136, Morton, North Dakota Age: 4 years 2 months Estimated Birth Year: abt 1915 Birthplace: North Dakota Relation to Head-of-house: Daughter Father's Name: Stafan Father's Birth Place: Russia Mother's Name: Florentina Mother's Birth Place: Russia Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Image: 143 [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Beatrice Berger Home in 1930: Township 136, Morton, North Dakota Age: 14 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1916 Relation to Head-of-house: Daughter Father's Name: Stephen Mother's Name: Florence Race: White [S927] Obituary. On April 17, 2009, Beatrice Gerhardt, 93, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Christ the King Catholic Church, Mandan, with Rev. Kenneth Phillips celebrating. Burial will be at Mandan Union Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon to 9 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2009, at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, with a Christian Mothers Rosary at 4 p.m. followed by a Parish Vigil at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Beatrice was born August 20, 1915, on the family homestead at Fallon northeast of Flasher. She was the daughter of Stephen and Florentina (Dauenhauer) Berger. She attended school in Fallon and loved to play the organ for church services. She also went with her mother who was a midwife and would help with the deliveries. She married Valentine Gerhardt in 1939 at St. Peter and Paul Church in Fallon. They lived in Solen, Fort Rice, and later moved to the Flasher area. In 1980, they moved to Mandan. They shared 53 years of marriage. Beatrice had a gift of hospitality, for all her overnight guests and for all the wonderful meals she prepared for friends, relatives and hired hands. Her life was centered around her children and grandchildren. Her children have many memories of celebrating Valentine's Day, holidays and anniversaries. She was a woman with many talents; she could be an electrician, carpenter and a seamstress and create her own patterns. After retirement she and her husband enjoyed traveling and visiting their children. She had a love for old time music and would listen to happy hour on Sunday afternoons. She enjoyed her garden and watching things grow gave her such joy. She is survived by her six sons, Jim (Vicky), Raleigh, Bill (Ellen), Leonard (Delores), Larry (Gloria), all Flasher, Ken (Alice), Mandan, Bob (Loretta) Mulvane, KS; daughters Rosie (Gene) Erhardt, and Dee (Harvey) Miller, both Mandan; and one son-in-law, Jim Mumey, Centennial, CO; grandchildren, Chuck, Bridget and Chad Mumey, Cindy, Bruce, Stephanie, Kelly, Laurie, Kirk, Bryan, Becky, Sherry, Russell, Nathan, Justin, Tyler, Sheldon, Shannon, Ross, Lance, Jason, Steven, Kyla, Aaron, Nicole, Stacey, Rob, Chris and Matt Gerhardt, Darrell, Molissa, and Brent Erhardt, Lisa, Kyren and Dana Miller; 46 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Pauline Fleck, Mandan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Valentine deceased 1992; her daughter Gladys deceased 2005; her parents Stephen and Florentina; sisters, Agatha Reis, Rose Wetzstein and Monica Fleck; brothers, John, Ralph and Lucas Berger; in-laws, Mathias and Kathrine, Jake and Elizabeth, Bill and Elizabeth Gerhardt, Melena and Adolph Ressler, Rose and Tony Vietenheimer, Agatha and Sebastian Frank, Betty and Tony Kautzman.