Baty, Anna (Gerhart) 1889-1962

GERHART, BATY, HILDEBRAND

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 2/18/2005 at 10:31:16

Anna Baty Dies at Hospital Sunday; Rites Wednesday

Anna M. Baty, 72, of Rt. 2, Newton, died at 10:50 a.m. Sunday at the Skiff Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services for Mrs. Baty, a lifelong resident of Jasper County, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Johnson Funeral Home.

The Rev. Philip C. Biblehimer, minister of the First Lutheran Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Mrs. Baty is survived by three nephews, Lewis Gerhart and Charles Gerhart, both of Des Moines, and Clifford Gerhart of Mingo; and eight nieces, Mrs. Cornie (Mary) Kleinendorst of Newton, Mrs. Earl (Anna) Parcell of Chicago; Mrs. Loren (Betty) Craft of Des Moines, Mrs. Stella Mason of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Ruby Kirkwood of Des Moines, Miss Frances Gerhart of Monroe, Mrs. Donald (Phyllis) Townsend of Baxter and Mrs. Harry (Gladys) Reynolds of Long View, Wash.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1959 and by four brothers.

Mrs. Baty was a member of the First Lutheran Church and the Royal Neighbors at Mitchellville.

The daughter of Louis and Joanna Hildebrand Gerhart, she was born Oct. 11, 1889 in Jasper County.

Educated in Jasper County Schools, she was married to Jeptha (Jap) Baty, Dec. 25, 1909. ~ The Newton Daily News May 14, 1962