Ruby Pearl Gernhart 1923 - 2017

GERNHART, KNAACK, BOHLE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 10/31/2021 at 23:00:58

Sioux City Journal
15 June 2017

Kingsley, Iowa

Ruby Pearl Gernhart, 94, of Kingsley, passed away Monday, June 12, 2017, at a Sioux City hospital surrounded by loving family.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Rock Branch United Methodist Church, 1610 Lee Avenue, in Correctionville, Iowa. Burial will be in Fairfield Cemetery next to the church. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Johnson-Earnest Funeral Home in Kingsley. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family through www. mauerjohnsonfh.com.

Ruby was born on Feb. 25, 1923, in rural Pierson, Iowa, to Fritz and Minnie (Knaack) Bohle. She graduated from Pierson High School and completed Normal School to become certified as a teacher. Ruby taught in Wolf Creek Country School before marrying Arthur Gernhart on Oct. 11, 1947 in Kingsley.

The couple lived on a farm by Pierson, where they were blessed with their first three children. They relocated to a farm east of Moville, Iowa, where two more children completed their loving family. Ruby was given the gift of hospitality and through this, developed her deep love of serving others. She was an incredible baker who specialized in cinnamon rolls and pies.

She was a member of Rock Branch United Methodist Church, where she served for many years as a youth group leader and communion steward. Ruby was a charismatic woman who adored her husband, family and friends. Her hobbies included gardening, ball room dancing and playing cards.

Left to honor her memory are her daughters, Linda (Lyle) Fikse, Diane Wheeler (fiance, Mark Zielezinski), and Joy (Dennis) Beaver; sons, Alan Gernhart (fiancee, Linda Nepper), and Dr. Kelly (Cyndi) Gernhart; grandchildren, Janelle (Kyle) Brouwer, Dr. Chad (Lynnette) Fikse, Jessica Wheeler, Rebecca (Nick) O’Brien, Stephen Wheeler, Brooke Beaver, Landon Beaver, Dr. Ellie (Matt Bishop), Gina Gernhart, Carlie (fiance, Cody Leal) and Juli Gernhart; and great-grandchildren, Abbie, Ian and Tory Bishop, Cade and Morgan Brouwer, Evan, Kendra and Laura Fikse, and Bree and Paige O’Brien.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Arthur Gernhart; companion, Joe Campbell; three sisters, Irene, Irma, and Elsie; one brother, Bill; a daughter-in-law, Charlotte Gernhart; and many extended relatives and friends.