Joseph E. Gerhart

Obituary

Class of 1911

1895 – Apr. 19, 1919

DIED.

The body of Joseph E. Gerhart, who died Saturday, April 19, at Exeter, was brought to Emmett, his former home, for burial, arriving this morning. His mother, Mrs. Hannah Gerhart, and younger brother Paul accompanied the body.

A brother, Ernest, with his family from Idaho Falls, and four sisters, Mrs. Clarence Davis and husband, Mrs. Moon of Boise, Mrs. Sneed of Spokane, and Miss Beth Gerhart of Sanders, Idaho, are all present to attend the funeral service, which was held today at 2 o’clock at the Bucknum Chapel. Also present are Mrs. Sam Atchison and Mrs. Maxwell, old friends from Weiser.

Joseph E. Gerhart was the son of Peter Gerhart, deceased, and Mrs. Hannah Gerhart, and spent several years of his life in Emmett where his family owned a ranch, property just east of town. He was a boy of good habits, loved by his associates, and for a time a teacher in Oregon.

But ill health overtook him, and he was compelled to abandon this and sought benefit from a change of climate. The family left Emmett about a year and a half ago and have been in Exeter, California, for some time, where the dread disease finished its work, cutting off a life of just 24 years. Interment was made in the Riverside Cemetery.

From The Emmett Index Emmett, Idaho · Thursday, April 24, 1919