Family/Spouse: Nettie Zimmerman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Had 6 children.

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Obituary for Edgar R. Gerber (from local newspaper)

Well known figure in the Camrose area, Ed Gerber passed away Tuesday morning following an illness of the past several months. He was 63.

Born in Missouri in 1898, he moved to Washington at an early age, with his family, and in 1926 moved to Alberta, where he farmed for a number of years in the Kelsey district. In 1944 he moved to Camrose, where he has lived ever since

Known for years as a progressive farmer, he was also known for his hard work. He liked people, and his cheery and jocular manner made him welcome wherever he went. A long Time member of the I.O.O.F., he was also a charter member of tppppers in Camrose, and was a devoted member of the United Church.

Survivors include his father and two sisters in Vancouver, Washington, a brother Art Gerber, in Camrose. His widow, two sons, Virgil and Kenneth, both of Kelsey, and a daughter, Pearl (Mrs. R. D. Thirsk) of Kelsey.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday afternoon 2:00 o?clock, from the Camrose United Church, with the Rev. Frank MacPhee officiating. Hoveland?s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will follow in Camrose Ceme

Edgar married Alma Albertina Zabel in North Dakota, USA. Alma was born on 25 Jul 1898 in Elmore, Faribault County, MN; died on 27 May 1983 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for Alma Albertina Gerber

Alma Albertina Zabel was born in Minnesota, July 25, 1898. She was married to Edgar Gerber on December 12, 1917 in North Dakota. To this union three children were born: Pearl (Mrs. Bob Thirsk), Kenneth and Virgil. They worked on farm. for a few years, then moved to the Camrose area in 1926. They settled in the Ohaton-Kelsey area in 1929, where they farmed until moving to Camrose in 1944.

She was an active member of the U.C.W., and the Rebecca Lodge for many years, and was always busy with gardening, sewing, knitting, and babysitting her grandchildren.

She was blessed with good health and passed away suddenly on May 27, 1983, at the age of 84 years.

She was predeceased by her husband in March, 1962, and is survived by her three children, 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, as well as four sisters and a brother in the U.S.


Parents were born in Posen area of Prussia, now Poland.

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Children born in North Dakota. The family moved to Canada in the 1920's.

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• : 28 Nov 1884, New York, USA

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According to Carrol Burkard, Samuel, Maria, Johan Ernst, and Maria Anna all settled in California, Moniteau County, Missouri. Mother Maria Elizabetha Mathys and Johan's first wife Ida Marie Beutler are buried in Bloch Cemetery in Moniteau County. Ernst, his father Samuel, sons Edgar and Arthur, and many members of the Beutler family migrated to McHenry County, North Dakota.

Johann married Ida Marie Beutler in Califorina, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Parents born in Lauperswil, Bern

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• : 28 Nov 1884, New York, USA

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Possibly born on farm called Bitzberg. The registry is somewhat illegible.

Samuel married Maria Elizabetha Mathys in 1859. Maria was born in in Oberoenz, Bern; died on 18 Mar 1897 in Near California, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• : 28 Nov 1884, New York, USA