Anna Magdalena Jerke

CLERGY
Rev. Jonathan Vehar
MUSIC
Organist ~ Jan Kocer
Congregational Hymns
“How Great Thou Art”
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
CASKETBEARERS
Rudy Jerke
Leroy Jerke
Randy Jerke
Clinton Jerke
Terry Freier
Dave Freier
Dennis Conrad
Dan Freier
Anna Magdalena Jerke was born September 19, 1910 to Edward and Magdalena (Neth) Freier. She grew up near Delmont and attended the Freier Rural School. On June 9, 1935, she was united in marriage to Bernard Jerke at the Hoffnunsberg Congregational Church near Delmont. They farmed west of Scotland for 30 years. She was active as an organist, Sunday school teacher, and in the choir at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kaylor. After Bernard’s death, she moved to Scotland and worked at the Good Samaritan Home for 13 ½ years. Family was always very important to Anna as well as her religious beliefs. After her retirement, she enjoyed crocheting, making quilts and playing cards. In 2001, she moved to Dell Rapids. Anna lived to celebrate her 100th birthday in September. She passed away peacefully on Friday, October 8, 2010 at the Terrace Manor in Dell Rapids.
Grateful to have shared her life are a daughter, Kathy (Kevin) Bremer of Colton; a son, Wayne Jerke, of Dell Rapids; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; a brother, Herbert (Marilyn) Freier of St. Paul, Minnesota; two sisters: Lora Wenzel of Sioux City, Iowa and Esther Conrad of Yankton; two sisters-in-law: Laura Freier of Yankton and Sadie Freier of Scotland; and many nieces and nephews.
Anna preceded in death by her husband, Bernard, grandson Shawn Rembold, daughter-in-law Connie Jerke, four brothers: Ruben E. in infancy, Arthur C., Ruben P., and Rudolph E., and one sister, Johanna Wenzel.