Marcella R Erhardt

Marcella R. Erhardt, 64, 709 Collins Ave., Mandan, died April 27, 1998, at her home. Burial will be in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, rural Mandan.

Marcella Barnhardt was born on July 9, 1933, at Crown Butte. She was the daughter of Jacob and Katherine (Kautzman) Barnhardt. She was raised and educated in Crown Butte and attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Mandan. She married Jacob "Jack" Erhardt on Oct. 12, 1953, at Crown Butte. After her marriage, she and Jack lived in Fort Lewis, Wash., from 1958-1960. They moved back to Crown Butte, residing there from 1960-1965. They then moved to Mandan. She worked for Lee Enterprises (Mandan News and Finder) in the mailing department for six years, Custer Elementary School for the lunch program for five years and the Mandan Moose for 15 years.

She is survived by her husband, Jack; four sons and daughters-in-law, Rocky and Patty, Rodney and Pam, Russell and Becky, and Roger and Karla, all of Mandan; one daughter, Ramona, Mandan; three grandsons and one granddaughter-in-law, James and Carrie, and Ryan and Blaine Erhardt; and three granddaughters, Jennifer, Jessica and Kyra Erhardt; her mother, Katherine Barnhardt, Mandan; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Jerry and his friend, Mary, Black Diamond, Wash., Darrell and Cass, Salem, Ore., and Archie and Fern, Mandan; and two sisters and one brother-in-law, Deloris Lang, Mandan, and Sandy and Albert Dick, Munich.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents; her father, Jacob; an infant son, James Jacob; and one nephew, Terry Lang.