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Cause of Death: Ischemic Cerebral Vascular Stroke Gertrude Maerz had avery difficult life. She said she feltovershadowedby her sister, Sophie, because Sophie was beautiful andpopular.Gertrude worked in her father's business.Later she owned aMercedes carand used it to transport doctors and other affluentpeople. In about1922, she fell in love with Erwin Hanselmann. Theywere very much inlove, but Gertrude did not want to marry him becausehe was ten yearsyounger and she was afraid the marriage would notlast. She never forgothim! In 1939, Gertrude came to U.S.A. to visit her sister. During hervisitSophie tried to convince her to stay here because many peoplewerepredicting war in Europe. However, Gertrude felt an obligation toherparents to return to Germany to help them through the war.Whathorrible stories she told about those times! One day she went tovisither friend (who was a Jew) and discovered that she had justdisappeared.In those times, one could not ask where anyone went ortheytoo woulddisappear. Also, Gertrude was secretly involved withhelping MaxGundelfinger (a Jew) get to the U.S.A. She did marry in 1943, but soon found out that this was aterriblemistake, for he was very cruel and a Nazi. She divorced himafter thewar in 1947 and then told everyone that she was nevermarried. Gertrudewanted to forget that time in her life. Gertrude came to U.S.A. in 1947 to be with her parents, who had comeherein 1945. She did not have a trade, so Gertrude had many jobs suchas amaid and factory worker. She worked in the Croswell PickleFactory untilher hands became badly infected for she was allergic tothe brine. In 1965, she and her father, Richard, went back to Germany.Gertrudeworked in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympic Ice Stadium asacashier.She became sick in 1973 and decided to return to U.S.A. to benear hersister, Sophie. After Sophie's death in 1988, she moved toSt. Clair,Michigan to a Retirement Home. Evelyn, her niece, oftenvisited her andhad her come to her home, especially to spend time withher family duringthe holidays.
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