Anna was born in Germany on October 15th 1900 in what was the eastern German province of Posen. She emigrated to the USA with her family in October 1905 via passage on the S.S. Breslau from Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland along with her parents, Heinrich and Wilhelmine Klaschus and three siblings Freidrich, Metha and Franz. On March 7, 1918 she married Norwegian immigrant Ira Nerim (Erik Ole Knutson Nerheim) after his return from the US Army and the battlefields of WW I. They were blessed with two children, Dorothy (1919) and Kenneth (1925).
Happiness was short lived. Unfortunately the Great Depression brought them misery as it did for millions in America and worldwide. Ira, seeking work, found his way to Colorado for mining. He died tragically and unnecessarily in a September 7th 1935 fire which killed six men. By this time, Anna and Ira had become legally divorced, in part due to the 2000 miles between them. Anna met widower Herbert C. Cox about this time and soon became his second wife.
Times were mostly good until her mother was hit and run by a drunk driver in 1950. And life would have one more difficult challenge for Anna. In August 1953 she suffered a crippling stroke causing complete paralysis of the right side of her body. Anna was expected to die within days. Her first grandchild was expected in December. That knowledge helped her hold tenaciously onto life. She lived to see him born and the thrill of this new life as a grandmother gave her an immense will to live. She was later also diagnosed with an aortic aneurism. Doctors warned she could die at any time. But somehow she outlived 4 personal doctors one by one along the way to 27 more years and the birth of 5 more grandchildren and one great grandchild. Anna finally relinquished her hold on life in 1980, her eternally loyal husband Herbert still at her side. She was 79 years old.
Happiness was short lived. Unfortunately the Great Depression brought them misery as it did for millions in America and worldwide. Ira, seeking work, found his way to Colorado for mining. He died tragically and unnecessarily in a September 7th 1935 fire which killed six men. By this time, Anna and Ira had become legally divorced, in part due to the 2000 miles between them. Anna met widower Herbert C. Cox about this time and soon became his second wife.
Times were mostly good until her mother was hit and run by a drunk driver in 1950. And life would have one more difficult challenge for Anna. In August 1953 she suffered a crippling stroke causing complete paralysis of the right side of her body. Anna was expected to die within days. Her first grandchild was expected in December. That knowledge helped her hold tenaciously onto life. She lived to see him born and the thrill of this new life as a grandmother gave her an immense will to live. She was later also diagnosed with an aortic aneurism. Doctors warned she could die at any time. But somehow she outlived 4 personal doctors one by one along the way to 27 more years and the birth of 5 more grandchildren and one great grandchild. Anna finally relinquished her hold on life in 1980, her eternally loyal husband Herbert still at her side. She was 79 years old.
Anna was born in Germany on October 15th 1900 in what was the eastern German province of Posen. She emigrated to the USA with her family in October 1905 via passage on the S.S. Breslau from Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland along with her parents, Heinrich and Wilhelmine Klaschus and three siblings Freidrich, Metha and Franz. On March 7, 1918 she married Norwegian immigrant Ira Nerim (Erik Ole Knutson Nerheim) after his return from the US Army and the battlefields of WW I. They were blessed with two children, Dorothy (1919) and Kenneth (1925).
Happiness was short lived. Unfortunately the Great Depression brought them misery as it did for millions in America and worldwide. Ira, seeking work, found his way to Colorado for mining. He died tragically and unnecessarily in a September 7th 1935 fire which killed six men. By this time, Anna and Ira had become legally divorced, in part due to the 2000 miles between them. Anna met widower Herbert C. Cox about this time and soon became his second wife.
Times were mostly good until her mother was hit and run by a drunk driver in 1950. And life would have one more difficult challenge for Anna. In August 1953 she suffered a crippling stroke causing complete paralysis of the right side of her body. Anna was expected to die within days. Her first grandchild was expected in December. That knowledge helped her hold tenaciously onto life. She lived to see him born and the thrill of this new life as a grandmother gave her an immense will to live. She was later also diagnosed with an aortic aneurism. Doctors warned she could die at any time. But somehow she outlived 4 personal doctors one by one along the way to 27 more years and the birth of 5 more grandchildren and one great grandchild. Anna finally relinquished her hold on life in 1980, her eternally loyal husband Herbert still at her side. She was 79 years old.
Happiness was short lived. Unfortunately the Great Depression brought them misery as it did for millions in America and worldwide. Ira, seeking work, found his way to Colorado for mining. He died tragically and unnecessarily in a September 7th 1935 fire which killed six men. By this time, Anna and Ira had become legally divorced, in part due to the 2000 miles between them. Anna met widower Herbert C. Cox about this time and soon became his second wife.
Times were mostly good until her mother was hit and run by a drunk driver in 1950. And life would have one more difficult challenge for Anna. In August 1953 she suffered a crippling stroke causing complete paralysis of the right side of her body. Anna was expected to die within days. Her first grandchild was expected in December. That knowledge helped her hold tenaciously onto life. She lived to see him born and the thrill of this new life as a grandmother gave her an immense will to live. She was later also diagnosed with an aortic aneurism. Doctors warned she could die at any time. But somehow she outlived 4 personal doctors one by one along the way to 27 more years and the birth of 5 more grandchildren and one great grandchild. Anna finally relinquished her hold on life in 1980, her eternally loyal husband Herbert still at her side. She was 79 years old.
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