Gerda Escher Franks

Family and friends will visit at Striffler-Hamby, 4071 Macon Rd, Columbus, Georgia in the Linwood Room on Monday, May 20, 2019 from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM. A graveside service will be held in Parkhill Cemetery, 4161 Macon Rd, Columbus, Georgia on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM.

Gerda was born in Coburg, Germany to the late Max Willie Escher and Emma Lauer Escher. She was married to the late Ralph W. Franks. They were married for 48 years upon his passing in 2013. Gerda loved to cook, crochet and spend time in her yard tending to her flowers and vegetable garden. She loved animals, especially dogs.

She is survived by siblings Lotte Wölfel, Coburg, Germany, Fritz and Traudel Siegler, Lübberstedt, Germany, Gretel and Hubert Günther, Beverstedt, Germany, Emil Siegler, Lübberstedt, Germany, and beloved niece, Monica Escher-Nilsson and husband Thomas of Uddevalla, Sweden and stepchildren, Rhonda Franks Resca,GA, and Michael Franks.

The late siblings of Gerda are: Lisbeth Escher, Uddevalla , Sweden, Hildegard Hamman, Bremen Germany, Werner Escher Osnabrück, Germany and Horst Escher, Vollersode Germany.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be given in Gerda’s memory to Alzheimer’s Disease Research, P.O. Box 1950, Clarksburg, MD 20871-1950 or brightfocus.org/cure AD, or Paws Humane Society, 4900 Milgen Rd., Columbus, GA 31909

Please share a memory or sign the online book at www.shcolumbus.com.