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Erma Braa

Erma Braa, 95, Enumclaw, Wash., formerly of Rock County, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, in Enumclaw.

Services were Monday, Dec. 17, at WeeksÕ Enumclaw Funeral Home in Enumclaw. Burial will be in Jasper Cemetery, Jasper.

Erma Dorothy Schmidt was born to John and Tena Schmidt on March 16, 1906, in Rock County. She grew up and attended grade school near Luverne. The family moved to a farm near Sherman, S.D. She graduated from Sherman High School, Sherman.

She married Clarence Braa on Sept. 1, 1925, in Sioux Falls, S.D. They farmed in the Sherman area. In 1957 they moved to Seattle, Wash. They later moved to Enumclaw. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include one son, Roger (Fran) Braa, Enumclaw; one daughter, Cleo (Gordon Greenwalt) Fellers, Shelton, Wash.; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-granddaughters.

Mrs. Braa was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Clarence, and one son, Ronald, who was killed in a tractor accident in 1950 at the age of 14.

Memorials may be sent to Providence Hospice of Seattle, 425 Pontius Ave. N. #300, Seattle, WA 98109.

Weeks' Enumclaw Funeral Home, Enumclaw, was in charge of arrangements.

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