Ane (Margaretic) Gera

On Sunday, March 3, 2024 Ane Gera, loving wife and mother of five, passed away at the age of 87.

Ane was born on January 1, 1937 in Gromaca, Croatia to Ðuro and Ane Margaretic. In 1956, Ane married Božo Gera in Nuremberg, Germany and they soon after immigrated to the United States and settled in Watsonville, California where she found work in local orchards and canneries. While raising her five children she helped to build the family apple farming and real estate business.

Ane loved time spent with family and friends along with visits back to her home in Croatia where she had many happy times laughing and enjoying boat rides on the Barkun with her sisters. She was known for her excellent cooking and baking and always had a delicious meal ready for family and friends to share. Her grandchildren always knew they could find a warm meal in her kitchen and she loved these special visits with them. She was also an avid gardener with a bountiful vegetable and rose garden. She and her husband Božo enjoyed spending time together making wine and smoking traditional dalmatian prosciutto and kobasice.

Ane was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Božo; parents Ðuro and Ane Margaretic; sisters Nike Radiš and Mare Mecep; brother Niko Margaretic; and son-in-law Karlo Šimic.

Ane will be deeply missed by her sons, George, Bob and Mark (Shirley) Gera, daughters Katerina Šimic and Teresa Connor (Sean); along with her grand-children, Celsianna, Bianca, Luka, Conner, Pero, Nikolas, Marko, Melanie, Niko and Roko; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Viewing services were held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at Mehl's Colonial Chapel. Funeral services were held on March 7, 2024 at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Watsonville, CA..

Published in The Pajaronian · March 5, 2024