A strong and adventurous woman
Published in the May 5, 2016 edition
NORTH READING — Mrs. Clara (Ruhland) Gerke, of North Reading, passed away peacefully in her sleep at age 104 at the Meadowview Nursing Center on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.
Clara was born in Bavaria, Germany on Dec. 15, 1911, one of nine children…
