Gerhard Ludwig Ebhardt was born March 20, 1939 in Alt Vrbas, Yugoslavia to his late parents Ludwig and Helen Ebhardt. He passed away on January 17th at the age of 80, with his loving wife of 59 years Alida, their oldest son Paul, and daughter-in-law Robin at his side.

At age 16 Gerhard apprenticed as a pipe organ builder, a rare specialty he continued in after graduating from Central High School in 1957. Some of his major pipe organ projects were moving the 2,700 pipe organ from the State Theatre in Minneapolis to a private residence in Bismarck, North Dakota, installing an organ in a Cargill owned house on Lake Minnetonka and refurbishing the organ at the Cathedral of St. Paul.

Source: Obituary on Shrine of remembrance website, published 2020.