Kenneth Poe Funeral Services

October 16, 2023

CHARLOTTE – Anne Gwyn Ganzert passed peacefully Monday, October 16, 2023, at her home in Charlotte, NC.  She was born in Atlanta, Georgia on April 29, 1924, to Thomas Womack Gwyn and Iola Bradsher Thomas. 

Anne attended Greensboro College before transferring to RPI College of William and Mary in Richmond, VA where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Social Science.   There she met the love of her life, Neal Francis Ganzert. The two were wed in Yanceyville, North Carolina in 1947 and had a large loving family of eight.  Anne’s children were the center of her world, and she loved them all dearly.  She supported them in their school activities including teaching Great Books at their school.  Anne was a member of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century and Daughters of 1812.

Throughout her life she was known as a dear mother, loving wife and a point of constancy and strength in the family, and her character described as the “epitome of grace and kindness.”  She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Anne is survived by her sons, Neal Francis Ganzert, Jr., Michael Martin Ganzert, Jonathan Kent Ganzert and Bartlett Yancey Ganzert; daughters, Anne Ganzert Hayes and Lucy James Montaquila, and a plethora of grandchildren who loved and admired her.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Neal, and her two sons, Christopher and Sean.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, November 3, 2023, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 6828 Old Reid Road in Charlotte, NC.  The inurnment will immediately follow the service in the church columbarium.  Following the inurnment, the family will receive friends in the assembly room at the church.

 ***ALL FLOWERS MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE CHURCH.***

Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204; (704) 641-7606. Online condolences may be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com.