Son of Menno and Mattie (Kennel) Erb, was born July 14, 1889, near O'Neill, Nebr.; died at the home of his daughter near Scribner, Nebr., April 26, 1961, after a lengthy illness; aged 71 y. 9 m. 12 d. On Oct. 10, 1917, he was married to Ida Schweitzer Heyen, who died June 3, 1938, leaving him with 9 children, aged 2 to 17. Surviving are 5 daughters and 4 sons (Mattie-Mrs. Roy Troyer, Spartansburg, Pa.; Dorothy-Mrs. Sam Oswald and Norma-Mrs. Lester Troyer and Wilma-Mrs. Ivan Troyer, Scribner, Nebr.; Merlin, Robert, Alvin, and Virgil, all of Shickley, Nebr.), 23 grandchildren, and 3 brothers (Menno, Wakefield; Chris, West Point; and David, Frazee, Minn.). The family moved to Shickley in 1932. In 1959 he retired from farming and was living in Shickley with his son Merlin, until his last illness. On March 25 he submitted to surgery at the West Point Hospital, and spent the last 16 days at the home of his daughter Gladys. He was a member of the Salem congregation near Shickley, where funeral services were held April 29, in charge of P. R. Kennel, assisted by Fred Reeb, Sam Oswald, J. W. Birky, and Lee Schlegel.
Son of Menno and Mattie (Kennel) Erb, was born July 14, 1889, near O'Neill, Nebr.; died at the home of his daughter near Scribner, Nebr., April 26, 1961, after a lengthy illness; aged 71 y. 9 m. 12 d. On Oct. 10, 1917, he was married to Ida Schweitzer Heyen, who died June 3, 1938, leaving him with 9 children, aged 2 to 17. Surviving are 5 daughters and 4 sons (Mattie-Mrs. Roy Troyer, Spartansburg, Pa.; Dorothy-Mrs. Sam Oswald and Norma-Mrs. Lester Troyer and Wilma-Mrs. Ivan Troyer, Scribner, Nebr.; Merlin, Robert, Alvin, and Virgil, all of Shickley, Nebr.), 23 grandchildren, and 3 brothers (Menno, Wakefield; Chris, West Point; and David, Frazee, Minn.). The family moved to Shickley in 1932. In 1959 he retired from farming and was living in Shickley with his son Merlin, until his last illness. On March 25 he submitted to surgery at the West Point Hospital, and spent the last 16 days at the home of his daughter Gladys. He was a member of the Salem congregation near Shickley, where funeral services were held April 29, in charge of P. R. Kennel, assisted by Fred Reeb, Sam Oswald, J. W. Birky, and Lee Schlegel.
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