Advertisement

Advertisement

John Wise Zerbe

Birth
Bowmansville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
3 Sep 1991 (aged 76)
Sinking Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Sinking Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
John W. Zerbe, 76, of Sinking Spring R5, Berks
County, died Tuesday evening at home following a lengthy illness.

He was the husband of Mary I. Zerbe. They celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary Aug.5.

Born in Bowmansville, he was a son of the late Theodore F. and Mary A. Wise Zerbe.

He retired in 1977 as plant foreman for Indust-
rial Metal Plating of Reading, where he was employed for 17 years.

Zerbe was formerly employed for 25 years by
Textile Machine Works of Wyomissing.

He served as a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II.

In addition to his wife, survivors are a son,
Jairus E., of Sinking Spring; two granddaugh-
ters; two great-grandsons; four sisters: Ann R. Good, Dorothy R. Zerbe, and Helen L. Zerbe, all of Narvon, and Catherine E. Kring of Bowmansville.

Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
John W. Zerbe, 76, of Sinking Spring R5, Berks
County, died Tuesday evening at home following a lengthy illness.

He was the husband of Mary I. Zerbe. They celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary Aug.5.

Born in Bowmansville, he was a son of the late Theodore F. and Mary A. Wise Zerbe.

He retired in 1977 as plant foreman for Indust-
rial Metal Plating of Reading, where he was employed for 17 years.

Zerbe was formerly employed for 25 years by
Textile Machine Works of Wyomissing.

He served as a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II.

In addition to his wife, survivors are a son,
Jairus E., of Sinking Spring; two granddaugh-
ters; two great-grandsons; four sisters: Ann R. Good, Dorothy R. Zerbe, and Helen L. Zerbe, all of Narvon, and Catherine E. Kring of Bowmansville.

Lancaster Intelligencer Journal


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement