Emma J. Pletcher

Other Events:

• Name: Emma J. Eby
• Eby ID Number: dnf-81728

Notes:

Eby.-Emma J., wife of Walter Eby, was born Feb. 15, 1882, in St. Joseph Co., Ind. At the death of her mother, she came to Elkhart Co., Ind., to live with her grandparents and when her grandmother died she went to stay with her aunt (Mrs. Noah Clements) and later kept house for her father in Wakarusa. On Oct. 19, 1901, she was married at Wakarusa to Walter Eby. To this union were born four children (Edna, Grace, Earl, and Glen). On Feb. 10 she suffered an attack of influenza followed by paralysis which resulted in her death, Feb. 27; aged 38 y. 12 d. She leaves her husband, four children, and her father, besides many other relatives and friends. On Tuesday evening, four days before her death, she confessed Christ as her Savior and later was baptized upon confession of her faith. Funeral services at the Olive Church conducted by A. B. and D. A. Yoder.

Gospel Herald - Volume XIII, Number 2 - April 8, 1920 - p. 47

Emma — Walter Eby. Walter (son of Jacob B. Eby and Elizabeth Wenger) was born 1880, , St. Joseph Co., Indiana; died 1955. [Group Sheet]