Ezra Erb

1922 - 2007  (84 years)

• Name	Ezra Erb
  Born	16 Dec 1922	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-217351
  Died	22 Jun 2007	South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Buried	Alden Union Free Cemetery, Alden, Erie Co., New York   [1]
  Person ID	I217351	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Michael G. "Mike" Erb,   b. 18 May 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1948  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Nancy K. Bast,   b. 21 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Nov 1930, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 44 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1905	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F7639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ezra Erb, 84, of Goshen, died Friday afternoon, June 22, 2007, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. He was born in Wellesky, Ontario, Canada, on December 16, 1922, to Michael and Nancy (Bast) Erb. With the death of his mother at the age of 8, he was raised by George and Emma Schmidt. He married Barbara M. Zehr on January 1, 1946, at the New Bremen Mennonite Church in New Bremen, New York. She survives. Mr. Erb graduated from Alden Central High School in 1941 and received his BS in 1950 from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He retired in 1984 from Union Caribide \endash Linde Division (now Praxair) as a chemist. He served as a US Army medic during World War II in the European Theater. He landed on Normandy at Uttica Beach in the third wave. He was shot in the leg by a German sniper while carrying a wounded soldier and later wounded in the arm by shrapnel. Mr. Erb received the Purple Heart and the Oakleaf Cluster. He attended Waterford Mennonite Church in Goshen and was a member of the Alden Mennonite Church of Alden, New York. He was also a member of the American Chemical Society and the Compressed Gas Association. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; a son, Jack (Cindy) Erb of San Antonio, Texas; a daughter, Rhonda (John) Landgraf of Goshen; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Joe (Virginia) Erb of Darien, New York. A funeral service was held on Thursday, June 27, 2007, at the Alden Mennonite Church with Rev. Phil Martin officiating. Burial was in Union Cemetery, Alden, New York. Memorial contributions may be given to either the Waterford Mennonite Church or Alden Mennonite Church. Cemetery, Alden, North America, New York, Erie County, and Alden Cemetery. 1922. " Ezra Erb (1922-2007) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22202634/ezra-erb.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22202634/ezra-erb. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Emmauel Albrecht - January 31, 1984, page 85. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 19301-05. Michael G. Erb, 35, Occ. Carpenter, b. Wilmot Twp., Res. Wellesley Twp., son of John Erb & Jacobina Gardner, married Nancy K. Bast, 19, b. Perth Co., Res. Wellesley Twp., daughter of John Bast & Barbara Kannel, Witn: N.M. Steinman of Baden & Lovina Bast of Wellesley, 3 Dec 1905 at Wellesley

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Dec 1922 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Jun 2007 - South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, USA Buried - - Alden Union Free Cemetery, Alden, Erie Co., New York  = Link to Google Earth