Jacob Frederick Erb

1922 - 1985  (63 years)

• Name	Jacob Frederick Erb
  Born	24 Jan 1922	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24567
  Died	27 Jan 1985	, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery, , Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I24567	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Addison H. Erb,   b. 6 Mar 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1956  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Hilda B. Weber,   b. 2 Oct 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Married	1916  [2]
  Family ID	F38310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Born in Waterloo, Ontario, on January 24, 1922, Fred died at the age of 63 on January 27, 1985. He was baptized and became a member of the Erb Street Mennonite Church of Waterloo. At his death, he was a member of Community Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg,Virginia. Fred was the middle child and only son of Addison and Hilda Weber Erb, both of whom preceded him in death. His sisters, Helen Burkholder, Breslau, Ontario, and Ruth Martin, Cambridge, Ontario, survive. Fred's 91-year-old stepmother, Emma Erb, Cambridge-Preston, Ontario, also survives. Fred was married to Fern Troyer on June 6, 1950. Their three children are Paul, Crossville, Tennessee; Mary Nitzsche, Elkhart, Indiana; Rachel Beckler, Walsenburg, Colorado. Two grandchildren, Erik & Erin Erb, also survive. After graduating from Hesston College in 1947, and Goshen College in 1949, he completed a BRE degree at Goshen College Biblical Seminary in 1950. Just recently he was awarded the Master of Arts in Church Ministries degree from Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Following Fred's ordination to the Christian ministry in Waterloo, Ontario, on August 13, 1950, Fred spent the next 35 years serving the church in various capacities. He pastored five churches: Detroit Mennonite, Detroit, Michigan; Science Ridge, Sterling, Illinois; First Mennonite, Indianapolis, Indiana; United Mennonite, Peoria, Illinois; Aurora Mennonite, Aurora, Ohio. Between pastorates, he served as Director of Admissions at Hesston College, Kansas, and for the past seven years as Associate Director of Alumni/Church/Parent Relations at Eastern Mennonite College & Seminary, Harrisonburg. Fred also served several Mennonite Conferences as youth secretary, conference secretary, and as a member of General Mission Board. He was involved in summer camp ministry at a number of Mennonite Church camps. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63704761/jacob-frederick-erb

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63704761. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Addismon Schmidt Erb - February 28, 1956-page 214, 21.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jan 1922 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Jan 1985 - , Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Buried - - Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery, , Rockingham County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth