Eby, John Martin (1939-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Mar 31 p. 9

Birth date: 1939 Dec 8

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JOHN MARTIN EBY

John Martin Eby, 68, of Pennsville, Pa., died March 1, 2008, after a seven-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was born Dec. 8, 1939, to Martin C. and Helen Wenger Eby in Reading.

He graduated from Governor Mifflin High School in Shillington. He then obtained a bachelor’s degree from Goshen (Ind.) College and a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Delaware in 1965. He worked as a chemist at Mannington Mills in Salem, N.J., for 28 years, where he was a partner in various patents. Prior to that he worked at Armstrong in Lancaster for 10 years.

He was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Pennsville, N.J., and loved reading his German Bible. He had a love for music and played trombone and baritone for many years in the Salem County Brass Society, the Newark Community Band and the Moonlight Brass Quintet.

He held a private and commercial pilot’s license as well as instrument and seaplane ratings. He belonged to the Salem County Aero Club and previous to that, the Chiques Aero Club in Lancaster. He loved boating and camping with his family and riding his motorcycle.

Survivors include his wife, Ella Mae (Landis); three children, William and his wife, Janet, of Lincoln University, Ann Marie Roberts and her husband, George, of Landenberg, and Robert of Flowery Branch, Ga.; a sister, Sarah Ann Ebersole of Atlanta, Ga.; three brothers, Peter of Nashville, Tenn., James of Olympia, Wash., and Michael C. of Terre Hill; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his stepmother, Esta Hershey Eby.

Funeral services were held at Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial was held at Weaverland Mennonite Church Cemetery of East Earl.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Apr 14 p. 17

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Correction: John Martin Eby, whose obituary was published in the March 31 issue, was from Pennsville, N.J. The state was listed incorrectly.