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Erb, John (1929-2002)
Newton Kansan obituary: 2002 Nov 4 p. 10; 2002 Nov 5 p. 2
Birth date: 1929
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Jan 27 p. 12
text of obituary:
JOHN ERB
John Erb, 73, of Hesston, Kan., died Nov. 3, 2002, at Newton Medical Center. He was born July 3, 1929, to John K. and Lena Oswald Erb at Beemer, Neb.
He married Doris Hershberger on June 12, 1949, at Detroit Lakes, Minn. She preceded him in death on Jan. 21, 1991.
He was a farmer and antique restorer. He moved to Detroit Lakes in 1943 and to Hesston in 1975.
Survivors include a son, Dwight of Moundridge; two daughters, Janet Terry of Gardner and Julie Stephens of Newton; two brothers, Ezra Erb of Weatherford, Okla., and Walter Erb of Hesston; a sister, Ruby Greaser of Harrisonville, Mo.; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Hesston Mennonite Church. Burial was in Eastlawn Cemetery near Zimmerdale.
