Alta Mae Eby

1891 - 1995  (103 years)

• Name	Alta Mae Eby
  Born	23 Feb 1891	Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Jan 1995	Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
  Buried	Scottdale Cemetery Scottsdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I8220417551	Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	Abram H Eby,   b. 22 Nov 1863, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Feb 1955, Torrance, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Salome Denlinger,   b. 15 Mar 1866, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Dec 1949, Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania  (Age 83 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1885	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F7500750100	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Paul Erb,   b. 26 Apr 1894, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas ,   d. 07 May 1894, Mt Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania  (Age 0 years)
  Married	27 May 1917	Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F7500750123	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Feb 1891 - Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania Married - 27 May 1917 - Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas Died - 24 Jan 1995 - Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Buried - - Scottdale Cemetery Scottsdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Abram Eby, wife Salome and children Willis, Alta Mae and H Elmer From Lancaster Historical Society
  		Alta Mae Eby and husband Paul Erb Lancaster Historical Society
  		Alta Eby and Paul Erb Lancaster Historical Society

  
  

• Notes

  1900 Census Paradise, Lancaster, Pennsylvania as Alta EBY Erb, Alta Mae Eby (1891-1995)Alta Mae Eby, b. 23 February 1891 to Abram and Salome Denlinger Eby, grew up at Kinzers (Lancaster County), PA. She obtained her final year of high school and her college education at Goshen College, graduating in 1912. From 1912 to 1940 she was on the staff of Hesston College. She taught mathematics and teacher education and was librarian from 1913 to 1928. In 1917 she married Paul Erb. They had two children: Winifred (Erb) Paul and Delbert. From 1940 to 1945, she taught teacher education at Goshen College. In 1945 they moved to Scottdale, PA, where Paul served as editor of the Gospel Herald. Her activities at Scottdale were principally in the area of the nurture of children. She served extensively in Christian education workshops and from 1954-1958 was Home Life Editor of Christian Living magazine. Her book, The Christian Nurture of Children, was first published in 1944. A second edition followed in 1955. It sold a reported 12,000 copies. From 1944 to 1961 she wrote a weekly column on the Uniform Sunday School Lessons which appeared in the Gospel Herald. Alta Mae Erb died in Scottdale, PA on 24 January 1995 at the age of 103. She is buried in the Scottdale cemetery. BibliographyWarkentin, A. and Melvin Gingerich, compilers. Who's Who Among the Mennonites. North Newton, KS: Bethel College, 1943 : 60. Springer, Nelson and A. J. Klassen, compilers, Mennonite Bibliography, 1631-1961, 2 vols. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1977: Vol. 2 : 439. Miller, Mary. A Pillar of Cloud: The Story of Hesston College. 1909-1959 North Newton: Mennonite Press, 1959:128-30. Rich, Elaine Sommers. Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness, 1683-1983. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983: 121. Good, Phyllis. Paul and Alta. :Scottdale, 1978. "Erb, Alta Mae Eby." Gospel Herald 88 (14 February 1995). Reproduced in MennObits. "Gospel Herald Obituary - February 1995." Accessed 14 January 2006.