Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Porter) Toler, Erma Mae August 13 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Erma Mae Toler
Jan. 15, 1913 Aug. 13, 2004

Visitation will be at Greenlawn Mortuary, 3700 River Blvd., Friday, August 
20th at 10:00 a.m., followed by Graveside Services, Friday, at 11:00 a.m. 
Memorial Services will be held at the First Christian Church, Truxtun and S 
Streets, that same day at 2:00 p.m. for Erma Mae Toler, 91, of Bakersfield, 
who passed away at Rosewood Health Center on August 13, 2004, just six weeks 
after the death of her husband of 67 years, Tom. Dr. Don Shelton will 
officiate at the services. 

Erma Toler was born in Kansas City, Kansas on January 15, 1913, the only child 
of Hazel and Tom Porter. The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri where Erma 
graduated from high school and Kansas City Teachers College. She taught in the 
public schools of Kansas City until her marriage to Tom in 1937. She took 
additional courses from Phillips Graduate Seminary in Enid, Oklahoma.

Her professional career as a ministers wife spanned 67 years and she served in 
this capacity with great skill and compassion. Her roles in the church 
included serving the Christian Womens Fellowship of the Christian Churches in 
Missouri, President of Christian Womens Fellowships of both Northern and 
Southern California, Trustee of Northern California Christian Church homes and 
Board Member of the California Christian Home of Rosemead, California. She 
also served a number of years on the Board of the National Christian Womens 
Fellowship in Indianapolis, Indiana.

As an activist, she assisted in the integration of the YWCA of St. Joseph, 
Missouri during the years she lived in that city. She was a faithful member of 
the OX Chapel of PEO and was often called on to plan and lead special womens 
events. She happily and conscientiously served as an Elder of the First 
Christian Church in Bakersfield.

Among many special joys she relished her role as mentor to her two grandsons, 
often traveling with them throughout the world. Another such joy was many 
years of travel with Tom; travels which took them to Israel, Egypt, Russia, 
the Balkans, Danube River, China, Australia, New Zealand, and several journeys 
through Europe and the British Isles.

In addition to the recent death of her husband, Tom, Erma was preceded in 
death by her daughter, Martha Sue. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy 
Norwood and her husband, Tom; grandsons, Tom and Jeff; her special cousin (the 
sister she never had), Margaret Renz Kennicutt, and many other family and 
friends.

Her sense of justice and right will be missed.

Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors 


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