OBITUARY: Ira Erbe, -1916, Mitchell Co., Iowa




                     Ira Erbe Died Last Week
                    Tuesday From Appendicitis

Ira Erbe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Erbe, who resides about twelve
miles southwest of the city, passed away on Tuesday evening of last
week at his home. Death was due to appendicitis. He had a hard struggle
with the disease and it was hoped for a time that he was going to
recover but he succumbed early last Tuesday evening. He was a young
man of about nineteen years of age, well regarded in his community
as a promising young man.

 --Osage News Febuary 1916

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Added notes by Kathy Pike:
  Ira Christian Erbe was born January 18, 1897 in Mitchell Co. Iowa,
  And died February 22, 1916, in Mitchell Co. Iowa of a ruptured appendix. 

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Transcribed by Kathy Pike, August 2003 

Copyright 2003, Kathy Pike