Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Erby, Mary Ellen (Mimi) March 1984
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, March 8, 1984
     Mary Ellen (Mimi) Erby, 93, a resident of The Dalles for the past 27 
years, died at the local hospital Sunday after a brief illness.

     She was the mother of Loy Leidloff, The Dalles, with whom she had been 
living.

     Mrs. Erby was born in Evart, Mich. on March 26, 1890, to Henry G. Leach 
and Dr. Ida Brady Leach, who were early pioneers in the Judson Bay Co.
  
     Mrs. Erby attended the Duquesne School of Music in Pennsylvania and 
studied under Madame Schulman-Heinke.  Mrs. Erby was a coloratura soprano and 
had made professional stage appearances in New York City.

     After moving to The Dalles, she was first soprano for the First 
Congregational Church choir, where she was invited to sing by the choir 
director, the late Mrs. Lila Fancher.

     Mrs. Erby remained interested in the arts and assisted her daughter with 
her art career during the past few years.

     Funeral services were held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home at 2 
p.m. today with the Rev. Jim Wilson officiating.  Burial will be at The Dalles 
IOOF Cemetery.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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