Martha Alice Erb, 90, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 1:43 pm, Friday, August 12, 2022, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born on August 26, 1931, in Johnson City, Tennessee, to Anderson and Ruby (Mettetal) Lamm.
Martha was a 1949 graduate of Wabash High School and was a homemaker. She married Emerson Clayton Erb, Jr. on February 25, 1951 at the Wabash Christian Church; he died March 31, 2015. She was a longtime member of the Wabash Christian Church, where she also sang in the choir. Martha was a member of the Women’s Christian Fellowship and Women’s Aglow. She was an avid reader.
She is survived four children, Raymond Erb of Lake Isabella, California,Roland Erb of Wabash, Mary Smith of Gates, North Carolina, and Nancy Canales of Wabash; eight Grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and her sister, Ruthann Lower.
Private services and entombment will be in the Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, 1100 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with her nephew Chaplain David Erb officiating. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash..
Preferred memorial is Wabash Christian Church.
The memorial guest book for Martha may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.