Erma Pearl Tribolet

1920 - 2008  (87 years)

• Name	Erma Pearl Tribolet
  Born	7 May 1920	Paulding County, Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Feb 2008	Bridgman, Michigan
  Buried	Spencerville Cemetery, Spencerville, Ohio
  Person ID	I32376	Virts
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2014

  
  

  Family	Blaine Van Eman,   b. 21 Jun 1916, Ohio ,   d. 13 Mar 2005, Berrien County, Michigan  (Age 88 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1939
  Children	1. Sandra Van Eman   2. Sue Van Eman
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2013
  Family ID	F12834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Erma Van Eman, 87, died at 12:45 p.m. Feb. 16, 2008, at Woodland Terrace Nursing Home, Bridgman, Mich. She was born May 7, 1920, in Paulding County to Samuel N. and Nellie Pearl Wistner Tribolet, who preceded her in death. On Jan. 2, 1939, she married Blaine "Bud" Van Eman, who died March 13, 2005. Mrs. Van Eman retired in 1980 as personnel supervisor from Hayes-Albion Corp., Spencerville, after 30 years. She was a longtime member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Lima. She was a graduate of Ridge Township High School, Van Wert County. She had been living at the nursing home, where she was near her daughter. Survivors include two daughters, Sandra (William) Richardson, of Berrian Springs, Mich., and Sue (Allan) Williamson, of Decatur, Ga.; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Ralph (Betty) Tribolet, of Van Wert; a sister, Helen (Don) Crone, of Van Wert; a sister-in-law, Ruth Tribolet, of Van Wert; and a brother-in-law, Donald Stirn, of Florida. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Tomlinson, Marcelle Kreischer and Dorotha Stirn; and three brothers, Chester, Doyle and Lawrence Tribolet. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville. Pastor Donald Byard and her sons-in-law Allan Williamson and William Richardson will officiate. Burial will be in Spencerville Cemetery. Friends may call one hour prior to services Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Seventh-day Adventist Church or Hospice at Home of Southwest Michigan.