From newspaper obituary clipping for Maude T. Erwin (death date is
handwritten in pencil Dec. 23, 1960) from the estate auction of Dessa Mae
(Sunday) Wolf 25 Nov 2000 -

                          MAUDE T. ERWIN
 "Mrs. Maude T. Erwin, 79, died about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Angola Nursing
Home, where she had resided for nearly five years.  Survivors are the
husband, George Erwin; two sons, Clair Erwin, Hudson, and Wilbur Erwin,
Angola; three daughters, Mrs. William Nichols of Angola, Mrs. Robert
McBurney, Clawson, Michigan, and Mrs. William Nappe, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; 12 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; three brothers and a
sister.  Services were conducted at the Mt. Zion church at 2 p.m. today, Rev.
P.L. Mast officiating.  Burial was in Mt. Zion cemetery.
 The daughter of Adam and Mary Shade Tritch, Mrs. Erwin was born in Salem
township on August 24, 1881, and had lived here all her life."

Submitted By: Theresa Ferguson
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