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Subject: Eby - Obit
Ira E. Eby, 92, formerly of Hagerstown, Md., and Shank Drive,
Harrisonburg, Va., died Friday, Sept. 3, 2004, at Oak Lea Nursing Ho
Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg.
Mr. Eby was born Aug. 1, 1912, west of Hagerstown, and was the son
of the late Christian R. and Fannie Ebersole Eby. He grew up on the fa
and at the age of 20 went to barber school in Baltimore. In 1933, he opened
a barber shop in Maugansville, Md., and continued in the barber business
until he retired in December 1978 in Harrisonburg.
On June 3, 1936, he married Helen V. Strite, who preceded h
death on July 9, 1959.
On Dec. 18, 1963, he married Mary Emma Showalter, author of the
Mennonite Community Cookbook, and moved with his family to
Harrisonburg. She died May 3, 2003.
Mr. Eby was a member of Trissels Mennonite Church, where he served
as deacon for a number of years. He also served as a visitor with the Blue
Ridge Multiple Sclerosis Chapter for more than a decade. He was an avid
photographer and often received invitations to present programs of his
nature slides.
Mr. Eby is survived by three children and their spouses, Elean
and David Mumma of Harrisonburg, Phyllis and Nelson Showalter of Broadway,
Va., and Robert Eby and Gwen Stamm of Scottsdale, Pa.; two granddaughte
and their spouses, Marcia and Jeffrey Rittenhouse of Elizabethtown, Pa., and
Lisa and Jerry Hertzler of Harrisonburg; and five great-grandchildren,
Rebekah and Luke Hertzler, and Lydia, Benjamin and Daniel Rittenhouse.
Mr. Eby was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
A graveside service will be held at the Reiffs Mennonite Church
Cemetery in Hagerstown on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004, at 2 p.m.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at 2 p.m.
at Trissels Mennonite Church in Broadway, Va. The family will receive
friends following the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to Trissels Mennonite Churc
P.O. Box 549, Broadway, VA 22815.
Arrangements are by Grandle Funeral Home, Broadway.
Hagerstown Herald-Mail (MD) September 4, 2004
>EBY, Ira E; 92; Harrisonburg VA; Hagerstown M-H (MD); 2004-9-4;