Erma Mae Sterns

1918 - 1939  (20 years)

• Name	Erma Mae Sterns
  Born	10 Nov 1918	Nebraska, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 Sep 1939	Raymond, Nebraska, USA
  Buried	Oak Creek Cemetery, Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States
  Person ID	I18774	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	John Calvin Sterns,   b. 1 Apr 1893, Raymond, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 13 Jun 1940, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Mary Dodge Forke,   b. 25 Sep 1895,   d. 28 Nov 1966  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1915
  Family ID	F9132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Nov 1918 - Nebraska, USA Died - 11 Sep 1939 - Raymond, Nebraska, USA Buried - - Oak Creek Cemetery, Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Erma Sterns Erma Mae Sterns Nov. 10, 1918 - Sept. 11, 1939 Daughter

  
  

  Census		1920 US Census West Oak Precinct, Lancaster County, Nebraska
  		1930 US Census West Oak Precinct, Lancaster County, Nebraska

  
  

  Obituary & Death Notice

  Miss Erma Sterns of Raymond Dies 6 Years After Car Crash In Which Her Back Was Broken Miss Erma Sterns Of Raymond Dies 6 Years After Car Crash In Which Her Back Was Broken Miss Erma Mae Sterns, 21, of Raymond, died at 5:10 o'clock Monday afternoon, six years after an auto crash in which she suffered a broken back. She had been an invalid since the accident November 24, 1933, in which Adolph and Lawrence Hellerich, both of Valparaiso, were fatally injured. It was reported at the time of the accident that Miss Sterns was paralyzed from the hips down. She was a member of a young group en route to a wiener roast when their car crashed through a bridge railing, plunging 25 feet. The mishap occurred five miles northeast of Valparaiso. Miss Sterns was then 16 years old. Hlmer Mellerich, cousin of the two fatally injured, and Miss Irene Gedes of Malcolm were also injured in the accident. Miss Sterns passed away at her home five miles west of Raymond. She was a member of the Crounse Methodist church. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sterns; two sisters, Mrs. Harley Giles of Lincoln, and Marilyn, at home; three brothers, J. Calvin, Louis and Richard, all at home; and a grandmother, Mrs. Louis Forke of Raymond. The body is at Wadlow's. --The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 12, 1939 Page 2