Erma Mae Carman (Elgin)
June 3, 1920 — January 4, 2014
Erma M. Carman, 93, of Center Point, Iowa, died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at the Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha, Iowa. Services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at the Center Point United Methodist Church, Center Point. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, and one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday. Burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point.
Survivors include her children, Pat (Dick) Wolff of Waunakee, Wisconsin, Pam (Alan) Denison of Center Point, and Barb (Fritz) Gudgeon of Waterloo, Wisconsin; ten grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; brothers, Ervin Elgin of Center Point, Marvin Elgin of Cary, North Carolina; sisters-in-law, Darlene Elgin of Tipton and Jeanette Elgin of Center Point; and daughter-in-law, Rita Carman of Lake Stevens, Washington.
Erma was preceded in death by her parents; husband, David; sons, Jack Carman and Dick Carman; son-in-law, James Morrison; brothers, Lyle Elgin and Robert Elgin; her infant sister, Bernita Elgin; and sisters-in-law, Shirley Elgin and Jeanne Elgin
Born June 3, 1920, in Center Point, Iowa, Erma was the daughter of Elcy and Beulah (Boyles) Elgin. She graduated from Center Point High School in 1937, received her normal training at the Iowa State Teachers College and later attended Kirkwood College. She taught in country schools in Linn County. On May 24, 1942, she was united in marriage to David Carman in the Little Brown Church in Nashua. She worked at Life Investors in Cedar Rapids for 10 years.
Erma was a member of the Center Point United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the U.M.W. She was also a member of the Center Point Garden Club, 4-H leader, and substitute teacher in Center Point. Erma was an avid traveler, vacationing with her grandchildren during the summers and loved to quilt and read.
Survivors include her children, Pat (Dick) Wolff of Waunakee, Wisconsin, Pam (Alan) Denison of Center Point, and Barb (Fritz) Gudgeon of Waterloo, Wisconsin; ten grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; brothers, Ervin Elgin of Center Point, Marvin Elgin of Cary, North Carolina; sisters-in-law, Darlene Elgin of Tipton and Jeanette Elgin of Center Point; and daughter-in-law, Rita Carman of Lake Stevens, Washington.
Erma was preceded in death by her parents; husband, David; sons, Jack Carman and Dick Carman; son-in-law, James Morrison; brothers, Lyle Elgin and Robert Elgin; her infant sister, Bernita Elgin; and sisters-in-law, Shirley Elgin and Jeanne Elgin
Born June 3, 1920, in Center Point, Iowa, Erma was the daughter of Elcy and Beulah (Boyles) Elgin. She graduated from Center Point High School in 1937, received her normal training at the Iowa State Teachers College and later attended Kirkwood College. She taught in country schools in Linn County. On May 24, 1942, she was united in marriage to David Carman in the Little Brown Church in Nashua. She worked at Life Investors in Cedar Rapids for 10 years.
Erma was a member of the Center Point United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the U.M.W. She was also a member of the Center Point Garden Club, 4-H leader, and substitute teacher in Center Point. Erma was an avid traveler, vacationing with her grandchildren during the summers and loved to quilt and read.
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