Elmer William Ehredt

1900 - 1987  (87 years)

• Name	Elmer William Ehredt
  Birth	23 Feb 1900	Guilford Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1987	Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois
  Burial	30 Oct 1987	Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois
  Person ID	I1508	Thompson
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	William Martin Ehredt,   b. 02 Apr 1867, Guilford Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois d. 09 May 1908, Guilford Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Amelia Mable Balbach,   b. 13 Apr 1875, Guilford, Jo Daviess County, Illinois d. 14 May 1959, Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1894	Jo Daviess County, Illinois
  Notes	EHREDT, WILLIAM married BALBACH, EMILY M., 04/18/1894, F/267, JO DAVIESS. Found notes of marriage of 03 Dec 1903.
  Family ID	F511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mable Virginia Beetly,   b. 10 Apr 1906, Nebraska d. 16 Aug 1987 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1924	Groton, South Dakota
  Children	+ 1. LeRoy Elmer Ehredt,   b. 25 Apr 1925, Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois d. 05 Nov 2017, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois (Age 92 years)   2. Monica Ehredt,   b. Abt 1927, Illinois   3. Ward E Ehredt,   b. Abt 1930, Illinois   4. Myrtle Ehredt,   b. Abt 1932, Illinois + 5. Charlotte llene Ehredt
  Family ID	F580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2025

  
  

• Photos		Derinda Center Store Derinda Center Store where William was born. Woman in background is Emilie Balbach. The man seated with the 3 children is William Ehredt and the children are Art, Elmer and Orion. Taken about 1904.
  		William Ehredt at Derinda Center Store William Ehredt at Derinda Center Store Derinda Center Store where William was born. Woman in background is Emilie Balbach. The man seated with the 3 children is William Ehredt and the children are Art, Elmer and Orion

  
  

  Headstones

  Elmer and Mable Ehredt Headstone Elmer and Mable Ehredt Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Just resently Elmer Ehredt died, Son of William Ehredt the son of Martin and Barbara Ehredt Sr.. His wife Mable died Aug 16 1987 & he died Oct 27, 1987 at Galena Stause(?) Nursing Center. Buried Chapel Hill Cemetery, Freeport, Il.. Obit: Wednesday, October 28, 1987, Clinton, Iowa, Harold pg 14 Elizabeth Elmer Ehredt Elmer William Ehredt, 87, Elizabeth, died Tuesday at Galana Nursing Home. The funeral will be 10 a.m. Friday in Law-Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Blazing, Bock Evangelical Free Church, Bock, Minn., officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Freeport, Ill. Pallbearers will be Dale, Mark, and Daryl Ehredt, Daniel and Dean Dittmar, Donald Schumacker and Robert Palmer. Mr. Ehredt was born Feb. 23, 1900, in Gilford Township, to William and Emily Balbach Ehredt. He married Myrtle Beetly, Feb, 28, 1924, in Groton, S.D. She died Aug, 18, 1987. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Monica) Schumacker of Elizabeth, Mrs. William (Myrtle) Palmer of Clinton, and Mrs. Lyle (Charlotte) Dittmar of Galana; two sons, LeRoy of Pearl City, Ill., and Ward of Pittsfield, Ill.; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Buried: Plot: Garden of Our Savior