- Date Of Birth: August 18, 1931
- Date Of Death: January 21, 2022
- State: Iowa
Frederick William Ehrman, the son of Frederick William Ehrman and Theresa Katherina (Neiens) Ehrman, was born on August 18, 1931 northwest of Anita, Iowa on the family farm, and entered into eternal life on Friday, January 21, 2022, at Cass County Health Systems, in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 90 years old.
Fred was the youngest of five sons born to Fred and Theresa (Paul, Joseph, James, Vince and Fred). All were born and raised on the farm and attended country schools and the Wiota Consolidated Schools, where Fred graduated in 1949. Fred often talked about the animals raised on the family farm (cattle, sheep and pigs), the crops raised, and the fun times growing up on the farm by all of those boys, like picking corn by hand, playing in the hayloft, riding their bikes around the farm and Sunday afternoon card games.
After graduating from Wiota Consolidated Schools, Fred was drafted into the United States Army in June 1952, taking basic training at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX. He transferred to a radar base at Pennsauken, New Jersey and served until 1954, when he was discharged from Fort George Meade, Maryland. He returned to the Anita area and began farming. He married Delores Dorsey on July 11, 1953. Fred and Delores were the parents of five children, Robert, Bruce, Kathy, Kay and Bill. Fred farmed the home place until 1982, and from 1982-1996 he worked at Imperial Clevite, a bearing production plant in Atlantic. In 1996, Fred retired. He was a member of the Anita American Legion and St.
