Erma Louise (Fiste) Bombeck (1927 - 1996)

Born 21 Feb 1927 in Bellbrook, Greene, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Apr 1996 at age 69 in San Francisco, California, United States

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Biography

Erma (Fiste) Bombeck is Notable.

Erma Louise Fiste Bombeck was an American humorist who was tremendously popular for her humor column in newspapers describing suburban home life.

Erma Louise Fiste was born on February 21, 1927 in Bellbrook, Greene, Ohio, United States.

In 1930, Erma was living in Harrison, Montgomery, Ohio. ^[1]

In 1940, Erma was living in Dayton, Montgomery. ^[2]

In 1950, Erma was living in Dayton, Montgomery. ^[3]

Erma died on April 22, 1996 in San Francisco, California, United States, aged 69 following a kidney transplant that took place on April 3, 1996. In her 20s, she was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease which is an incurable and untreatable genetic condition. She kept this diagnosis secret throughout her life. Erma was buried in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.^{[4] [5]}

Books Written

• At Wit's End, Doubleday, 1967.
• Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bill Keane.
• I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression, Doubleday, 1974.
• The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
• If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
• Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
• Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, 1983.
• Family — The Ties That Bind ... and Gag!, 1987.
• I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, 1989. American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor in 1990. (Profits from the publication of this book were donated to a group of health-related organizations.)
• When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.
• A Marriage Made in Heaven ... or Too Tired for an Affair, 1993.
• All I Know about Animal Behavior I learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room, ISBN 0060177888 HarperCollins 1995.
• Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing from America's Favorite Humorist, Andrew McMeel Publishing, 1996.

Awards and Honors

• 1978, Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
• 1978, Honorary Doctor of Letters, Rosary College
• 1980, Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
• 2018, Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Harrison, Montgomery, Ohio; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0144; FHL microfilm: 2341590.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03255; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 94-136.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: 1838; Page: 75; Enumeration District: 95-360.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Place: San Francisco; Date: 22 Apr 1996.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3722/erma-bombeck: accessed 15 August 2023), memorial page for Erma Bombeck (21 Feb 1927–22 Apr 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3722, citing Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Bombeck
• Ancestry.com. Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 466999.
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Volume Four: 1994-1996. Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., Birth Index, 1908-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ohio Department of Health, Index to Annual Births, 1968-1998; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit; Columbus, OH, USA.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: University of Dayton; Year: 1948.
• Ancestry.com. Web: Montgomery County, Ohio, U.S., Woodland Cemetery Index, 1814-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-marriage-of-fiste-bo/141996319/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-obituary-for-erma-bombeck/141996309/
• https://www.murphywrites.com/remembering-erma-bombeck/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-23-mn-61747-story.html