Ernestine “Erna” Eaton, age 91, died January 27, 2001 at Greencroft Nursing Home, Goshen, IN. Moved to Goshen in 1996 from Illinois. Born Sept. 10, 1909 in Lillienfield, Russia. Married Kimble A. Eaton (died May 26, 1965) Sept. 10, 1938. Survived by daughter-in-law Betty (Ward) Fritz of Kalamazoo, MI; granddaughter Karen (Gary) Kortman of Kalamazoo, MI; great-grandchildren Andrew and Erin Kortman; sister, Ruth (James) Moore of Rockford, IL, and brother, Rev. Reinhold (Helen) Barth of Bristol, IN; preceded in death by parents, Alexander and Marie, nee Hanke, Barth, son, Raymond Bayer, grandson, Roger Bayer, sisters, Emily Martino and Mary Fenske, and brother Fred Barth. Member of Medinah Baptist Church, Medinah, IL. Retired Department Manager for Marshall Field’s in Chicago after 30 years. Chapel Service Thursday, February 1, 2001 at Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery and Funeral Home, 17W201 Roosevelt Rd., Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Interment Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Memorials to Medinah Baptist Church, 900 Foster Ave., Medinah, IL 60157 or Goshen Hospice.
