Erma was born at Ancona, Illinois, daughter of Albert Warner and Irena Wallis King. She moved to Halstead with her parents in 1904 and attended Halstead schools, graduating in 1917. She worked for Dr. E. J. McKee as a dental assistant immediately following graduation for a time. She was an accomplished pianist and played during the silent movies at the movie theater in Halstead. She married Felix Wendling in 1919 in Halstead. He died Feb. 5, 1976. She was a homemaker and worked for the Hertzler Clinic in Halstead in the medical records department until her retirement. She loved to crochet and play cards and entertained both family and friends by reciting poems she had learned as a young girl. She was a gold star mother, the 1982 Halstead Old Settlers queen and a winner of the Old Settlers essay contest sponsored by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
Erma was born at Ancona, Illinois, daughter of Albert Warner and Irena Wallis King. She moved to Halstead with her parents in 1904 and attended Halstead schools, graduating in 1917. She worked for Dr. E. J. McKee as a dental assistant immediately following graduation for a time. She was an accomplished pianist and played during the silent movies at the movie theater in Halstead. She married Felix Wendling in 1919 in Halstead. He died Feb. 5, 1976. She was a homemaker and worked for the Hertzler Clinic in Halstead in the medical records department until her retirement. She loved to crochet and play cards and entertained both family and friends by reciting poems she had learned as a young girl. She was a gold star mother, the 1982 Halstead Old Settlers queen and a winner of the Old Settlers essay contest sponsored by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
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