William Everett Zoerb (1923 - 2015)

Born 19 Sep 1923 in Finchville, Custer, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Belle (Price) Zoerb — married 1 Jun 1946 in Callaway, Custer, Nebraska, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 2015 at age 91 in Callaway, Custer, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

From FamilySearch.org^[1]:
When William Everett Zoerb Jr was born on 19 September 1923^[2], his father, William Zoerb, was 42 and his mother, Mabel Ellen Morris, was 33^[3]. He married Anna Belle Price on 1 June 1946, in Callaway, Custer, Nebraska, United States^[4][5]. They were the parents of 1 son who died at birth and 4 daughters^[5][6]. He lived in Triumph Township, Custer, Nebraska, United States in 1950^[4]. He died on 17 March 2015, in Callaway, Custer, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Callaway, Custer, Nebraska, United States^[2].

From Bill's 2015 Obituary^[5]:

William Everett Zoerb, Jr. of Callaway, Nebraska, departed this earth March 17, 2015, at the Callaway Good Life Center, at the age of 91 years & 6 months. Bill was born September 19, 1923, to William and Mabel (Morris) Zoerb at Finchville, Nebraska. He grew up on a farm north of Callaway and graduated from Callaway High School in 1942. At the time he was going to be drafted into the service a horse fell with him and broke his leg which took months to recuperate.

William married Anna Belle Price at the Price farm on June 1, 1946. To this union four daughters and one son were born.

They farmed north of Callaway until the Zoerb farm was sold in 1957. They moved to the Whaley farm in Sand Valley which they later purchased a part.

Bill grew wheat, corn and had his stock cows. During the farming years, he started collecting antique cars and tractors. He enjoyed wheeling and dealing. He loved having people come to visit and look at his collection.

Bill loved family dinners, having family and friends come to visit, and was always out to have a good time.

They had a farm equipment sale in October of 1997, and then a car and tractor sale in August of 2004. At that time they sold the farm and moved into Callaway. Bill continued to keep a few cars and sold those in April of 2012.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, William and Mabel Zoerb; wife, Anna Belle, son, Wayne Everett, grandson, Jered Witthuhn, sisters, Adeline Nelsen McMath, Anna Foglesong, Nellie Farmer Strong, Edna Peck Estergard, Leona G’Schwind, Mabel Bryan Ward, and three brothers, Leonard, Melvin and James.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ From William Everett Zoerb Jr page on FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/GDN1-K3X) accessed 27 Nov 2023
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLC-1TDM : 11 January 2023), Billie, ; Burial, Callaway, Custer, Nebraska, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 87762347, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87762347/william-everett-zoerb.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQKS-YPF : Wed Oct 04 11:55:26 UTC 2023), Entry for William Zoerb and Mabel E Zoerb, 1930.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F7R-81CD : Wed Oct 04 18:42:02 UTC 2023), Entry for William E Zoerb and Anna Bell Zoerb, April 3, 1950.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} William "Billie" Everett Zoerb Jr, Obituary, 2015, https://www.reynoldslovefuneralhome.com/obituaries/3011071 (Reynold's Love Funeral Home, Lexington, Nebraska, United States).
6. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5C-1T5P : Fri Oct 20 21:57:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Anna Belle Price Zoerb and Bryan Price, 08 Feb 2012.