Fourth Generation

54. Erwin H (Ervie) SPREHE was born on 21 Sep 1923 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois. He graduated in 1941 from Buckley Community High School, Buckley, Illinois.⁸⁵ He died on 25 Aug 2001 in Paxton, Ford County, Illinois.⁸⁶

Erwin Sprehe
LODA - Erwin H. "Ervie" Sprehe, 77, of Loda, died Saturday (Aug. 25, 2001) at Heartland Health Care of Paxton, where he had been a resident three months.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Tuesday until the 11:30 a.m. services at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Loda, where he was a member. Rev. Edgar L. Peters will officiate.
Burial, with military rites by the Loda American Legion Post 503, will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda.
Memorials may be made to the Immanuel Lutheran Church or to the Loda American Legion Post.
Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Paxton, is in charge of arrangements.
He was born Sept. 21, 1923, in Buckley, the son of William and Clara Dambold Sprehe. His wife, the former Angela D. "Angie" Asa, whom he married April 5, 1951, in Kankakee, died Oct. 24, 1998.
Surviving are one sister, Selma Hull of Buckley; one brother, Wilfred Sprehe of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
He spent his entire life in the Buckley-Loda communities, graduating from Buckley High School in 1941.
He was a U.S. Army veteran serving during World War II. He was a 50-year member of the Loda American Legion Post 503.
Mr. Sprehe was a truck driver and was also employed by LoPoCo, Loda for several years. He enjoyed hunting.
He was buried on 28 Aug 2001 in Loda, Illinois. Pine Ridge Cemetery

Photo appears:The (Paxton) Record, Vol 131 No 35 Aug. 28, 1996. Buckley Community High School Class of 1941 composite photo. Was captain of basketball team. Great story about a baseball game in Thawville and the "heater" in Erv's car.

" As the proud owner of a car, Sprehe was reimbursed for gasoline costs at the rate of one-half or three-quarters of a cent per mile -- and thought he was well paid.
"One cold, rainy spring day, the Buckley diamond squad traveled to Thawville for a game. Team members would head for the Sprehe vehicle rather than the bench during their half innings at bat, and start the car to run the heater and warm up before returning to the field.
"One of the players also had some liquid anti-freeze in the form of a bottle of wine, which was passed around for nips to help chase the chills away.
"Late in the game, coach Earl Gehle approached the car and demanded, 'All right Sprehe, where's that heater you're sharing?'
"'Under the front seat, coach,' was the sheepish reply. To the relief of his players, Gehle reached under the seat, found the bottle and joined his players in a swig of anti-freeze."

Erwin H (Ervie) SPREHE and Angela D ASA were married on 5 Apr 1951 in Kankakee, Illinois.⁶ Angela D ASA was born on 8 Mar 1926 in Loda, Illinois.⁶ She died on 24 Oct 1998 in Paxton, Ford County, Illinois.⁸⁷

Angie Sprehe

LODA - Angie D. Sprehe, 72, a lifelong Loda resident, died Saturday (Oct. 24, 1998) at Heartland Health Care, Paxton, after a long illness.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday, with the rosary at 7:30 p.m., at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home, 406 E. Pells St., Paxton.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Loda, where she was a member, by the Rev. James Heramb. Burial will be in the Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda.
Memorials may be made to St. Joseph's Church Building Fund, the American Cancer Society, the Gibson City Hospice Program, or to the donor's choice.
She was born March 8, 1926, in Loda, the daughter of Sidney W. and Magdalene J. Demuth Asa.
Surviving are her husband, Erwin ''Ervie'' H. Sprehe, of Loda, whom she married April 5, 1951, in Kankakee; one brother, Paul E. Asa of Bradenton, Fla.; four sisters, Mary Rita Cummings of Indianapolis, Ind., Wilma A. Herzog of Mooresville, Ind., Sydney M. Faulk of Hazelwood, Ind., Betty A. Knight of Mission Viejo, Calif.; and several relatives in the area.
She attended the Loda Grade School and graduated from Loda High School in 1944.
Mrs. Sprehe was employed as office manager for the Loda Poultry 42 years, retiring from this position in 1977.
She was a member of the Council of Catholic Women and the Loda American Legion Auxiliary. She loved to fish.

She was buried on 27 Oct 1998 in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois.⁶