erma bombeck

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Erma Bombeck was a great and funny woman. She had many ups and downs in her life, but she never let them get to her. She just laughed them off. Erma Louise Bombeck was born February 21, 1927 in Dayton, Ohio. Her mother's name was Erma Fiste. She was 16 at the time of Erma's birth. Her father's name was Cassius Edwin Fiste. He was 33 when Erma was born. He didn't earn much money as a crane operator, but he always provided for the family. Erma also had a half sister, Thelma, who was 14 at the time of Erma's birth. Thelma was from her father's previous marriage. Erma and Thelma were very close. They all lived on Hedges Street in Dayton, Ohio.

In the late 1920's, tap dancing was a nation wide craze. Erma loved to tap dance as a child. She took lesson with Thelma, who turned out to be an excellent tap dancer. Erma, at the age of five, won a spot on a local radio show called Kiddie Review. She actually tap danced on the radio. She continued doing this until she was 8 years old. At the age of 9, Erma's father, Cassius died of a heart attack. No one, not even Cassius, knew he was sick. Thelma left Erma and Erma Senior soon after he died. It would be eight years until Erma would see her again. Erma Senior had no fami

ly except Erma so the two of them went to live with Cassius's parents. Erma Senior now worked for a living at a General Motors factory. She eventually remarried.

On April 23, 1992, Erma Bombeck learned that she had breast cancer. The doctors removed her left breast and put in a fake one. Everything was going fine until July 1, 1993 when she became ill and both of her kidneys had shut down. Erma had polycystic kidneys all her life. She started giving four-times-a-day kidney dialysis to herself. About this time, she also went public on how she had two miscarriages. In 1994, one of her kidneys was removed and in 1996, Erma had a kidney transplant. Several days after the transplant, complications were arousing. She was suffering from postoperative pneumonia and she developed jaundice from gallbladder disease. Early on the morning of April 22, 1996, Erma Bombeck died of heart failure. An observer noted that she died with a faint smile on her face. Her words will live on.

August 13, 1949, Erma married a man named William Lawrence Bombeck. He was a school administrator. Erma and Bill were both twenty-one years old at the time of their marriage. Bill got a job at Centerville High School as a science teacher. The Bombecks soon decided that Erma would quit her job to be a homemaker as soon as their first baby arrived. Although, Erma was not able to conceive. The Bombecks then decided to adopt an infant girl named, Betsy, in 1945. Also, in spi

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