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 Erma Bombeck : Marker #5-57 Posted by:  DougK
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Erma Bombeck was a humorist born in Dayton, Ohio. She wrote a column for the Dayton Journal-Herald and also wrote twelve books, nine of which made the New York Times Best Sellers List. This marker was placed in 2003 during the Ohio Bicentennial.
Waymark Code: WMCV6P
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2011
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Erma Bombeck was a humorist born in Dayton, Ohio. She wrote a column for the Dayton Journal-Herald and also wrote twelve books, nine of which made the New York Times Best Sellers List.
This state historic marker was placed in 2003 during the Ohio Bicentennial. It is located on the University of Dayton campus outside St. Mary's Hall.
The text on side one reads:
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ERMA BOMBECK
Erma Fiste was born in Dayton on February 21, 1927.
While attending Patterson Cooperative High School,
she worked as a copygirl for the Dayton Herald. After
graduating from the University of Dayton in 1949,
she married Bill Bombeck. She returned to the
Dayton Journal-Herald as a reporter. Four years later
she left the paper to raise three children, Betsy,
Andy and Matt. She continued to write part-time
fom home. In 1965, Glenn Thompson of the Dayton Journal-
Herald spotted her column in the Kettering-Oakwood Times and
offered her a twice-a-week column. After three weeks he
brought it to the attention of Newsday Syndicate. "At Wit's
End" grew to become nationally syndicated in over 900 newspapers.
Erma wrote twelve books; nine made The New York Times Best
Sellers List. In 1975 she joined the original cast of "Good
Morning America" on ABC-TV and appeared regularly for
eleven years.
THE OHIO BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION
THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2003
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The text on side two reads:
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ERMA BOMBECK
Erma was still writing her column for Universal
Press Syndicate and developing a new book for Harper
Collins Publishers when she died from complications
of a kidney transplant on April 22, 1996. At her
memorial service, friend and fellow journalist Phil
Donahue said, "We shall never see the likes of her
again. We shall never know again her brilliance,
her insight, and especially her generosity... She
was real and she brought us all down to earth - gently, generously, and with brilliant humor. She is a twentieth-century
political figure, and when the scholars gather hundreds of
years from now to learn about us, they can't know it all if
they don't read Erma... She will live forever."
THE OHIO BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION
THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2003
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300 College Park Drive
Dayton, OH 45409
Marker Number: 5-57
County: Montgomery
Significance of Location: Person
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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