Our thoughts are with the friends and families of Barbara Morley Erb, 89.
Barbara Erb met her husband of 66 years, Fred Erb, at the University of Michigan in 1947. The day after receiving his BBA degree, Fred bought into his uncle’s lumber and coal business in Royal Oak at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue, according to the Erb Family Foundation.
"At that time, the Erb Lumber Company had one store, seven employees, and revenues approaching $170,000. Fred developed the company into a multi-state enterprise, covering 45 locations with 1,300 employees and generating $280 million in sales, before he sold it in 1993," states the Erb Family Foundation website.
Barbara was a self-proclaimed activist on environmental and social issues, and a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Read more about Barbara Morley Erb, 89, of Birmingham, on the A.J. Desmond & Sons website.
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