Carmi Times Tue Jan 26, 2010 Ohio - Effie Chaney Erkman, 86, Lima, Ohio, died 8:47 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee in Lima, Ohio. She was born March 9, 1923, in Carrier Mills, Ill., the daughter of Roy and Margeah Russell Chaney. On Aug. 27, 1944, she married John O. Erkman, who preceded her in death on Oct. 25, 2008. She received her master's degree in education from Southern Illinois University. She was a retired teacher at Spalding Elementary School in Richland, Wash. Mrs. Erkman was a member of the American Association of University Women. She had raised her family in Palo Alto, Calif. and Silver Springs, Md. She enjoyed retirement in Sarasota, Fla. In 2002, she moved to Burton's Ridge Assisted Living (now The Ridge at Shawnee) to be nearer to family. She is survived by two daughters, Jan Erkman of Martinsburg, W.Va. and Esther (Mark) Wangler of Lima, Ohio; two grandsons, Dylan VanDyne and Steven VanDyne, both of Lima, Ohio; and two stepgrandsons, Nathan (Christine) Wangler of Cincinnati, Ohio and Aaron Wangler of New York, N.Y. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Benjamin Chaney; and a sister, Nona Bryant. Services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Grace Baptist Church, Pastor Matthew Oliver officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will be in Enfield (Ill.) Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are in the charge of Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, Lima, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be made to Gideon's.