Erna Schrek

Alternate Names

     Her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Erna Schrek was born before 1928 at Elberta, AL, USA.
     She married James Offley Glanville, son of Walter Roscoe Glanville and Myrtle Florence Heebner, before 1948 at the USA.
     She died circa 1998 at CA, USA; with article in Barron Park Winter '98 Newsletter :-
Erna Glanville, Memorial Planned
for Longtime Barron Park Resident
and Active BPA Board Member

It was fitting for all who knew Erna Glanville the day of her memorial service, November 20, was a beautiful day with blue skies and the trees bedecked in glorious red, orange, and yellow foliage.

Erna had been the Chairperson of the Beautification Committee of the Barron Park Association from 1995 to 1997, and CO-Chairperson in 1998. Erna¹s mission in Barron Park was to instill a real sense of pride in the upkeep and consistent maintenance of the residences and public throughways. She was the driving force for getting the lovely plants placed in the median strips in the Barron Park/Ventura corridor of El Camino Real. The weed pulling and planting done in the street tree wells along El Camino Real in 1997 and 1998 was an Erna instigated project. During her chairmanship the House & Garden Tours were initiated. She was always an avid gardener and had enlisted her children through the years to lay brick patios and planters at her home. She acquired the nickname of ³Sarge² by her children during these projects, and used these skills to motivate like minded residents of Barron Park.

Erna and her husband James Glanville built a new two bedroom home on 771 Encina Grande through the GI Bill in 1948. Their house was the third house built on this new street set among the apricot orchards. As their family included seven children, new additions were made to the 1948 residence to provide a wonderful family environment with the outside gardens visually blending to the inside.

Erna was born in the German community of Elberta, Alabama located near the Gulf. Her grandfather built the house where they lived and it is still in use today. The family farmed with their primary crops of pecans and potatoes. All was lost during the Depression when her father sent off the crop on the train and it was spoiled in transit. The family moved to Menlo Park when Erna was 16. She attended Sequoia High School. She worked in a drapery shop prior to marrying. When her family of seven were finally all school age, Erna worked in the drapery and decorating section of Sears. Later, she worked at Bank of America retiring after ten years. She and James enjoyed a retirement home outside of Arnold, CA.

Erna is survived by eight grandchildren and her children, Kathleen LeVain, James Glanville, Melinda Burnham, Ross Glanville, Robert Glanville, Mark Glanville. All of her children attended Barron Park, Terman, and Gunn High School. Her two oldest children attended Cubberly High School prior to the opening of Gunn. A brother Edwin Schreck, sister Loretta Hipp, and in-laws Paul and Pat Glanville also survive Erna. She was preceded in death by her husband James and her eldest son Terrance.

The Beautification Committee will be initiating an Erna Glanville Memorial Cleanup Weekend in November 1999 and a tree will be planted as a living memorial.

Memorial contributions are suggested to: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Bldg. 101 -- Mailing Code 816, Palo Alto, CA 94304. The reason for this charity is due to her eldest son's wounds received while serving in Vietnam. Terrance died in 1970. Messages of condolence are to be directed to: The Family of Erna Glanville care of Kathy LeVain, 1565 Stanford Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306.