Erma Bombeck

: None | Death of Father 1936 (Age nine when dad died) | Misc. : None | Great Insight 1941 (Age 14, knew she wanted to write humor) | Family : None | Adopted a child 1949 (Daughter Betsy) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1949 (Bill Bombeck) | Work : None | New Job 1964 (Humor columnist) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1965 (Syndicated) | Family : None | Change residence 1971 (Moved to rural community) | Health : None | Medical procedure 1992 (Double mastectomy, cancer) | Health : None | Violent trauma July 1993 (Total kidney failure) | Health : None | Medical procedure 3 April 1996 (Kidney transplant) | : None | Death by Disease 22 April 1996 (Kidney failure, age 69) | Traits : Personality | Active (Enthusiastic) | Traits : Personality | Gracious/ sociable | Traits : Personality | Humorous, Witty (Exceptional sense of humor) | Traits : Personality | Loved by all (For her humor, and for her character) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer (Breast) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Kidney (Complete failure) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Surgery (Double mastectomy, kidney transplant) | Family : Childhood | Memories Good (Lifelong best friends with mom) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (40 years+) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (One) | Family : Parenting | Birthing - Miscarriages (One, age 40) | Family : Parenting | Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (One daughter) | Family : Parenting | Kids 1-3 (Three, one adopted) | Lifestyle : Financial | Gain - Financial success in field (Wrote 11 best sellers) | Lifestyle : Financial | Philanthropist (Donated to charities) | Vocation : Writers | Columnist/ journalist | Vocation : Writers | Humor | Notable : None | For Creativity (Creative view, humor) | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession | Notable : Book Collection | Culture Collection