Ernest W. Eberling, son of Ernest J. Eberling & Elsie Perschel Eberling, born in Syracuse, New York. Ernest grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, attended Woodmont Elementary, Montgomery Bell Academy & Vanderbilt University where he received his B.S. and M.D. degrees. He did his residency at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving in World War II in the Phillipines. He began residency in New Orleans and began medical practice in Starkville, Mississippi. He then moved to Tucson, Arizona where he was in private practice for 40 years. He married Judy Long who passed away in 1978 in Tucson, Arizona. He is survived by his wife Elsa J. Eberling of Mesa, AZ, daughter Gayle Pierce (Don), son Ernest W. Eberling Jr (Joan) of Medford Oregon, granddaughters Julie Lewis (James), Alyssa Vaeth (Steven), stepsons Winthrop Sargent (Rhonda), Sean Sargent (Kelly) Step grandchildren, Nicholas Sargent, Conner Sargent and Sierra Sargent. He is also survived by brother David Perschel Eberling. There will be a Memorial Service, Friday, January 28, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Mariposa Gardens Cemetery Chapel 6747 East Broadway Road, Mesa, Arizona. Condolences may be made at www.mariposagardens.com.
