Prof Warren Reuben Ehrhardt

A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday June 19, 2010 at St. James Episcopal Church, 44 S. Halifax Drive, Ormond Beach, with Reverend Jim Harris as celebrant. Entombment will follow in Volusia Memorial Park, 550 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach. A Visitation will be held from 5-7 P.M. on Friday June 18, 2010 in the Ormond Beach Chapel of Volusia Memorial Funeral Homes.

Professor Warren R. Ehrhardt passed away Monday June 14, 2010 after a brief illness. His life was dedicated to teaching the students and nurses at Daytona State College for 41 years. Warren was born in Sandusky, Ohio to Clara Kimmil Bird and Reuben Gilbert Ehrhardt. He attended Sandusky High School, Ohio State University, and North Carolina State University where he received a Masters Degree in Parasitology. During his early years in Sandusky, he worked as a milkman, an ice delivery man, a gandy dancer for the Ohio railroad, and often worked summers at Cedar Point Amusement Park. He worked many more years for Merck, Sharp, and Dohme as a representative covering the entire state of North Carolina. His biggest desire was to teach. In 1968, he started teaching Biology, Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Concepts of Disease, at Daytona State College. He taught there until May 2009. During the summers and part-time throughout the year he worked for East Volusia Mosquito Control, and is responsible for the flourishing ecology in the Tomoka Basin. As a parasitologist, he went on two medical missions to Honduras with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church from Lake Mary, and was deeply moved by these experiences. He published his own Microbiology Laboratory Manual used at Daytona State College for many years. Over the years Warren judged many science fairs and helped children of all ages to love science. He loved collecting stamps, bicycling, jogging, and was a well known tennis player at City Island.

He leaves behind his wife, Victoria; son, Warren, Jr. and his wife Barbara; Daughter, Audra and her husband Courie Woodard; and three grandchildren, Alexis, Colton, and Caitlin Woodard. He was predeceased by his sister, Virginia and brother, Russell.

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In lieu of flowers please send donations in his memory to Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port Orange, FL 32129.

Arrangements are under the care and trust of Volusia Memorial Funeral Home, Ormond Beach.