Maxwell Thomas Ervin

MAXWELL THOMAS ERVIN, son of HELEN ALICE SMITH and ROSCOE NEWTON ERVIN, was born November 18, 1915 in Columbia Falls, Flathead, Montana,¹¹³⁹³ and died November 5, 2010.¹¹³⁹³

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Education

Obituaries

Arizona Daily Star, November 14, 2010¹¹³⁹³

Dr. Maxwell Thomas Ervin died on November 5, 2010 at the age of 94. Max was born in Columbia Falls, MT on November 18, 1915, the third child of Roscoe Newton Ervin and Helen Alice (Smith) Ervin. The family spent several years in Yakima, Washington, before settling in Pomona, California, where Max's father worked in the lumber industry. Max played piano in several "big band" era groups during his high school and college years, and graduated from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in 1940. That same year he married his college sweetheart, Mabel Jane Burt. The couple moved to Springfield, MA, where Max was the music teacher at Tech High School and Springfield College. Following the births of two sons and a daughter the family moved to New York, where Max earned his doctorate in Music Education at Columbia University. In 1955, after six years a music educator on Long Island, the family moved to Tucson. He began teaching at Tucson High School, then became Director of Music for the Tucson Public Schools (now known as TUSD) from 1956 until his retirement in 1979. He led a talented and dedicated team of teachers, administrators and support personnel to build one of the most comprehensive public school music programs of any city of its size. In addition to his administrative post with TUSD, Max served as organist at Catalina Methodist Church and later at Valley Presbyterian Church in Green Valley. In retirement he drove for Meals on Wheels and was a popular piano soloist and leader of songfests at service clubs and retirement centers. Max was predeceased by his wife of 69 years, Jane and is survived by sons, Tom Ervin and Gerard Ervin of Tucson; daughter, Margaret "Peggy" Smith of Ontario, CA and seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at Adair Funeral Homes, Dodge Chapel, 1050 n. Dodge Blvd., on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to a music program in the donor's local area or to another charity of the donor's choosing.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
January 13, 19201319	Lemingburg, Yakima, Washington	Roscoe Newton Ervin Helen Alice Smith Harold Oscar Ervin Blanche Louise Ervin Maxwell Thomas Ervin
April 2, 1930337	Pomona, Los Angeles, California	Roscoe Newton Ervin Helen Alice Smith Maxwell Thomas Ervin