Background
Ochsner, Erwin Charles was born on May 21, 1898 in Hermann, Missouri, United States. Son of John Henry and Ida Kate (Elkermann) Ochsner.
Ochsner, Erwin Charles was born on May 21, 1898 in Hermann, Missouri, United States. Son of John Henry and Ida Kate (Elkermann) Ochsner.
Student Illinois College, 1916-1917. Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1923, also Doctor of Laws.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1922, Texas bar, 1923. Member firm Gibson, Ochsner, Adkins, Harlan & Hankins, Amarillo, Texas, 1942-1978. Board of directors, past president Amarillo Regional Hearing and Speech Foundation, Salvation Army, Amarillo.
Board directors Panhandle division West Texas Arthritis Foundation, Greater Amarillo Highway Association. Past board directors March of Dimes, Amarillo, American Red Cross, Family Service Association, Travelers Aid, Amarillo. Member Potter Randall Citizens Committee.
Served with United States Army, World War I. Fellow Texas Bar Foundation. Member American, Inter-American, Amarillo bar associations, State Bar Texas, American Counsel Association, Texas Indiana Producers and Royalty Owners (past director), Panhandle Royalty Owners Association, Panhandle-Plains History Society (director, president, Executive Committee), American Legion (past post vice commander), Amarillo Chamber of Commerce (past director), Phi Delta Phi, Phi Alpha.
Mason (Shriner), Kiwanian (past president Amarillo, lieutenant governor Texas-Oklahoma division). Clubs: Panhandle Plains Auto (director).
Married Burkella Wells, June 18, 1925. Children: Frances Ann (Mistress Sahm), Martha Jane (Mistress Stone).