Pete Ehrmann
Pete Ehrmann
1950-2019
by Bill Schutte
I am very sorry to have to pass along the news that my best friend Pete Ehrmann of West Allis, Wisconsin has passed away. Pete was struck by a brain aneurysm on Saturday, November 16 and died the next day. He was well-known and greatly respected by a large number of boxing historians, writers, collectors and statisticians. Beginning in the mid-1960’s Pete wrote the monthly Wisconsin boxing news for The Ring magazine. The Ring editor and publisher Nat Fleischer never knew that Pete was just a youngster in middle school at the time. Pete continued to write boxing stories for the Ring, other boxing magazines and numerous newspapers for many years to come. For me personally, his beautifully written and thoroughly researched stories on various boxers of the past that appeared semi-regularly in The Ring throughout the 1990s and early 2000s were real highlights of his writing career. He was a top-notch writer and a wonderful friend. I was lucky to have known him. Attached is his obituary from The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel of November 24, 2019.
Bill Schutte
Peter Ehrmann Obituary
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
1950 – 2019 (Age 68)
Peter Ehrmann passed away on Sunday, November 17th, 2019 at the age of 68. He left peacefully, surrounded by his loving family.
Pete was born on December 23rd, 1950, to Arthur and Frances Ehrmann, and was the fourth of seven children: Steve, Mike, Sue, John, Mary, and Jane. He wrote his first published article at the age of 14, and after he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he spent the rest of his life as a literary jack of all trades, writing, editing, and researching for a variety of digital and print publications including boxing.com, Eagles magazine, and countless more.
In 1981, Pete made the best decision of his life and married his wife Carol. Together they had three children, Matt, Zack, and Dana.
He was also a boxing historian and enthusiast with a career record of 0 – 1.