Virgil D. Unzicker

Notes:

Obit:
Virgil D. Unzicker, 85, passed away on Saturday (July 13, 2013).
He was born May 29, 1928 in Fisher, the son of Roy and Minnie Unzicker. He married Betty Ilene Ingold on Sept. 7, 1947. She passed away Sept. 20, 1979. On April 15, 1983, he married Johnnie A. Floyd. She passed away Feb. 15, 2013. He was also preceded in death by his parents; his son, Steven D. Unzicker; stepdaughter, Sara J. Reynolds; stepson, Danny O'Neal Floyd; brother, Kenneth Unzicker and sister, Eyvonne Stroh.

He is survived by his sons, Dennis (Linda) Unzicker and Randy Unzicker; daughters, Sandra Maglione, Janet (Charlie) Graul and Lisa (Clark) Wilson; stepsons, Wilburn "Sonny" (Patty) Floyd and Gregory Floyd; 19 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Full obituary can found in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette published July 17, 2013 which shows he was buried at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Champaign,IL although his tombstone is at East Bend Memorial Gardens with his first wife Betty Ilene Ingold Unzicker and mother of his children.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Full obituary can found in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette published July 17, 2013 which shows he was buried at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Champaign,IL although his tombstone is at East Bend Memorial Gardens with his first wife Betty Ilene Ingold Unzicker and mother of his children.

Virgil married Betty Ilene Ingold on 7 Sep 1947. Betty (daughter of Raymond Clarence Ingold and Elsa Bertha Amelia (Elsie) Beck) was born on 23 May 1925 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; died on 20 Sep 1979 in Urbana, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 23 Sep 1979 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dennis Lynn Unzicker
2. Sandra Jean Unzicker
3. Steven Dale Unzicker was born on 18 Jul 1951; died on 1 Feb 2003.
4. Janet Rae Unzicker
5. Randall Mark Unzicker
6. Lisa Kaye Unzicker

Family/Spouse: Johnnie Gregory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Religion: Mennonite
• Baptism: 19 Feb 1911, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Baptism:
East Bend Mennonite Church by Peter Zehr

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Roy married Minnie Louise Wright on 14 Jan 1919 in Sibley, IL. Minnie was born on 11 Apr 1900 in Anchor Twp., McLean Co., IL; died on 9 Aug 1989 in Paxton, Ford Co., IL; was buried in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Hearland Health Care Center

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Church Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Obit:
Unzicker, Julius, son of Peter and Katharina (Kenell) Unzicker, was born July 18, 1864, at Morton, Ill.; died March 21, 1961, at Fisher, Ill.; aged 96 y. 8 m. 3 d. On May 3, 1887, he was married to Mary Oesch, who died Dec. 21, 1928. Surviving are 5 sons (Otto, Arthur, Walter, Ezra, and Roy, all of Fisher). He was a member of the East Bend Church, where funeral services were held March 23, in charge of J. A. Heiser and J. Alton Horst.

Birth:
Gravestone gives year as 1865

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Julius married Maria Oesch on 3 May 1887 in Tazewell Co., IL. Maria (daughter of Christian Oesch and Maria (Mary) Abresol (Abersoll) (Ebersol)) was born on 16 Jul 1869 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 21 Dec 1928 in Foosland, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 24 Dec 1928 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Tuberculosis

Notes:

Obit:
Unzicker. - Maria (Oesch) Unzicker, wife of Julius Unzicker and daughter of Christian and Mary Oesch, was born July 16, 1869, near Tremont, Ill.; died Dec. 1928, at her home near Foosland, Ill.; aged 59 y. 5 m. 5 d. On May 21, 1887, she was united in marriage to Julius Unzicker of near Pekin, Ill. This union was blessed with 5 sons, all living at and near her home. At the age of 17 years she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and united with the East Washington Mennonite Church, and during her last sickness again renewed her covenant with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and united with the East Bend Mennonite Church near Fisher, Ill. She gave every evidence, and her own testimony that she was at peace with God and her fellowman, ready to depart to be with her Christ. She leaves a sorrowing husband, 5 sons, 9 grandchildren, 2 sisters besides many relatives and friends. Six brothers and 4 sisters have preceded her in death. Funeral services were held at the East Bend Church Dec. 24, with Bros. Joseph Heiser of Fisher, Ill., and Allen H. Miller of Pekin, Ill. in charge.

Died:
At her home

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
By Peter Stuckey

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Oct 1847, Butler Co., OH
• Residence: 1849, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Naturalization: 1856, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1860, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1880, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Apparently joined the Hessian congregation in Butler Co., OH.

Birth:
Offentaler estate

Census:
farmer Peter Unsenker, 44, Germany; Catharine, 28, Germany; August, 10, Illinois; Magdelin, 9, Illinois; Anna Eliza, 5; and laborer Louis Greene, 25, Germany. The 1864 plat map shows 'P. Unzicker' living in woodland just above the Roberts, Roth, and Staker farms in the northwesst corner of Morton.

Census:
farmer Peter Unsicker, 56; Catharine, 45; Augusta [August], 26; Magdalena, 19; Amelia [Emilie], 16; Magdalena Kennel, 79; farm laborer Benedict Hauger, 38; and Julia [Julius] Unsicker, 26 [6].

Census:
farmer Peter Unsicker, 64; Catherine, 54; and farmer Julius, 36, born in Illinois to a father from Wiesbaden and a mother from Bavaria.

Buried:
Hirstein Cemetery

Peter married Katharina Kennel on 30 Dec 1848 in Butler Co., OH. Katharina (daughter of Johannes Kennel and Magdalena Katharina Naffziger) was born on 1 Oct 1822 in Dreisen, Palatinate, GR; died on 11 Jan 1898 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1830

Notes:

Birth:
Kirchheimbolanden

Immigration:
With her family on ship De Rham

Buried:
Hirstein Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Immigration: 6 Oct 1848, New York, New York
• Census: 1870, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Gospel Herald, November 1908:
"Christian Oesch was born in Germany, Dec. 19, 1818; died Oct. 12, 1908; aged 89 y. 9 m. 24 d. He was married twice, first to Magdalena Zehr; to this union were born 3 children; then to Mary Ebersole; to this union were born 10 children. He leaves to mourn his departure, three daughters [Magdalena, Maria, and Leah], 1 brother, 36 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted by Andrew Schrock; text, I Cor. 15: 21,22, and Samuel Gerber, text, Phil. 1:21."

Census:
The family appears on the 1870 census of Elm Grove as farmer Christian Oesch, 43, Bavaria; Mary, 30, France; Madelaine, 18; Christian, 16; John, 14; Catharine, 11; Joseph, 7; Barbara, 3; and Mary, 1 (all children born in Illinois). Presumably the older children Madelaine, Christian, and John were born to Christian's first wife Magdalena Zehr.

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Christian married Maria (Mary) Abresol (Abersoll) (Ebersol) on 8 May 1860 in Woodford Co., IL. Maria was born on 17 Nov 1839 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR; died on 29 Apr 1884 in IL; was buried in Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery “Maria, wife of Christian”