Owen Hochstetler

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 28 Feb 1898
• Religion: Mennonite: Ordained A Minister In 1921 And As A Bishop In 1941

Notes:

Obit:
Hochstetler.- John G., son of Gideon and Elizabeth (Schrock) Hochstetler, was born at Shipshewana, Ind., Feb. 28, 1896; died at North Valley Nursing Home, Stevensville, Mont., Feb. 20, 1984; aged 87 y. On June 14, 1921, he was married to Emma Birky, who died on Apr. 27, 1980. Surviving are 3 sons (Harold, Virgil, and Owen), one daughter (Leona-Mrs. Duane Oesch), 21 grandchildren, and 3 sisters (Katie Graber, Lavina Hochstetler, and Susie Bontrager). He was preceded in death by one daughter (Nona), 5 brothers, and 3 sisters. He was ordained a minister in the Mennonite Church in 1921 and as a bishop in 1941. He was a member of Woodside Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Feb. 24 in charge of Emery Hochstetler; interment in Corvallis Cemetery.

Buried:
Corvallis Cemetery

John married Emma Rachel Birky on 14 Jun 1921. Emma (daughter of Jacob Birky and Mary Ann Martin) was born on 19 Sep 1897 in Seldon, KS; died on 27 Apr 1980 in Hamilton, MT; was buried on 29 Apr 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Woodside Mennonite Church

Notes:

Obit:
Hochstetler, Emma R., daughter of Jacob and Mary (Martin) Birky, was born at Seldon, Kan., Sept. 19, 1897; died at Daly Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, Mont., Apr. 27, 1980; aged 82 y. On June 14, 1921, she was married to John G. Hochstetler, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Harold, Virgil, and Owen), 2 daughters (Nona-Mrs. James Brubaker, and Leona-Mrs. Duane Oesch), 20 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Benjamin and Menno), and 2 sisters (Mrs. Amelia Miller and Mrs. Elizabeth Kauffman). She was a member of Woodside Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Apr. 29, in charge of Roy Hostetler; interment in Corvallis Cemetery.

Buried:
Corvallis Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Obit:
Birkey. Jacob Birkey of Calkins, Mont., was born Sept. 19, 1855, at Morton, Tazewell Co., Ill.; married to Mary Martin, April 12, 1881; died Jan. 12, 1917; aged 61 y. 4 m. 12 d. He was married 35 y. 9 m. To this union were born 10 children who survive him. He leaves a sorrowing wife, 4 sons and 6 daughters who were all present at the funeral; 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters; 1 brother was present. He joined the Mennonite Church in his youth, and remained faithful to his end. Funeral services at the church at White Sulphur Springs, Montana, conducted by D. D. Kauffman.

Died:
FAG: White Sulphur Springs, Meagher Co., MT

Buried:
Mayn Cemetery

Jacob married Mary Ann Martin on 12 Apr 1881 in Tazewell Co., IL. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Martin and Catherine (Katie) Litwiller) was born on 9 Apr 1864 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 27 May 1952 in Creston, Flathead Co., MT; was buried in Kalispell, Flathead Co., MT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Obit:
Birky, -- Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Katie (Litwiller) Martin, was born April 9, 1864, at Hopedale, Ill.; died May 27, 1952, at the home of her daughter near Creston, Mont.; aged 88 y. 1 m. 18d. She was married to Jacob Birky in 1881 at Hopedale, Ill. Surviving are 4 sons (Joe and Eli, Creston, Mont.; Menno and Benjamin, White Sulphur Springs, Mont.), 4 daughters (Amelia Miller, Lincoln, Nebr.; Leah Deeter, Hardin, Mont; Emma Hocstetler and Elizabeth Kauffman, Creston, Mont.), 29 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Two daughters (Katie and Mary) preceded her in death. Her husband died in 1917 at Shickley, Nebr.In 1928, she moved with her son Eli to Creston, Mont., where she spent the remaining days of her life. Early in youth she united with the Mennonite Church in which faith she continued until the Lord called her home. Funeral services were held at the Mountain View Mennonite Church on May 31 by D. D. Brenneman.
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The Daily Inter Lake
Monday, June 2, 1952
page two

MARY A. BIRKY
RITES OBSERVED
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Birky were held Saturday afternoon at the Mennonite Church east of Kalispell by Brother D. D. Brenneman.
During the service a mixed octette sang favorite hymns. Following the services burial was made in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery under the direction of the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home. Grandsons who acted as pallbearers were Elmer Birky, Harry and Ralph Birky, Silas Mast, Virgil and Owen Hockstettler.

Mary Martin, daughter of Nicholas and Katie Martin, was born at Hopedale, Ill., April 9, 1864. She was united in marriage to Jacob Birky and to this union ten children were born of which eight now survive.

In 1886 they moved to Decater County, Kan. and in 1905 moved to Shickley, Neb. In the spring of 1916 they came to Montana and settled at White Sulpher Springs. Mrs. Birky was preceded in death there by her husband in 1917.
In 1928 she moved to the Flathead and had made her home near Creston since that time. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Kauffman near Creston May 27, 1952, at the age of 88.
Mrs. Birky was a life long member of the Mennonite Church.

Surviving her are her four sons Joe of Columbia Falls, Eli of Creston, and Menno and Benjamin of White Sulpher Springs, Mont.; four daughters Mrs. Amelia Miller of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Lea Deeter of Harding, Mont., Mrs. Emma Hockstettler and Mrs. Elizabeth Kauffman both of the Creston community; twenty-nine grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.

Buried:
Conrad Memorial Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: 18
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 1844-67, Tazewell Co., IL
• Immigration: Abt 1840, Butler Co., OH
• Residence: 1841, Butler Co., OH
• Census: Jun 1860, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Naturalization: 22 Feb 1865, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: Aug 1870, Gridley, McLean Co., IL
• Residence: 1867-1872, Gridley Twp., McLean Co., IL
• Ordained: 1877, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 10 Jun 1880, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1882-1889, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1889-1903, Decatur Co., KS
• Residence: 1906, Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE

Notes:

Obit: (Gospel Witness, December 1906)
BIRKEY.-Joseph Birkey was born in Germany, Mar. 19, 1828, and died near Shickley, Neb., Dec 6, 1906; aged 78y. 8m. 17d. On January 7, 1851, he was married to Mary Birkey. They lived in this relation for over fifty-five years. To this union were born nine children, three of whom have preceded him to the spirit world. Three sons, three daughters, fifty-three grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren are left to mourn their loss, but they mourn not as those who have no hope. Bro. Birkey was deacon in the Mennonite church for twenty-nine years and was faithful to the trust placed upon him. He was laid to rest on the 8th of December in the Salem cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Christian Beller of this place and Jacob Stauffer and Joseph Rediger, of Milford, Neb. A great many people assembled to show their love and esteem to one who had lived in their midst and also to show their sympathy to the bereaved ones. As his body now rests in the grave we believe his soul is sweetly resting on the shores of eternal deliverance. Peace to his ashes.

“From 1889-1903 he served churches in Decatur and Sheridan Counties in Kansas, and in Nebraska, the Filmore congregation (now the Salem Mennonite Church).”

According to Harry F. Weber in Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois,
“Joseph was the youngest of the six sons and the smallest, and he was a man of over 6 feet in height and weighed over 200 pounds. In 1850, according to U.S. census files, Joseph Birkey was 22 years old and his brother Jacob was 24, and they were living with their brother John Birky in Tazewell County, Illinois.” From “A Brief Account of the History, Ancestry & Descendants of the John C. Birky Family.”

“The “E” (in Joseph’ name) was assumed by Joseph Birky in later years because there were many others with the name Joseph Birky.”

Birth:
Bavaria cited on his naturalization document

Census:
Burket with wife and five children

Naturalization:
Along with his brother Valentine, citing his birthplace as Bavaria

Census:
Burkey with wife and seven children

Ordained:
Deacon in Hopedale Mennonite Chuirch

Census:
Birky with wife and six children (Catherine married)

Residence:
Do not know when Joseph moved to NE

Buried:
Salem Cemetery

Joseph married Maria (Mary) Bircky (Birky) on 7 Jan 1851 in Tazewell Co., IL. Maria (daughter of Valentin (Valentine) Bircky (Birky) and Elisabeth Unzicker (Hunsiker)) was born on 19 Mar 1833 in Bavaria, GR; died on 28 Oct 1908 in Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE; was buried in Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 19
• Religion: Amish
• USR1: Bright’s Disease
• Immigration: 21 Jun 1849, NY

Notes:

Obit:
Birkey.- Mary Birkey, wife of Joseph Birkey, died at her home near Shickly, Nebr., Dec. 28, 1908; aged 75 y. 9 m. 9 d. Her sickness was Bright's disease. Funeral services were conducted by Joseph Rediger and Jacob Stauffer.

Immigration:
Via Liverpool, on ship Minnesota

Buried:
Salem Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
By A. Ropp

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, March 1905:
On the 19th of Feb., 1905, near Beemer, Cuming Co., Neb., Nicholas Martin; aged 71 Y., 11 M., 4 D. Deceased was born in Saarburg, Alsace, came to America at the age of twenty, settling first in Tazewell Co., Ill., where he united in marriage with Katharine Litwiller, April 1, 1855. From Illinois he moved to Decatur Co., Kansas, in 1887, and in 1894 to Cuming Co., Neb. He leaves a wife, one son and four daughters, also 34 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services on the 22nd by J.H. Birky and Peter Oswald. Burial in the Beemer cemetery."

Nicholas married Catherine (Katie) Litwiller on 1 Apr 1855 in Tazewell Co., IL. Catherine (daughter of Joseph Litwiller and Barbara Ulrich) was born on 21 May 1834 in Milford, Butler Co., OH; died on 1 May 1930 in Milford, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Gospel Herald, June 1930:
"Catherine (Litweiler) Martin was born in Butler Co., Ohio, May 21, 1834; died at the home of her eldest daughter, Barbara Birky, Milford, Nebr., May 1, 1930; aged 95 y. 1 m. 10 d. She was married to Nicklos E. Martin in April, 1854. He preceded her in death Feb. 19, 1905 at Beemer, Nebr. This union was blessed with 4 daughters and 1 son (Barbara Birky, Joseph, Mary Birky, Emma Birky, and Katie Stoltzfus). She leaves 4 daughters, 37 grandchildren, 92 great-grandchildren, 13 great-great-grandchildren and many friends. She was exceptionally blessed with long life and good health. Even in her last days she could think clearly and see the beauties of nature. The last four years of her life she lived with A. D. Birky's. She accepted Christ as her Savior in her youth and was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church for about 78 years. She died trusting in the Lord. It was her desire to depart and be with Christ, and she patiently waited for the call. "Not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his abundant mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Tit. 3: 5). Short funeral services were held at the home of Bro. Birky on Sunday afternoon. On Monday her remains were taken to her former home at Beemer, Nebr. Services were conducted by J. E. Zimmerman of Milford, Nebr. Text, I Pet. 1: 4, 24, 25."