Mary Beller

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Obit:
Yordy.- Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Forney) Beller was born at Graymont, Ill., Feb. 10, 1886; died at Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington. Ill., Apr. 2, 1977; aged 91 y. On Dec. 20, 1905, she was married to Edward P. Yordy, Sr, who died on Aug. 31, 1960. Surviving are 4 sons (Omer, Gilbert, Clair, and Edward, Jr.), 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 3 sisters (Mrs. Katie Orendorff, Mrs. Emma Roeschley, and Mrs. Lovina Roeschley). She was preceded in death by 2 sons (Ray and Earl). She was a member of the Waldo Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Apr. 5, in charge of Robert Harnish and Lotus Troyer; interment in Waldo Cemetery.

Buried:
Waldo Cemetery

Mary married Edward Peter Yordy on 20 Dec 1905 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL. Edward (son of Jacob K. Yordy and Kathrine (Katie) B. King) was born on 12 Mar 1879 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL; died on 31 Aug 1960 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Earl Yordy was born in 1906; died in 1968.
2. Ray Elton Yordy was born in 1908; died in 1909.
3. Omar Yordy was born in 1910; died in 1991.
4. Gilbert Yordy was born on 24 Oct 1913 in McLean Co., IL; died on 16 Jul 1997 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL.
5. Clair Laverne Yordy was born in 1922; died in 1994.
6. Edward Peter Yordy, Jr. was born on 18 Mar 1924 in Graymont, Livingston Co., IL; died on 17 Sep 2012 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: 150
• Religion: Mennonite

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Obit:
Beller, -- John, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Schirch) Beller, was born June 21, 1860, at Blaine, Alsace-Lorraine, France, and died at his home in Pontiac, Ill., on June 27, 1953; aged 93 y. 6 d. He united with the Mennonite Church in his youth and remained a faithful member until his death. He came to the United States in 1876, was married to Mary Forney in 1879, and to this union were born 9 daughters and 4 sons. His wife died on Nov. 17, 1904, and in August 1906, he was married to Sarah Good of Hopedale, Ill., who survives. Also surviving are 8 daughters (Mrs. Joe Orendorff, Mrs. Lizzie Grieser, Mrs. Edd Yordy, Mrs. Leslie Middleton, Mrs. L. J. Hartzler, Mrs. Eli Roeschley, Mrs. Henry Heintz, and Mrs. Leo Roeschley), one son (William), 27 grandchildren, and 45 great-grandchildren. Three sons, one daughter, 3 grandchildren, 12 brothers, and one sister preceded him in death.

Pontiac Daily Leader Obituary, June 27, 1953:
"JOHN BELLER, 93, DIES AT HOME HERE; FUNERAL NOT SET"
"John Beller, 93, 423 West Moulton Street, died at his home at 8:30 a.m. after a short illness.
His body was taken to the Raleigh J. Harris funeral home. Arrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Beller was born on June 21, 1860 in Alsace-Lorraine, France, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Schirch) Beller. He came to this country in 1876 and settled in Weston. He later moved to Chenoa, to Rooks Creek in 1885, Pike township in 1896 and Pontiac in 1917.

He was married in Pike township on Dec. 29, 1879, to Mary Forney. She died in November, 1904. Mr. Beller was later married to Sarah Good, who survives, on Aug. 12, 1906, in Hopedale.
A farmer by profession, he was a member of Waldo Mennonite church.
Survivors are eight daughters, Mrs. Joseph Orendorff and Mrs. Edward Yordy of Flanagan, Mrs. Elizabeth Grieser, Pontiac, Mrs. L.J. Middleton, San Bernardino, Calif., Mrs. L. J. Hartzler, Elkhart, Ind., Mrs. Eli Roeschley and Mrs. Leo Roeschley, Graymont, and Mrs. H. R. Heintz, of Chicago, and one son, William of Pontiac, 27 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.
Three sons, a daughter and 12 brothers and sisters preceded him in death."

Buried:
Pike Township Cemetery

John married Mary Forney (Farney) on 30 Dec 1880 in IL. Mary (daughter of Jean Farny (Forney) and Elizabeth Kropf) was born on 5 Mar 1861 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 17 Nov 1904 in Graymont, Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Graymont, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Severe hemorrhage of the lungs

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Buried:
Pike Township Cemetery

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Married:
1879?

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Stomach cancer

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Obit: Gospel Herald, Jan. 16, 1909:

"John Forney was born in France July 23, 1824, and died Dec. 26, 1908; aged 84 y. 5 m. 3 d. At ten years of age he emigrated to Canada, later to Pekin, Ill., and finally to Graymont, Ill. He was married to Elizabeth Kropp in 1855, who preceded him to the spirit world. Nine children were born to this union, five of which are still living. He also leaves 37 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren to mourn his departure."
———————Forney,
His funeral was held in Bethel Methodist Church. At the time of his death he owned a substantial amount of land in Livingston County. His modest cottage was used as a storage shed until it was destroyed by fire in 1959. The original Graymont farm had grown to 1,200 acres. Divided into several farms, the property is still largely cultivated by his descendants.

Birth:
Singling

Buried:
Pike Township Cemetery

Jean married Elizabeth Kropf on 17 Apr 1855 in Tazewell Co., IL. Elizabeth was born on 14 Mar 1833 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, FR; died on 5 May 1894 in Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Graymont, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Stroke

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Obit: Gospel Herald, June 1, 1894:

"On the 5th of May 1894, in Livingston Co., Ill., sister Elisabeth Forney, wife of John Forney, aged 62 y., 1 m., 21 d. Sister Forney was born near St. Dietel [St. Die], Vosges, France. Of her 9 children, 3 have preceded her. She received all the care and attention during her long sickness that a loving husband and affectionate children could bestow. At times her sufferings were so great that she became delirious. She was very patient and awaited the end with Christian fortitude. She was a faithful sister in the Amish Mennonite denomination. Besides her husband and six children she leaves a number of grandchildren. Her remains were buried on the 7th in the Pike Twp. graveyard, followed thither by many friends. Funeral services by Chr. Zimmerman, Daniel Orendorf, Joseph Zehr and John P. Schmitt from 2 Cor. 5 and Heb. 4:11.

Buried:
Pike Township Cemetery

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Married:
Dillon Creek meeting by Andrew Ropp

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Of Singling.

Joseph and Magdalena (Farny, Zehr) Risser employed a servant, Marie Farny. She was a niece of Magdalena, and a daughter of her brother Joseph Farny (b.1776) and Anne Neuhauser (b. 1772). In 1824, about a year after Magdalena (Farny, Zehr) Risser’s daughter Magdalena Zehr died at age ten, Marie Farny bore an illegitimate son, named John Farny. Joseph Risser was the biological father of Marie's son, and perhaps also the father of Marie’s illegitimate daughter born two/four years later, whom she named Magdalena Farny. This is according to an account told by the son's son Aaron Forney to his children.
Because they were raised in the Risser home, in some records these two Farny children appear as John and Magdalena Risser.

Joseph married Magdalena Farney on 3 Aug 1814 in Gros-Réderching, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. Magdalena (daughter of Christian Farny and Anne Marie Hirchi (Hirschy)) was born in 1783 in Bistroff, Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Belgrade farm

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Married:
hamlet Singling