Joseph W. Springer[1]
1871 - 1956 (85 years)-
Name Joseph W. Springer [2] Birth 3 May 1871 Minier, Tazewell Co., IL 
Gender Male Religion Mennonite Death 28 Nov 1956 Lincoln, IL Burial Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL - Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I10098 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 10 Jul 2018
Father Joseph Springer, b. 20 Jun 1837 d. 29 Mar 1902, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 64 years) Mother Barbara Nafziger, b. 24 Jul 1841, Bavaria, GR d. 24 Nov 1921, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 80 years) Family ID F4751 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Litwiller, b. 2 Feb 1878, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 5 May 1963, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 85 years) Marriage 9 Feb 1896 [1] Children 1. Laura Springer, b. 6 May 1897, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 19 Feb 1977, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 79 years)2. Martha Springer, b. 3 Nov 1898, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 23 Jan 1988, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 89 years)3. Elmer Joseph Springer, b. 10 Jan 1903, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 16 Mar 1974, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 71 years)4. Allen Springer, b. 11 Feb 1906, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 9 Dec 1977, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 71 years)5. Simon Springer, b. 20 May 1910, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 10 Mar 1986, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 75 years)6. Ada Springer, b. 9 Dec 1912 d. 2006 (Age 93 years) Family ID F4760 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Mar 2009
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Birth - 3 May 1871 - Minier, Tazewell Co., IL 
Death - 28 Nov 1956 - Lincoln, IL 
Burial - - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: Gospel Herald, Vol. L, No. 1, 01 January 1957
Springer - Joseph W. son of Joseph and Barbara (Nafziger) Springer, was born May 3, 1871 near Minnier, Illinois; passed away in the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, Illinois on November 28, 1956, aged 85 years,6 months and 25 days. He had been in failing health for the past year.
He accepted Christ in his youth and became a faithful member of the Hopedale Mennonite Church.
On February 9, 1896, he was married to Mary Litwiller and they observed their 60th wedding anniversary this past year. Besides his wife, the following children survive: (Laura - Mrs. Silas Nafziger, Martha, Allan and Simon of Hopedale: Elmer Armington and Ada - Mrs. Paul Schertz, Lowpoint, Illinois. Two sisters and four brothers preceded him in death.He served the church faithfully in many different ways as trustee, on the building committee, superintendent, teacher and many other ways.
Funeral services were held December 1st at the Hopedale Church with Howard Zehr and Ivan Kauffman officiating. Burial was made in the Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery.
- Obit: Gospel Herald, Vol. L, No. 1, 01 January 1957
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