Ella Ruth Becker b. 5 Dec 1912 Woodburn, Allen Co., IN d. 15 Jan 1994 Meadows, McLean Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Ella Ruth Becker

Female 1912 - 1994  (81 years)


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  • Name Ella Ruth Becker  [1, 2] 
    Birth 5 Dec 1912  Woodburn, Allen Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Jan 1994  Meadows, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mennonite Home
    Burial Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Waldo Cemetery
    Person ID I10411  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2020 

    Family 1 Oliver J. (Ollie) Stalter,   b. 19 Jul 1907, Minonk Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1967, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 27 Mar 1935  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Ronald Stalter
    Family ID F7249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Orval Elton Yordy,   b. 24 Dec 1913, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 2000, Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F10388  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Dec 1912 - Woodburn, Allen Co., IN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jan 1994 - Meadows, McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - January 17, 1994

      FLANAGAN - The Funeral Of Ella Ruth Yordy, 81, of Meadows Mennonite Home, formerly of Flanagan, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Waldo Mennonite Church, rural Gridley. The Revs. Lester Zook and Edwin Stalter will officiate.

      Burial will be in Waldo Cemetery, rural Gridley.
      Visitation will be for an hour before the service Tuesday at the church. Froelich Memorial Home, Flanagan, is in charge of arrangements.

      Mrs. Yordy died at 5:45 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 15, 1994) at Meadows Mennonite Home.

      She was born Dec. 5, 1912, in Woodburn, Ind., a daughter of John and Elizabeth Martin Becker. She married Ollie J. Stalter on March 27, 1935, in Woodburn, Ind. He died Aug. 21, 1967. She then married Orval Yordy on July 12, 1969. He survives.

      Other survivors include a son, Ronald Stalter, Minonk; a stepson, Elton "Bud" Yordy, Flanagan; a stepdaughter, Donna Grove, Flanagan; a sister, Ada Roszhart, Meadows; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
      A brother preceded her in death.

      Mrs. Yordy was a member of Waldo Mennonite Church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S635] Lexington Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37090501/ella-ruth-stalter.

    3. [S648] Stalter, Edwin J,, “Notes on Some Early American Stalters”, (Self published, 1969).


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