Freda E. Litwiller b. 20 Dec 1919 Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL d. 9 Feb 2021 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Freda E. Litwiller[1]

Female 1919 - 2021  (101 years)


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  • Name Freda E. Litwiller 
    Birth 20 Dec 1919  Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Feb 2021  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I11027  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2021 

    Father Simon L. Litwiller,   b. 29 Jun 1880, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1956, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Katie Erisman,   b. 16 May 1883, Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1971, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 7 Feb 1905  Hudson, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • By J. C. Birky
    Family ID F5958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Dec 1919 - Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Feb 2021 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:

      HOPEDALE - Freda E. Litwiller, 101, of Hopedale, passed away February 9, 2021 of natural causes.
      She was born December 20, 1919, in rural Delavan to Simon and Katie Ehrismann Litwiller.
      She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters: Esther Litwiller and Rachel Litwiller; four brothers and their wives: Lester and Alta Litwiller, Chancy and Elsie Litwiller, William and Marguerite Litwiller, Allen and Dorothy Litwiller; three nephews: Robert Litwiller, Cecil Litwiller, and Keith (and Barbara) Litwiller, and one great-great niece, Esther Rose Litwiller.
      She is survived by her nieces and nephews: Francis and Phyllis Litwiller, Nancy and Carl Miller, Jim and Leanah Litwiller, Judy and Bob Friesen, Arnold and Susie Litwiller, Jerrold and Barbara Litwiller, Arleta and Mike Craps, Rita Litwiller, Karen Yoder, Rosalie Semick and Rich Starcevich, Roberta and Roger Bean, and William and Carol Litwiller.
      She is survived by many great nieces and nephews and also great-great nieces and nephews.
      Freda had been a schoolteacher, a teletypist at The Daily Pantagraph, and last employed as a LPN at Dr Lainvee's practice in Minier. She volunteered at The Et Cetera Shop, in Eureka, and English as a Second Language Program in Bloomington.
      Freda was a loving aunt, always keeping her family in her thoughts and prayers. Her sense of humor and memory were amazing. She enjoyed cooking and baking, knitting and crocheting, and was an accomplished seamstress.
      She was a faithful member of Hopedale Mennonite Church her entire life.
      Her funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 2021 at Hopedale Mennonite Church. Pastor Kurt Walker will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Burial will be in Mennonite Cemetery in Hopedale. Davis-Oswald Funeral Home in Tremont is handling the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Mennonite Board of Missions.

  • Sources 
    1. [S708] Lonnie Litwiller Family Records.

    2. [S539] Harry F. Weber, Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois 1829-1929, (The Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana).


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