Emma A. Miller
1876 - 1955 (79 years)-
Name Emma A. Miller [1] Birth 20 Mar 1876 Carlock, McLean Co., IL 
[2] - (8 Aug? FAG)
Gender Female Death 23 Oct 1955 Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL - at home of her daughter Mrs. Joe Good
Burial Fisher, Champaign Co., IL - East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I1149 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 26 May 2019
Father Christian Miller, b. 25 Jan 1845 d. 16 Nov 1915 (Age 70 years) Mother Rachel Sharp, b. 1849 d. 1926 (Age 77 years) Family ID F6244 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jacob E. Zehr, b. 8 Aug 1872, Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL d. 11 Aug 1950, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 78 years) Marriage 13 Feb 1902 [1] Children 1. Harold A. Zehr, b. 15 Oct 1903, Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL d. 15 Dec 1975 (Age 72 years)2. Walter C. Zehr, b. 8 Sep 1905, Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL d. 7 Apr 1995, McLean Co., IL (Age 89 years)3. Mabel Louise Zehr, b. 21 May 1908, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL d. 13 Apr 1951, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL (Age 42 years)4. Ellis Zehr, b. 30 May 1911, IL d. 23 Jul 1987, SC (Age 76 years)5. Mildred R. Zehr, b. 13 Feb 1914, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL d. 12 May 1978, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL (Age 64 years)6. Chester Zehr, b. 15 May 1916 d. 19 Jan 1996 (Age 79 years) Family ID F488 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 May 2001
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Birth - 20 Mar 1876 - Carlock, McLean Co., IL 
Death - 23 Oct 1955 - Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL 
Burial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 46 - November 15, 1955 -- page 1101, 1102.
Zehr, -- Emma, daughter of Christian and Rachel (Sharp) Miller, was born on March 20, 1876 near Carlock, Ill.; passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Good, near Rantoul, Ill., on Oct. 23, 1955, as she was listening to the strains of the hymn, "Lord, I Am Coming Home." She was married to Jacob E. Zehr on Feb. 13, 1902, and they made their home near Goodfield, Ill. Later they moved Yukon, Ill., and in Feb., 1911, they moved to a farm near Fisher, Ill., where they lived until retirement in 1941, when they moved to Fisher. She had been in failing health for the past several months. She is survived by one daughter (Mildred Good), 4 sons (Harold, Roanoke, Ill.; Walter, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Ellis, Rockville, Ind., and Chester, Fisher, Ill), 28 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 3 sisters and two brothers (Elizabeth-Mrs. Frank Irons, Congerville, Ill., Mrs. Mary Basting, Bertha and Rufus of Bloomington-Normal area, and Clarence, Stanford, Ill.). She was preceded in death by her husband in 1950; one daughter Mabel Schrock, and one sister who died in her youth. Early in life she accepted Christ as Saviour and had an active interest in the work of her church until her death. Funeral services were held at the Eat Bend Mennonite Church, of which she was a member, by Howard J. Zehr and Ivan Birkey, on Oct. 26. Interment was made in the East Bend Mennonite Church.
- Obit: Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 46 - November 15, 1955 -- page 1101, 1102.
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