Melvin Chester Oyer b. 11 Sep 1926 d. 21 Apr 2016: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Melvin Chester Oyer

Male 1926 - 2016  (89 years)


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  • Name Melvin Chester Oyer  [1, 2] 
    Birth 11 Sep 1926 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Owner, Mid-America Machinery 
    Religion Mennonite, then Presbyterian 
    USR1 Cancer 
    Death 21 Apr 2016 
    Burial Elwood, Will Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
    Person ID I11500  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2020 

    Father Elmer Jesse Oyer,   b. 5 Mar 1896, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1992, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Dora Alma Springer,   b. 12 Sep 1904, Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1996, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 15 Oct 1924  [3] 
    • By J.A. Heiser
    Family ID F60  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Grieser 
    Family ID F8085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elwood, Will Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      [Melvin C. Oyer] Passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer, Thursday, April 21, 2016, at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home. Age 89.

      Survived by his loving wife Ruth (nee Grieser) Oyer; a son Scott (Christine) Oyer and a daughter Julie (Jeff) Jaskowiak; eight grandchildren Suzanne Oyer, Luke (Heather) Jaskowiak, Janina Jaskowiak, Bradley Oyer, Alyssa (Christopher) Jameson, Gabriel Jaskowiak, Matthew Oyer and James Jaskowiak; a great-granddaughter Emma Jaskowiak; four brothers Sanford (Virginia), Wesley (Virginia), John (Jolene) and Robert (Rebecca) Oyer; two sisters Donna (Glen Miller) Cripe and Janet (Joseph) Harnish. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

      Preceded in death by his parents Elmer and Dora (nee Springer) Oyer and a brother Franklin (Joyce) Oyer.

      Longtime member of First Presbyterian Church and owner of Mid America Machinery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162267028/melvin-chester-oyer.

    3. [S226] J. A. Heiser, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.


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