Alta Lillian Heiser

1914 - 2010  (95 years)

• Name	Alta Lillian Heiser  [1]
  Birth	17 Mar 1914	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Jan 2010	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [3]
  	At her home
  Burial	15 Jan 2010	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [3]
  	East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I1311	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Bishop Joseph Aaron Heiser,   b. 22 Aug 1888, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 1 Jan 1977, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Fannie Ann Schrock,   b. 18 Jul 1889, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 17 Dec 1950, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1909	Champaign Co., IL   [4]
  	By Peter Zehr
  Notes	Peter Zehr’s church records have written notation “in East Bend Church,” then, “at home of John Schrock.”
  Family ID	F193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Justus J. (Bud) Detweiler,   b. 17 Nov 1914, Harper, Harper Co., KS d. 9 Mar 1951, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1939	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [2, 5]
  	By J. A. Heiser
  Children	1. Justine Detweiler   2. Dennis Detweiler
  Family ID	F936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 17 Mar 1914 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Marriage - 17 Sep 1939 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Death - 12 Jan 2010 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Burial - 15 Jan 2010 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Pantagraph Obituary FISHER — Alta Lillian Detweiler, 95, rural Fisher, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 12, 2010) at her home in rural Fisher. Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Gibson City Bible Church, Gibson City, with the Rev. Paul Thomason officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the East Bend Mennonite Cemetery, Fisher. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a memorial fund for Children’s Ministries, in care of the Gibson City Bible Church. Alta was born March 17, 1914, in rural Fisher, Brown Township, where she lived her entire life. She was the daughter of J.A. and Fannie Schrock Heiser. She married Justus J. Detweiler on Sept. 17, 1939. He preceded her in death March 11, 1951. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Leslie and Willard Heiser, and two sisters, Mabel Teuscher and Edna Cender. She is survived by a daughter, Justine and David Trout of Loda; a son, Dennis and Elizabeth Detweiler of Fort Worth, Texas; three especially dear nieces whom she raised as daughters, Kimberleigh and Mark Anders of Colorado; Kambra and Scott Francis of Fisher; and Krystal Shaw of California; grandchildren, Justus and Tiffany Detweiler of Fisher, and Sarah and Clint Vrona of Texas; three great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and special friend and helper, Joan Grider. Alta was a founding member of the Gibson City Bible Church. All her life, Alta was a student of the Bible and a lover of hymns. She had an active concern for encouraging and praying for missionary families, both foreign and domestic, especially those whose focus is on children. In her earlier years she was a dedicated Sunday school teacher, Bible story teller and an AWANA teacher. It was very important to her that every child with whom she came in contact learned about Jesus.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Donna Schrock Birkey, Personal knowledge and family records. [S17] Pete and Jennie Schrock, Just Pete, (The Print Shop, Fort Morgan, CO). [S11] Obituaries of Individuals. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records. [S226] J. A. Heiser, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.