Velma Kathryn Zehr

1914 - 2003  (88 years)

• Name	Velma Kathryn Zehr  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Aug 1914	Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Mar 2003	Eureka, Woodford Co., IL
  Burial	Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL
  	Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I13996	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Peter S. Zehr,   b. 25 Jul 1879, Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL d. 27 Nov 1956, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Louisa Sutter,   b. 15 Feb 1882, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 16 Apr 1973, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1908	Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL
  Family ID	F9703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 2 Aug 1914 - Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Death - 7 Mar 2003 - Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Burial - - Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: EUREKA - Velma K. Zehr, 88, of 317 Evergreen Court died at 9 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2003, at Maple Lawn Health Center in Eureka. She was born Aug. 2, 1914, in Deer Creek to Peter and Louisa Sutter Zehr. Surviving are one brother, Milton (and Helen) of Morton; and three sisters, Fannie Zehr, Mary Zehr and Doris (and Robert) Yoder, all of Eureka. She was preceded in death by two brothers. She worked for Morton Pottery for 29 years, retiring in 1979. She then worked for Tazewell Publishing Co. for eight years. She was a volunteer at Eureka Et Cetera Shop. She was a member of First Mennonite Church in Morton and was active in the missions of the Mennonite Women. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at her church, where visitation will be one hour before. The Rev. Doane Brubaker will officiate. Cremation has been accorded. Burial of ashes will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Tremont at a later date. Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Maple Lawn Homes Memorial Hall, where visitation will be one hour before. The Revs. Doug Hicks and Robert Harnish will officiate. Memorials may be made to Maple Lawn Homes or the Mennonite Missions Network

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Descendants of Christian Nafziger Sutter. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40926486/velma-k-zehr.