Esther Elizabeth Eigsti b. 28 Jan 1927 Gridley Twp., McLean Co., IL d. 19 Jun 2017 Eureka, Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Esther Elizabeth Eigsti

Female 1927 - 2017  (90 years)


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  • Name Esther Elizabeth Eigsti  [1, 2
    Birth 28 Jan 1927  Gridley Twp., McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation Nurse 
    Death 19 Jun 2017  Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hickory Point Cemetery
    Person ID I14630  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2022 

    Father Edward C. Eigsti,   b. 29 Nov 1889, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1982, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Alma Slagel,   b. 30 Jan 1893, Graymont, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1989, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 31 Dec 1912  Graymont, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marvin Willis Sutter 
    Family ID F9775  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jan 1927 - Gridley Twp., McLean Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Jun 2017 - Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/esther-sutter/article_8dab0a03-f837-53b3-85af-2c55d9c30b73.html#utm_source=pantagraph.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fobits%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1C135F18D6DC37D0D7799514DE524FB611D50220

      Esther Elizabeth Sutter, 90, of Eureka, passed away at 9:37 a.m. Monday (June 19, 2017) at Maple Lawn Health Center, Eureka, where she had been a resident since September 2013.
      She was born Jan. 28, 1927, in rural Gridley, to Edward C. and Alma Slagel Eigsti. She attended rural grade schools in the Gridley area and graduated from Gridley High School in 1944. She then studied at the Mennonite Hospital School of Nursing, graduating as a registered nurse in 1948. She was a nurse at Mennonite Hospital in Bloomington, until she married Dr. M. Willis Sutter on April 6, 1957. He survives. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; both her sisters, Eda Shoemaker and Kathryn Reeves; and her brother, Arthur E. Eigsti.

      Esther joined her husband’s dental practice in Rantoul and worked with him until they both retired.
      Esther was baptized as a teen at the Waldo Mennonite Church in Flanagan. She remained a member there until moving to Rantoul and transferring to the East Bend Mennonite Church in Fisher. When she retired and moved to Eureka, she became a part of the Metamora Mennonite Church. She was always active in her church, serving as Sunday school and Bible school teacher, church librarian and assistant church historian. From 1994 to 2002, she and Willis had short-term voluntary service assignments with the Ten Thousand Villages organization in Akron, Pa.; Montreat, N.C.; and Myrtle Beach, S.C. In Eureka, she volunteered at the Et Cetera Thrift Store until her health failed.

      A memorial service will be at a later date at Metamora Mennonite Church. Cremation will be accorded. Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, Eureka, is assisting the family with arrangements.
      Memorials may be made to the Sutter Family Memorial Scholarship Fund at Goshen College, Goshen, Ind.; the Open Arms Food Pantry, Metamora; or the Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180523447/esther-elizabeth-sutter.

    2. [S2596] Michael Yoder, Interview with Willis Sutter.


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