Valentine L. Zehr, Jr.
1895 - 1981 (85 years)-
Name Valentine L. Zehr [1] Suffix Jr. Birth 5 Aug 1895 Waldo, Livingston Co., IL Gender Male Religion Mennonite Death Apr 1981 Meadows, McLean Co., IL Burial Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL - Waldo Cemetery
Person ID I15600 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 14 Jan 2021
Father Valentine Zehr, b. 20 Dec 1862, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL d. 19 Mar 1948 (Age 85 years) Mother Elizabeth Anna Stahly, b. 28 Feb 1868, Livingston Co., IL d. 7 Dec 1928, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 60 years) Marriage 18 Oct 1885 Family ID F10744 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Wilda Ulrich, b. 25 Aug 1899, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL d. 2 Dec 1987, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL (Age 88 years) Marriage 25 Dec 1919 Waldo, Livingston Co., IL Notes - Obit:
GRIDLEY (PNS) - Valentine L. Zehr, 85, died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday at Meadows Mennonite Home, where he lived three weeks. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Salem Evangelical Mennonite Church, the Rev. L.R. Amstutz officiating. Burial will be in Waldo Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 tonight at Froelich Memorial Home, Gridley, and from an hour before the service at the church. He was born Aug. 5, 1895, in Waldo Township, near Flanagan, a son of Valentine and Lizzie Stahly Zehr. He married Wilda Ulrich Dec. 25, 1919 in Waldo Township. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Herbert, 2124 Pierce Avenue, Bloomington; and David, Glendale Heights; a daughter, Ellen Streid, Gridley; a brother, Stephen, and two sisters, Katie Ulrich and Lizzie Zehr, all at Meadows Mennonite Home; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A brother and three sisters preceded him in death. He was a member of Salem Evangelical Mennonite Church. [1]
Children 1. Ellen Zehr, b. 16 Aug 1921, Waldo, Livingston Co., IL d. 3 May 2020, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL (Age 98 years) 2. Herbert L. Zehr, b. 4 Jul 1925, Gridley, McLean Co., IL d. 7 Dec 2018, McLean Co., IL (Age 93 years) 3. David Zehr Family ID F10745 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 May 2020
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Event Map Birth - 5 Aug 1895 - Waldo, Livingston Co., IL Marriage - 25 Dec 1919 - Waldo, Livingston Co., IL Death - Apr 1981 - Meadows, McLean Co., IL Burial - - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit:
GRIDLEY (PNS) - Valentine L. Zehr, 85, died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday at Meadows Mennonite Home, where he lived three weeks. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Salem Evangelical Mennonite Church, the Rev. L.R. Amstutz officiating. Burial will be in Waldo Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 tonight at Froelich Memorial Home, Gridley, and from an hour before the service at the church. He was born Aug. 5, 1895, in Waldo Township, near Flanagan, a son of Valentine and Lizzie Stahly Zehr. He married Wilda Ulrich Dec. 25, 1919 in Waldo Township. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Herbert, 2124 Pierce Avenue, Bloomington; and David, Glendale Heights; a daughter, Ellen Streid, Gridley; a brother, Stephen, and two sisters, Katie Ulrich and Lizzie Zehr, all at Meadows Mennonite Home; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A brother and three sisters preceded him in death. He was a member of Salem Evangelical Mennonite Church. [1]
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Sources - [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32247209/valentine-l_-zehr.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32247209/valentine-l_-zehr.