Bertha Ellen Birkey
1885 - 1970 (85 years)-
Name Bertha Ellen Birkey [1, 2] Birth 27 Mar 1885 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Gender Female Occupation Housewife Religion Amish Mennonite USR1 Strokes (Cerebral Thrombosis) Death 9 Oct 1970 Bloomington, McLean Co., IL [3] - Informant: Edna Schertz, sister.
Mennonite Hospital - 11:00 pm. Attending physician was R. (Russell) Oyer, M.D.
Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, IL
Burial 11 Oct 1970 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL - East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I220 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 27 Mar 2017
Father Valentine Birkey, b. 2 Feb 1858, Dillon Creek, Tazewell Co., IL d. 18 Sep 1928, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 70 years) Mother Phoebe (Bena) Good, b. 5 Sep 1863, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 16 Dec 1962, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 99 years) Marriage 15 Jan 1882 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL [4, 5] Notes - Valentine and Phoebe were married in the Hopedale Mennonite Church by Christian Nafziger. Joseph Good was a witness.
Valentine was 23, a farmer, and living in Hopedale, IL at the time of marriage. Phoebe was 18.
Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Amos Albert Hieser, b. 18 Feb 1885, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 17 Sep 1942, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL (Age 57 years) Marriage 23 Jan 1908 Champaign Co., IL [6] - By Peter Zehr, at home of Valentine Birkey
Family ID F106 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Jan 2001
- Informant: Edna Schertz, sister.
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Event Map Birth - 27 Mar 1885 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Marriage - 23 Jan 1908 - Champaign Co., IL Death - 9 Oct 1970 - Bloomington, McLean Co., IL Burial - 11 Oct 1970 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: GOSPEL HERALD - Volume LXIII, Number 43 - November 3, 1970, p. 936
Hieser, Bertha E., daughter of Valentine and Phoebe (Good) Birkey, was born at Hopedale, Ill., Mar. 27, 1885; died at the Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington, Ill., following several strokes, Oct. 9, 1970; aged 85 y. 6 m. 12 d. On Jan 23, 1908, she was married to Amos Hieser, who died Sept. 17, 1942. Surviving are 3 sisters (Katie - Mrs Dan Zehr, Ada - Mrs. Glenn Foley, and Edna - Mrs. Harold Schertz), and 4 brothers (Joe, Alvin, Silas, and Joel). She was a member of the East Bend Church, where funeral services were held Oct. 11, with Irvin Nussbaum and Ivan Birkey officiating; interment in the East Bend Cemetery.
No children.
- Obit: GOSPEL HERALD - Volume LXIII, Number 43 - November 3, 1970, p. 936
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Sources - [S16] Edna Schertz, Joseph and Catherine Stalter Good.
- [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).
- [S779] Death Record of Bertha Ellen Birkey.
- [S215] Marriage Record of Valentine Birkey and Phoebe Good.
- [S1058] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Valentine Birkey and Phoebe Good - Marriage Record Vol 1 , page 87.
- [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.
- [S16] Edna Schertz, Joseph and Catherine Stalter Good.