Roy Emery Birkey
1923 - 1923 (0 years)-
Name Roy Emery Birkey [1, 2] Birth 29 Aug 1923 Foosland, Champaign Co., IL 
Gender Male Burial Oct 1923 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL - East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Death 2 Oct 1923 Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Person ID I237 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 22 May 2022
Father Alvin Rudolph Birkey, b. 13 Nov 1891, Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS d. 3 Jan 1973, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL (Age 81 years) Mother Amelia Alberta Zehr, b. 6 Oct 1891, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL d. 19 Sep 1965, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 73 years) Marriage 29 Jan 1913 East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL [3, 4] - By Samuel Gerber of Tremont, a Minister of the Gospel, at home of P. Zehr
Notes - Witnesses to the marriage were Lizzie B. Cender and Katie S. Birkey.
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Birth - 29 Aug 1923 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL 
Burial - Oct 1923 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Death - 2 Oct 1923 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obituary: Oct. 18, 1923 Gospel Herald
Birky.- Roy Emery, son of Bro. Alvin and Sister Amelia Birky, was born Aug. 29, 1923; died Oct. 2, 1923; aged 1 m. 3 d. Death was caused by complication of diseases. He leaves his parents, one sister (Viola), four brothers (Ellis, Marvin, Floyd and Ivan); two grandmothers, one grandfather, and many other relatives. Funeral services were conducted by J. A. Hieser and Samuel Zehr. Little Roy Emery's stay on earth was short and his last days were full of suffering, but we have the blessed assurance that he has gone to a long eternity where there is no more suffering. Therefore, we will say with Job: "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
The Great Jehovah full of love,
An angel bright did send,
And took our little, harmless dove,
To joys that never end.
By his Aunt Katie.
- Obituary: Oct. 18, 1923 Gospel Herald
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