Floyd Daniel Birkey b. 20 Nov 1918 Foosland, Champaign Co., IL d. 1 Nov 2009 Paxton, Ford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Floyd Daniel Birkey

Male 1918 - 2009  (90 years)


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  • Name Floyd Daniel Birkey  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 20 Nov 1918  Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Education Grade School At Dixon One-Room School Rural Foosland. Later Received High School GED After Retirement. 
    MILF
    Occupation Farm Work, Then Springer Implement, Fisher, IL; Co-Founderand Past President Of Birkey’s Farm Stores Which Started In 1954. 
    Religion Mennonite/Methodist 
    Retired 1978  Paxton, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1978-2000  Horseshoe Bend, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • For a large portion of the time in AR owned a farm that Floyd and Brian cared for.
    USR1 Complications of Alzheimers 
    Death 1 Nov 2009  Paxton, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Heartland Health Care Center
    Burial 5 Nov 2009  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Willow Brook Cemetery
    Person ID I239  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2020 

    Father Alvin Rudolph Birkey,   b. 13 Nov 1891, Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1973, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Amelia Alberta Zehr,   b. 6 Oct 1891, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1965, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jan 1913  East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • 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.
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Jean Allen,   b. 11 Oct 1920, Mode, Shelby Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 2020, Urbana, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 27 Feb 1941  Chicago, Cook Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • By A. H. Leamann
    Notes 
    • They had no money for a wedding, so went to Chicago to be married.
    Children 
     1. Shirley Ann Birkey
     2. Donna Kay Birkey
     3. Ronald Allen Birkey
     4. Brian Lee Birkey
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2001 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Nov 1918 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Feb 1941 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRetired - 1978 - Paxton, Ford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1978-2000 - Horseshoe Bend, AR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Nov 2009 - Paxton, Ford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 5 Nov 2009 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: Full obituary: Commercial-News (Danville, IL) - Monday, November 2, 2009

      Floyd Daniel Birkey, 90, was a son of Alvin and Amelia Zehr Birkey. He married Jean Allen on Feb. 27, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois. She survives.

      Also surviving are his daughters, Shirley (Roger) Greenup and Donna Alsteen, his sons, Ron (RaNae) Birkey and Brian Birkey three granddaughters, four great-grandchildren, his brother, Carroll "Kelly" (Minerva) Birkey and two sisters, Viola Stacy and Margret Oyer.

      He was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers.
      He served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).

    2. [S21] Margaret and Verle Oyer, Alvin R. and Amelia Zehr Birkey.

    3. [S1] Donna Schrock Birkey, Personal knowledge and family records.

    4. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records, #3543, Urbana Free Library.

    5. [S230] Marriage Record of Alvin Birkey/Amelia Zehr.


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