Name |
Ellis Leslie “Turk” Birkey [1, 2] |
Birth |
4 Dec 1913 |
Foosland, Champaign Co., IL |
Gender |
Male |
DESC |
Turk Was An “amazing” Mechanic. He Made Radios As A Kid, Learned To Fly An Airplane, Knew About Hydrolics. |
Education |
Sixth Grade, Then Self Taught. In First Grade Ellis Spoke Only German And Had To Learn English. |
HOBB |
HAM radio operator for many years |
Occupation |
Mechanic; Partner, Birkey’s Farm Store |
Religion |
Mennonite |
Residence |
Lake Of The Ozarks, MO |
|
Residence |
1998 |
Fisher, Champaign Co., IL |
- Health problems brought them back to Fisher
|
USR1 |
Old Age/Flu Combination |
Death |
26 Dec 2003 |
Gibson City, Ford Co., IL |
Burial |
29 Dec 2003 |
Fisher, Champaign Co., IL |
- East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
|
Person ID |
I242 |
Schrock-Birkey Connection |
Last Modified |
18 Nov 2020 |
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.
|
Family ID |
F4 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |