Leslie Valentine Birkey b. 30 Sep 1920 Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 15 Jan 2011 Urbana, Champaign Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Leslie Valentine Birkey

Male 1920 - 2011  (90 years)


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  • Name Leslie Valentine Birkey  [1, 2
    Birth 30 Sep 1920  Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Religion Mennonite 
    Death 15 Jan 2011  Urbana, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Carle Hospital
    Burial 21 Jan 2011  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • East Bend Memorial Gardens
    Person ID I2592  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2018 

    Father Joseph Christian Birkey,   b. 3 Sep 1887, Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1988, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years) 
    Mother Ida Barbara Zehr,   b. 17 Oct 1888, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1965, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1910  [2
    Family ID F105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Verena Fannie Heiser,   b. 24 Jan 1920, Dewey, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 2018, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1951  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Duane Leslie Birkey
    Family ID F1822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Sep 1920 - Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Jan 1951 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jan 2011 - Urbana, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 21 Jan 2011 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit: Pantagraph.com Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:00 am
      FOOSLAND — Leslie V. Birkey, 90, Foosland, died at 7:59 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 15, 2011) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
      His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, with the Rev. Michael Dean officiating. Burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens, Fisher. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church and for one hour before services Thursday.
      Memorial tributes may be made to East Bend Mennonite Church, of which he was a member; or to WGNN Radio 102.5-FM in Fisher. Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, is in charge of arrangements.
      Mr. Birkey was born Sept. 30, 1920, in Goodfield, a son of Joseph and Ida Zehr Birkey. He married Verena Heiser on Jan. 18, 1951, in Fisher. She survives in Foosland.
      Also surviving are his son, Duane (Muriel) Birkey, Foosland; two grandchildren, Alicia (Richard) Rensberger, South Bend, Ind., and Elaine Birkey, Foosland; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Birkey, Gibson City, and Ruby Birkey, Rantoul; and a brother-in-law, Paul Bachman, Metamora.
      He was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.
      Leslie worked at M&W Gear Co. in Gibson City for 18 years. He was a farmer and enjoyed working the land. He also enjoyed spending time with his family, gardening and mowing.

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Edna Schertz, Joseph and Catherine Stalter Good.

    2. [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).


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