Wayne Edward Zehr
1926 - 1994 (68 years)-
Name Wayne Edward Zehr [1, 2] Birth 30 Apr 1926 Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL 
[1, 3] Gender Male Occupation Owner, Rost-Zehr Body Shop and later Manager, Glass Specialty Religion Mennonite Residence Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL USR1 Cancer Death 4 Sep 1994 Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL - St. Francis Medical Center
Burial Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL - Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I2599 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 30 Jan 2023
Father Daniel Alvin Zehr, b. 25 Sep 1890, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 16 Jan 1973, Sarasota, FL (Age 82 years) Mother Kate Elizabeth Birkey, b. 25 Apr 1894, Decatur Co., KS d. 1 Nov 1987, Meadows, McLean Co., IL (Age 93 years) Marriage 17 Dec 1913 East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL [4] - By Peter Zehr, at home of Valentine Birkey
Family ID F111 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Geraldine Amanda Springer, b. 18 Mar 1927, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 7 Mar 2004, East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 76 years) Marriage 28 Aug 1945 [5] Children 1. Janice Zehr 2. Larry Zehr 3. Karen Zehr 4. Russell Zehr Family ID F1829 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Apr 2020
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Birth - 30 Apr 1926 - Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL 
Residence - - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL 
Death - 4 Sep 1994 - Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL 
Burial - - Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obituary, Peoria Journal Star :
MORTON--Wayne E. Zehr, 68, of 22897 Broadway Road died at 6:35 A.M. Sunday, Sept 4 1994, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. born April 30, 1926, in Ludlow to Daniel and Katie Birkey Zehr, he married Geraldine Springer on Aug. 28, 1945, in Ludlow. she survives. Also surviving are one son, Larry W. of Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Janice) Skaggs of Dunlap and Mrs. Richard (Karen) Brummett of Morton; three sisters, Lela Kellar of Fisher, Fern Helmuth of Arthur and Viola Birky of Foosland; two brothers Melvin of Ludlow and Wilmer of champaign; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
He formerly owned Rost-Zehr Body Shop in Gibson City until 1959. He then was manager of Glass Specialty in Peoria, retiring in 1983. He was a member of Heart of Illinois Region of Vintage Chevrolet Club of America and Illinois Valley Antique Automobile Club in Peoria. He also was a member of Trinity Mennonite Church and was an associate member of Bahia Vista Mennonite Church in Sarasota, Fla.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Mennonite Church. The Rev. David Troyer will officiate...Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. [6]
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