Leota Mary Birkey b. 10 Jan 1919 El Paso, Livingston Co., IL d. 25 May 2016 Eureka, Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Leota Mary Birkey

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  • Name Leota Mary Birkey  [1] 
    Birth 10 Jan 1919  El Paso, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 25 May 2016  Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Maple Lawn Care Center
    Person ID I2601  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2017 

    Father Silas Daniel Birkey,   b. 21 May 1897, Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1984, Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Amanda Mae Stalter,   b. 10 May 1897, Gridley, Pike Twp., McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1991, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 19 Dec 1917  [2] 
    • Obit gives year as 1912
    Family ID F108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Paul Maurice Springer,   b. 5 Jan 1918   d. Bef 2011 (Age < 92 years) 
    Marriage 15 Mar 1945 
    Children 
     1. Gary Lynn Springer
     2. Rita Sue Springer
     3. Gail Lee Springer
     4. Roma Fae Springer
     5. Ross Dean Springer
     6. Ryan Jay Springer
    Family ID F1831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2001 

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  • Notes 
    • Obit: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/leota-springer/article_78a96756-98ab-5949-9538-6c888d209ee9.html#utm_source=pantagraph.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fobits%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline


      TREMONT — Leota M. Springer, 97, formerly of Tremont, passed away at 4:50 a.m. Wednesday (May 25, 2016) at Maple Lawn Care Center, Eureka.
      She was born Jan. 10, 1919, in Gridley, to Silas D. and Amanda Stalter Birkey. She married Paul Springer on March 15, 1945, in Morton. He passed away Aug. 15, 1994.
      Surviving are three sons, Gail (Linda) Springer, Ross (Cheri) Springer and Ryan (Kirsten) Springer, all of Tremont; two daughters, Rita Nesbit, Normal, and Roma (Dr. Greg) Popp, Jefferson City, Mo.; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; three sisters, Velda Birky, Hopedale; Norma (Merle) Nafziger and Joan (John) Litwiller, both of Minier; and one sister-in-law, Florence Birkey of Flanagan.
      She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Gary; one infant sister, Aldine; two sisters, Marie Oyer and Carolyn Kutzner; one brother, Lowell Birkey; one grandson, John Wilham; one great-granddaughter, Shelby Lanan; and one niece, Cindy Kutzner.
      Leota was a homemaker.
      She was a member of Hopedale Mennonite Church, its Mennonite Women, and was the church historian for many years. She also volunteered at the Et Cetera Shop in Eureka for many years.
      She enjoyed scrapbooking, quilting and photo albums.
      Her funeral will be at noon Saturday at Hopedale Mennonite Church. Pastors Kurt Walker and Roger Springer will officiate. Visitation will be from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday, also at the church. Burial will be in Mennonite Cemetery, Hopedale. Davis-Oswald Funeral Home, Hopedale, is handling the arrangements.
      Memorials may be made to her church or Advocate at Home Hospice, Bloomington.

      Resided Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL

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

    2. [S647] Merna Sutter Letter re Stalter family.


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