Arneitta Marie Birky

1917 - 2012  (95 years)

• Name	Arneitta Marie Birky  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	6 Aug 1917	Foosland, Champaign Co., IL
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Sep 2012	Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL
  Burial	Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL
  	Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I2813	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Father	John Samuel Birky,   b. 21 Aug 1895, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 17 Jan 1974, Foosland, Champaign Co., IL (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Fannie Louise Naffziger,   b. 16 Dec 1893, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 28 Jan 1972, Sarasota, FL (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1916	Champaign Co., IL   [4]
  	By Peter Zehr, at home of bride’s parents
  Family ID	F1980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harold C. Birkey,   b. 7 Jan 1918   d. 22 Dec 2003 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1947	Foosland, Champaign Co., IL
  Family ID	F1981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2012

  
  

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  Birth - 6 Aug 1917 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Marriage - 27 Jun 1947 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Death - 7 Sep 2012 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Burial - - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Pantagraph.com/obituaries September 10, 2012 12:00 am DELAVAN — Arneitta M. Birkey, 95, of rural Delavan passed away at 4:55 p.m. Friday (Sept. 7, 2012) at Hopedale Hospital, Hopedale. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hopedale Mennonite Church, Hopedale. The Rev. Kurt Walker will officiate. Burial will be in Mennonite Cemetery in Hopedale. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Davis Mortuary in Hopedale. Memorials may be made to her church. She was born Aug. 6, 1917, in Foosland, to John S. and Fannie L. Naffziger Birky. She married Harold C. Birkey on June 27, 1947, in Foosland, and he passed away Dec. 22, 2003. Surviving are two sons, Jon Birkey, Marcella, Ark., and Mark Birkey, Hopedale; three grandchildren, Jim (Lisa) Birkey, Jason (Amanda) Birkey and Mary Egli, all of Hopedale; one brother, Wayne (Betty) Birky, Gibson City; and one sister, Geneva (Ellis) Good, Meadows. She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Arneitta was a homemaker and a member of Hopedale Mennonite Church and its Mennonite Women, and taught Sunday school for many years. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and working in her garden and flower beds. Obit: Pantagraph.com/obituaries September 10, 2012 12:00 am DELAVAN — Arneitta M. Birkey, 95, of rural Delavan passed away at 4:55 p.m. Friday (Sept. 7, 2012) at Hopedale Hospital, Hopedale. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hopedale Mennonite Church, Hopedale. The Rev. Kurt Walker will officiate. Burial will be in Mennonite Cemetery in Hopedale. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Davis Mortuary in Hopedale. Memorials may be made to her church. She was born Aug. 6, 1917, in Foosland, to John S. and Fannie L. Naffziger Birky. She married Harold C. Birkey on June 27, 1947, in Foosland, and he passed away Dec. 22, 2003. Surviving are two sons, Jon Birkey, Marcella, Ark., and Mark Birkey, Hopedale; three grandchildren, Jim (Lisa) Birkey, Jason (Amanda) Birkey and Mary Egli, all of Hopedale; one brother, Wayne (Betty) Birky, Gibson City; and one sister, Geneva (Ellis) Good, Meadows. She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Arneitta was a homemaker and a member of Hopedale Mennonite Church and its Mennonite Women, and taught Sunday school for many years. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and working in her garden and flower beds.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Obituaries of Individuals. [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA). [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96797001/arneitta-marie-birkey. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.