Dorothy Pauline Weaver

1918 - 2011  (93 years)

• Name	Dorothy Pauline Weaver  [1]
  Birth	25 Feb 1918	White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., MI
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Licensed Practical Nurse
  Death	27 Feb 2011	Gibson City, Ford Co., IL
  Burial	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
  	East Bend Memorial Gardens
  Person ID	I2872	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Avery Thomas Weaver,   b. 18 Feb 1889, Brookston, White Co., IN d. 19 Oct 1972, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Magdelina Kathryn (Lena) Ingold,   b. 14 Jul 1891, Ford Co., IL d. 26 Dec 1978, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1909	Centreville, St. Joseph, MI   [2]
  Family ID	F3080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earl Melvin Birkey,   b. 10 May 1914, Danvers, McLean Co., IL d. 8 May 1996, Urbana, Champaign Co., IL (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1937	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [1]
  	at the home of Avery and Lena Weaver, with Rev. Harold Zehr officiating. Attendants were Viola and Harvey Stacey of Fisher.
  Children	1. Richard Daniel Birkey   2. Vernon Lee Birkey   3. Robert Eugene Birkey
  Family ID	F1819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2010

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Feb 1918 - White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., MI Marriage - 2 Sep 1937 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Death - 27 Feb 2011 - Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Burial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Pantagraph.com GIBSON CITY — Dorothy P. Birkey, 93, Gibson City, died at 5:27 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 27, 2011) at Gibson Area Hospital Annex, Gibson City. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Gibson City Bible Church, with the Rev. Paul Thomason officiating. Burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens, Fisher. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City and for an hour before the service at the church. Memorials may be made to her church, Great News Radio WGNN or Gibson Area Hospital. Mrs. Birkey was born Feb. 25, 1918, in White Pigeon, Mich., a daughter of Avery and Lena Ingold Weaver. She married Earl M. Birkey on Sept. 2, 1937. He died May 8, 1996. Surviving are three sons, Richard (Ruby) Birkey, Hoopeston; Vernon (Shirley) Birkey, Sebring, Fla.; and Robert (Elizabeth) Birkey, Omaha, Neb.; four grandchildren, Allan (Robin) Birkey, Brazil, Ind.; Dottie Jean Holomek, Omaha, Neb.; Tim Birkey, Gibson City; and Marc Birkey, Omaha, Neb; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert (Virginia) Weaver, Peoria; and one sister, Darlene Weaver, Peoria. She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Dorothy was a charter member of Gibson City Bible Church. She was a licensed practical nurse since 1966 and worked at the Gibson Manor Nursing Home and Gibson Area Hospital Annex. She was a caterer for 20 years, specializing in wedding receptions and wedding cakes. She was past executor of Gibson City Welfare; former director of Cherub Choice of Gibson City Bible Church, singing in church and nursing homes; a member of the Great Praise celebration in Florida; active in jail services and nursing home services; co-owner with her husband in Birkey Sound Recording Services; and a lifetime member of the Illinois Auctioneers Association.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA). [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138902200/avery-thomas-weaver.