Katie E. Birky^[1]

1890 - 1914  (24 years)

• Name	Katie E. Birky
  Birth	13 Mar 1890	Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
  Gender	Female
  Religion	Mennonite
  Death	26 Oct 1914	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
  	at her home
  Burial	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
  	East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I2966	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Andrew F. (Lame) Birky,   b. 19 Jun 1864, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 31 May 1928, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Eliza Studer,   b. 25 Jul 1867, Bern, Canton Bern, SW d. 25 Feb 1963, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1888	Morton, Tazewell Co., IL   [2]
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Otto Julius Unzicker,   b. 20 Jan 1888, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 2 May 1970, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1913	Champaign Co., IL   [3]
  	By Peter Zehr, at home of A. Birky
  Children	1. Floyd Julius Unzicker,   b. 28 Jan 1914   d. 27 Jan 1997 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F2095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2006

  
  

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  Birth - 13 Mar 1890 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Marriage - 14 Jan 1913 - Champaign Co., IL Death - 26 Oct 1914 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Burial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Unzicker.-Sister Katie Unzicker, nee Birkey, was born near Morton, Ill., Mar. 13, 1890; died at her home near Fisher, Ill., Oct. 26, 1914; aged 24 y. 7 m. 13 d. She was united in marriage with Bro. Otto Unzicker Jan. 14, 1913. This union was blessed with one son. She united with the A. M. Church in her youth, and remained faithful to the end. She leaves to mourn her early departure her sorrowing husband, her son Floyd, her father and mother, 4 brothers, 5 sisters, an aged grandmother, and many relatives and friends. Short funeral services were conducted at the house by Bro. Samuel Gerber and at the church by Bros. Samuel Gerber in English and Daniel Grieser in German. Texts, Rev. 14:13, and Jno. 5:24, 25. Interment at the East Bend Cemetery, with appropriate remarks by Daniel Orendorff. Urbana Daily Courier, 30 October 1914 MRS. UNZICKER DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Young Mother Passes Away at Home, South of Fisher—Leaves Husband and Child. Fisher. Ill., Oct. 29 (Special) -- Mrs. Katie Unzicker, wife of Otto Unzicker, died Monday at her home, south of here, following a three days illness. Kate Birkey was born January 12, 1890, in Tazewell county and moved with her parents to the vicinity of Fisher, when a small child. In January 1913, she was married. Her husband and a small child survive. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Birkey of Fisher are her parents.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA). [S1058] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Vol 1, Page 212, Lix. No. 2798 - Marriage Record of Andrus Birkey, Jr. and Elisa Studer. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.