Peter S. Zehr b. 25 Jul 1879 Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL d. 27 Nov 1956 Morton, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Peter S. Zehr

Male 1879 - 1956  (77 years)


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  • Name Peter S. Zehr 
    Birth 25 Jul 1879  Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 14 Oct 1895  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Goodfield Church by Peter Zehr
    Death 27 Nov 1956  Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Tremont Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I3276  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2018 

    Father Daniel Zehr, Sr.,   b. 9 Mar 1849, East Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1942, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Katherine Heiser,   b. 1 May 1854, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1911, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1874 
    • By Bishop Andrew Ropp
    Family ID F175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Sutter,   b. 15 Feb 1882, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1973, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jan 1908  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Orrie Daniel Zehr,   b. 18 Jul 1909, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1981, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Roy Christian Zehr,   b. 27 Sep 1911, Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1993, Stuart, Martin Co., FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Velma Kathryn Zehr,   b. 2 Aug 1914, Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 2003, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     4. Fannie Anna Zehr,   b. 17 Sep 1916, Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 2008, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     5. Mary Magdalena Zehr,   b. 1919, Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 2007, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     6. Milton Peter Zehr,   b. 6 Feb 1924   d. 25 Dec 2012 (Age 88 years)
     7. Doris Louisa Zehr,   b. 3 Aug 1926, Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 2020, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F9703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Jul 1879 - Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 14 Oct 1895 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Jan 1908 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Nov 1956 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Tremont Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:

      Zehr, Peter, son of the late Daniel and Catherine (Heiser) Zehr, was born July 25, 1879, at Deer Creek, Ill.; died at his home at Morton, Ill., Nov. 27, 1956; aged 77 y. 4 m. 2 d. 

      On Jan. 5, 1908, he was united in marriage to Louisa Sutter. 

      Surviving are 3 sons (Orrie, Roy, and Milton, all of Morton), 4 daughters (Velma. Fannie, and Mary, of Morton, and Doris-Mrs. Robert Yoder, Eureka, Ill.), 13 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Amos, Mackinaw, Ill., and Daniel, Ludlow, Ill.), 2 sisters (Matilda, Morton, Ill., and Ida-Mrs. Joe Birkey, Fisher, Ill.). 

      One brother, one sister, and 2 grandchildren preceded him in death. 

      Early in life he took Christ as Saviour and was a lifelong member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the Morton Church on Nov. 29 by Kenneth G. Good, assisted by Howard J. Zehr, with interment in the Pleasant Grove. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40926483/peter-zehr.


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