Frances Mabel Hieser^[1]

1915 - 2008  (93 years)

• Name	Frances Mabel Hieser
  Birth	22 Apr 1915	Foosland, Champaign Co., IL
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Homemaker
  Religion	Mennonite
  USR1	Alzheimers
  Death	15 Jul 2008	Gibson City, Ford Co., IL
  	Heritage Manor Nursing Home
  Burial	18 Jul 2008	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
  	East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I3542	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	John Emil Hieser,   b. 4 Dec 1882, Tazewell Co., IL d. 6 Feb 1919, Foosland, Champaign Co., IL (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Mary Cender,   b. 11 Jun 1880, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL d. 22 Feb 1963, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1906	Champaign Co., IL   [2]
  	By Peter Zehr
  Family ID	F410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clarence Leslie Birkey,   b. 1 May 1910, Foosland, Champaign Co., IL d. 20 Oct 1985, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1940	Champaign Co., IL
  Children	1. Warren Lee Birkey   2. Suzanne Kay Birkey
  Family ID	F2480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2001

  
  

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  Birth - 22 Apr 1915 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Marriage - 25 Sep 1940 - Champaign Co., IL Death - 15 Jul 2008 - Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Burial - 18 Jul 2008 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Published in the Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph  Frances M. Birkey, 93, a four-year resident of Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Gibson City, died at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday (July 15, 2008) at the nursing home. Frances was born April 22, 1915, in rural Foosland, the daughter of John and Mary Hieser. Her marriage to Clarence L. Birkey on Sept. 25, 1940, also took place in rural Foosland. Surviving are two children, Warren (Glenda) Birkey, rural Paxton; and Susie (Jerry) Oyer, rural Gibson City; one granddaughter Sue (Kyle) Berry, rural Paxton; one great-granddaughter, Maryn Berry, joined the surviving family during the past year. She is also survived by three step-granddaughters, Jennifer (Brennan) Radmer, St. Louis, Mo.; Bethany (Andrew) Kolhoff, Heyworth; and Melissa (Harold) Zahnd, Sadorus; and one step-great-granddaughter, Kaitlyn Kolhoff. Also surviving is her 97 year-old brother, Vernon Hieser, Heritage Manor. Her husband, parents, three sisters, one brother and a daughter-in-law preceded her in death. Frances was a lifetime member of East Bend Mennonite Church, rural Fisher, where she enjoyed being involved with the ladies sewing circle, teaching Sunday school, Bible school and anything else she could do to serve her God. She enjoyed being a housewife and working outside around the farm. Her favorite thing to do was to help others - she was happier working than resting.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.