Walter Raliegh Oyer b. 29 Apr 1910 d. 1 Aug 1994 Gibson City, Ford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Walter Raliegh Oyer[1]

Male 1910 - 1994  (84 years)


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  • Name Walter Raliegh Oyer  [2] 
    Birth 29 Apr 1910  [3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Aug 1994  Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I3721  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2017 

    Father Joseph Oyer,   b. 29 Mar 1880   d. 10 Jul 1963 (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Bertha Zimmerman,   b. 25 Oct 1889   d. 14 Oct 1952 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1909 
    Family ID F2601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth L. (Betty) Yoder,   b. 20 Feb 1909   d. 5 Mar 1944 (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 31 Mar 1931 
    Children 
     1. Richard Duane Oyer,   b. 29 Jun 1931, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 2023, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. Marilyn Joyce Oyer
     3. Wilma Jean Oyer
     4. Ellen Rose Oyer,   b. 5 Mar 1944   d. 25 Nov 1944 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F2611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 May 2001 

    Family 2 Freda A. Teuscher,   b. 18 Jul 1909, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 2001, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1945 
    Children 
     1. Linda Lou Oyer
     2. Ronald Gene Oyer
     3. Donald Dean Oyer,   b. 30 Nov 1951   d. 30 Nov 1951 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F2616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Aug 1994 - Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      OYER, WALTER R. - 84, a two-year Gibson City resident and a retired farmer, formerly of Fisher will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Gibson City Bible Church, Gibson City. The Rev. Earl Sandifer will officiate. Burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens, rural Fisher. Mr. Oyer died at 1:15 p.m. Monday 8-1-1994 at Gibson Community Hospital.
      He was born 4-29-1910 at Foosland, a son of Joseph and Bertha Zimmerman Oyer. He married Elizabeth Yoder who died 3-5-1944. He marrried Freda A. Teuscher 12-4-1945, at Fisher. She survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Marilyn Miller, Hillside; Jean Cray, Flanagan; and Linda Oyer, Lamorlaye, France; two sons, Richard, Goshen Indiana., and Ronald, Laguana Beach, Calif; two sisters, Ruby Birkey, Rantoul, and Dorothy Parsons, McAllen, TX; three brothers, Elmer J. and Leslie, both of Fisher; and Merle, Champaign; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. One son, one daughter and two sisters preceded him in death.
      Mr. Oyer, a retired farmer, was a past member of the board of directors of the Fisher National Bank. He was a member of the Gibson City Bible Church and had served as elder of the church. Pallbearers: Charles Teuscher, Monty Teuscher, Norman Oyer, Everett Heiser, Larry Birkey, Joe Birkey [Contributed by Gail Hahn Hutchcraft]

  • Sources 
    1. [S26] Margaret and Verle Oyer, Jacob Zehr, 1825-1898, Mackinaw Meeting Preacher, ?.

    2. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.

    3. [S559] Descendants of John B. Zimmerman and Martha Fahsbender.


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