Earl Ray Oyer^[1]

1911 - 1932  (21 years)

• Name	Earl Ray Oyer
  Birth	2 Sep 1911	Foosland, Champaign Co., IL
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Mennonite
  USR1	Kidney abscess
  Death	28 Oct 1932
  	at his home
  Burial	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
  	East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I3784	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2018

  
  

  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

  
  

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  Birth - 2 Sep 1911 - Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Burial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Oyer.--Earl R., second son of Joseph and Bertha Oyer, was born near Foosland, Ill., Sept. 2, 1911; died at his home Oct. 28, 1932; aged 21 y. 1 m. 26 d. Earl accepted Christ as his personal Savior, united with the East Bend Mennonite Church at the age of 14, and remained a faithful member to the end. He leaves his father and mother, four brothers (Walter, of Fisher, Ill., Elmer, Leslie, and Merle at home), four sisters (Ruth, Ruby, Dora, and Dorothy, also at home), one grandfather, and a host of other relatives and friends. One sister and one brother preceded him in death, having died in infancy. Death came very unexpectedly after an illness of about a week, with an abscess on his kidney. Funeral services were held at the East Bend Mennonite Church with Bros. Roy Unzicker (acting pastor of the Saybrook Mennonite Church), and J. A. Heiser, in charge. Text, Eccl. 9:12. Interment at East Bend Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

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