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ZEHR, Silas - The funeral of SILAS P. ZEHR, 93, of Gibson City, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, the Rev. Cal Kaufman and the Rev. Michael Dean officiating. Burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens, Fisher. Visitation will be from 5 - 8 p.m. today at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, and for one hour prior the service Wednesday at the church. He died at 5:15 p.m. Sunday 1-26-1997 at the Gibson Community Hospital Annex, Gibson City.
Memorials may be made to East Bend Mennonite Central Committee.
Survivors include his wife, Mabel B. Zehr; and two sons, LaVern Zehr, Fisher, and John Russell Zehr, Foosland. Also surviving are three grandsons, Stephen Zehr, Chicago; Douglas Zehr, Santa Crus, Bolivia; and Kevin Kuykendall, Orlando, Fla.; and one granddaughter, Amy Hayden, rural Fisher. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister. Mr. Zehr was born 12-12-1903, in rural Foosland, a son of John and Lydia Springer Zehr. He married Mabel B. Litwiller 2-10-1932 in rural Hopedale.
Mr. Zehr farmed for 69 years, retiring in 1989. He lived in rural Foosland most of his life, moving to Gibson City three years ago. He was a member of East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, and Champaign County Farm Bureau. Pallbearers: Rich Schrock, Phil Hayden, Steve Zehr, Don Unzicker, John Cender, Doug Zehr.
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1903 - 1997 (93 years)
