Elizabeth (Lizzie) Yordy^[1]

1885 - 1961  (75 years)

• Name	Elizabeth (Lizzie) Yordy
  Birth	1 Nov 1885	Milford, Seward Co., NE   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 May 1961	Colorado Springs, CO   [2, 3]
  	At the home of a friend.
  Burial	25 May 1961	South English, Keokuk Co., IA   [2]
  	English River Church of the Brethren Cemetery
  Person ID	I5165	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	John Birkey Yordy,   b. 23 Oct 1838, Bavaria, GR d. 31 Dec 1906, Milford, Seward Co., NE (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Magdalena King,   b. 13 Dec 1842, Salem, Marion Co., IL d. 11 Feb 1927, Harper, Harper Co., KS (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1862	Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL   [4]
  	By Andrew Ropp
  Family ID	F458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel S. Erb,   b. 22 Oct 1872, Wellman, Washington Co., IA d. Aug 1938, South English, Keokuk Co., IA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1903	Wellman, Washington Co., IA
  Children	1. Myrtle Dora Erb,   b. 1904   d. 1989 (Age 85 years)   2. Mary Ellen Erb,   b. 1906   3. Edna Ruth Erb,   b. 1909
  Family ID	F3629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2018

  
  

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  Birth - 1 Nov 1885 - Milford, Seward Co., NE Marriage - 3 Aug 1903 - Wellman, Washington Co., IA Death - 21 May 1961 - Colorado Springs, CO Burial - 25 May 1961 - South English, Keokuk Co., IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Erb, Elizabeth, thirteenth child of John and Magdalene (King) Yordy, was born at Milford, Nebr., Nov. 1, 1885; died may 21, 1961, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the home of a friend; aged 75 y. 6 m. 20 d. She was married to Samuel S. Erb, who died Aug. 1938; a stepson, Ray, died in Jan. 1938. Surviving are 3 daughters and a stepson (Myrtle-Mrs. P. H. Friesian, Green Mountain Falls, Colo.; Mary-Mrs. Paul Mininger, Goshen, Ind.; Edna-Mrs. Roy Marner, Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Joe W. Erb, Wellman, Iowa), one sister (Mrs. Bella Schrock, Albany, Oreg.), 12 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. She lived for 48 years in Iowa. In 1949 she moved to Colorado Springs, Colo., where she united with the Knob Hill Pilgrim Holiness Church. Funeral services were conducted in Colorado Springs, May 23, in charge of Ray Gilbert; interment near South English, Iowa, May 25, in charge of Earl Erb

  
  

• Sources

  [S338] From Germany to New Life in America. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals. [S561] Yordy/Yotty Connections, Gives year as 1965. [S368] Yordy Family Records.