Anna M. Yordy b. 9 Mar 1885 Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL d. 18 Jan 1975 Eureka, Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Anna M. Yordy

Female 1885 - 1975  (89 years)


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  • Name Anna M. Yordy  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 9 Mar 1885  Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 25 Feb 1900  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • East Bend Church by Peter Zehr
    Occupation Missionary-nursing skills 
    Religion Mennonite 
    Death 18 Jan 1975  Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 20 Jan 1975  Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I565  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2018 

    Father Joseph P. Yordy,   b. 7 Nov 1857, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1925, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth A. Roeschley,   b. 20 Jul 1862, Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1953, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1882  Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • At the Amisch Mennonite Church, Roanoke, Woodford Co., by Jacob Zehr, Minister of the Gospel. Witnesses: John J. Roeschley and Joseph Wagner. Joseph was living in rural Roanoke Twp. at the time of marriage and Elizabeth was living in Roanoke. Witnesses to the marriage were John Roeschley and Joseph Wagner (Wagler).
    Family ID F247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Mar 1885 - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 25 Feb 1900 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Jan 1975 - Eureka, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 20 Jan 1975 - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:

      Yordy, Anna M., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Roeschley) Yordy, was born at Flanagan, Ill., Mar. 9, 1885; died at Eureka Hospital, Eureka, Ill., Jan. 18, 1975; aged 89 y. Surviving are 4 brothers (Ezra, Jonas, Walter, and Alvin), and one sister (Mrs. Josephine Schrock). She was a member of Roanoke Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Jan. 20, in charge of Percy Gerig; interment in Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery.


      Following are remarks given by Alvin Yordy at the Joseph Yordy Reunion, June 10, 1978:
      "Anna, the second oldest, spent many years as a missionary and worker at the Mennonite Home Mission, Chicago. Her work with the 'fresh-air children' from low income minority homes was a source of satisfaction to hundreds of children from the inner city. Many had never been on a farm before. Anna had a great appreciation for things artistic and beautiful. I, personally, appreciated her caring for me for six weeks while I was sick with the flu and scarlet fever at Goshen, Indiana, in 1919. She was quarantined along with me and cared for me with her semi-professional nursing skills."

      “Those serving extended periods of time (at Chicago Home Mission)...were Anna Yordy (1885-1975), Eureka, Illinois (as a chiropractor she treated approximately a hundred patients a year as part of the mission work),....Anna Yordy’s statement is characteristic of their spirit: There is not one moment of regret in the long years spent in His service. The only regret is that not more has been accomplished for Him.” [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] Joseph Yordy Family Record.

    2. [S147] Myrna Slagell Park, Arthur Slagel and MCC.

    3. [S540] Emma Oyer, What God Hath Wrought, (Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities), P. 53.

    4. [S1] Donna Schrock Birkey, Personal knowledge and family records, Family Bible.

    5. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.

    6. [S375] Marriage Record of Joseph P. Yordy and Lizzie A. Roeschley.

    7. [S45] Willard H. Smith, Mennonites in Illinois, (Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, 1983), Pp. 149, 153.


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