Lewis John Yordy

1905 - 1932  (26 years)

• Name	Lewis John Yordy  [1]
  Birth	17 Sep 1905	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Teacher, 1924-25 at Brown School near Fisher, IL
  Religion	Mennonite
  Death	10 Feb 1932	IL   [1, 2]
  Burial	Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL
  	Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I571	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph P. Yordy,   b. 7 Nov 1857, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL d. 19 Feb 1925, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth A. Roeschley,   b. 20 Jul 1862, Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL d. 3 Feb 1953, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1882	Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL   [3]
  	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

  
  

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  Obituary GOSPEL HERALD - February 25, 1932, Page 1039 YORDY--LEWIS J., son of Joseph (deceased) and Elizabeth Yordy, was born Sept. 17, 1905 in Champaign Co., Ill., where he spent the first five years of his life. He then moved with his parents to Woodford Co., where he spent his boyhood days. He passed away, Feb. 10,1932, at the Peoria State Hospital at the age of 26 y. 4 m. 24 d. Though his life was short and handicapped by ill health, he led a useful and active one, spending two years in the teaching profession and three years in business. He recently finished his college work, receiving both the A. B. and B. S. degree. Last December he contracted a severe cold, and his general condition became weakened. About two weeks ago he suffered a complete nervous collapse, and later developed bronchial pneumonia which caused his death. He was a young man of high ideals and sterling Christian character, serving the Church whenever the opportunity presented itself, having united with the Mennonite Church in early youth. The last two years he was elected superintendent of the Y. P. M. of the Roanoke Church. He leaves his mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Yordy) and the following brothers and sisters (Alvin, Anna, Mrs. Josephine Schrock, Ezra, Walter, Jonas and Aaron); also 7 nieces, 4 nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the home Feb. 13. By Bro. Warren Long of Peoria, and at the Roanoke Mennonite Church by Bro. S. M. Kanagy of Chicago, and Bro. John L. Harnish of Eureka. Text, Phil. 1:21. Interment in the church cemetery. Following are remarks made by Alvin Yordy at the Joseph Yordy Reunion, June 10, 1978: "Lewis, the youngest, was never very well. He, too, was adventuresome, loved to travel and even hitch-hiked all the way to California in the late twenties. Farming was not for him. He wasn't suited to the hard work of the farm. After attending Goshen College for several years, he taught rural schools in Illinois. He was admired by his college teachers at the time he received his A.B. degree from Eureka College. Lewis had an appreciation of literature, art, and music, was sensitive, and not well understood even by his family. He loved conversation with his peers. His untimely death was caused by pneumonia at the age of 27.”

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Joseph Yordy Family Record. [S18] Gravestone name and dates, photo in file. [S375] Marriage Record of Joseph P. Yordy and Lizzie A. Roeschley.