Floyd R. Litwiller b. 22 Sep 1927 Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL d. 18 Aug 2017 Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Floyd R. Litwiller[1]

Male 1927 - 2017  (89 years)


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  • Name Floyd R. Litwiller 
    Birth 22 Sep 1927  Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 1941  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hopedale Mennonite Church
    Religion Mennonite 
    Death 18 Aug 2017  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6262  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2018 

    Father Christian C. Litwiller,   b. 27 Jul 1897, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1975, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Emma Zehr 
    Marriage 20 Dec 1923  Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lona Deter,   b. 15 Oct 1928, Coleta, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 2021, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 24 May 1952  Morrison, Whiteside Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Sep 1927 - Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 1941 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 May 1952 - Morrison, Whiteside Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Aug 2017 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      Floyd R. Litwiller, 89, of Hopedale, passed away at 8:34 a.m. Friday (Aug. 18, 2017) at Hopedale Nursing Home.
      He was born Sept. 22, 1927, in rural Delavan, to Christian C. and Emma Zehr Litwiller. He married Lona Deter on May 24, 1952, in Morrison.
      Surviving are his wife; three sons, Richard (Cynthia) Litwiller, Goshen, Ind.; Kenneth (Laura) Litwiller, Nairobi, Kenya; and Brian (Cynthia) Litwiller, rural Delavan; one daughter, Christina Litwiller, Salina, Kan.; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; five sisters, Delora Birkey, Hopedale; Evelyn Good, Urbana; LaVerne (Richard) Petersen, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Ruth Mark, Goshen, Ind.; and Judith (Gary) Muzzy, Orlando, Fla.; brother-in-law, Bruce Burmeister, LaPorte, Ind.; and sister-in-law, Lois Deter, Sterling.

      He was preceded in death by one granddaughter; one infant sister; and two sisters, Carolyn Welch and Beverly Burmeister.
      Floyd graduated from Hopedale High School and took several Bible classes at Goshen College where he met Lona. The two of them served as missionaries in Puerto Rico for the first two years of their marriage. He then farmed in the Hopedale and Delavan area from 1955 to 2004. He was a member of Tazewell County Farm Bureau.
      Floyd was baptized at Hopedale Mennonite Church in 1941. He was a member of Midway Mennonite Church for 33 years before returning to Hopedale Mennonite. He was a member of Gideon’s International for over 30 years and served at Logan County Correctional Center Prison Ministry for over 19 years.

      His funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hopedale Mennonite Church. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in Mennonite Cemetery, Hopedale. Davis-Oswald Funeral Home, Hopedale, is handling the arrangements.
      Memorials may be made to Gideon’s International.

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