Daniel Z. Birky

1876 - 1958  (81 years)

• Name	Daniel Z. Birky  [1]
  Birth	18 Feb 1876	Tazewell Co., IL
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Mennonite
  Residence	1896	Cuming Co., NE   [2]
  	With his parents at age seven.
  Death	15 Jan 1958	Geneva, Fillmore Co., NE
  Burial	NE
  	Beemer Cemetery
  Person ID	I8144	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Bishop Joseph H. Birky,   b. 25 Nov 1850, Tazewell Co., IL d. 25 Sep 1927, Beemer, Cuming Co., NE (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Katherine Zimmer,   b. 11 Oct 1855, Zurich, Hay Co., Ontario, Canada d. 27 Nov 1941, Bancroft, Cuming Co., NE (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1875	Delavan, Tazewell Co., IL   [2]
  Family ID	F2000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Schertz,   b. 12 Feb 1874, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 12 Mar 1960, NE (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1900
  Family ID	F5736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2014

  
  

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  Birth - 18 Feb 1876 - Tazewell Co., IL Residence - 1896 - Cuming Co., NE Death - 15 Jan 1958 - Geneva, Fillmore Co., NE  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 7 - February 18, 1958-page 166, 167 Birky, Daniel, son of the late Joseph H. and Katie (Zimmer) Birky, was born in Tazewell County, Ill., Feb. 18, 1876; passed away at the Sunset home for the Aged near Geneva, Nebr., Jan. 15, 1958; aged 81 y. 10 m. 28 d. Death was the result of a heart attack. At the age of seven he moved with his parents to Decatur Co., Kans. In 1896 they moved to Cuming Co., Nebr. In his youth he accepted Christ as his Saviour and was received into the Mennonite Church remaining faithful until death. In 1900 he was married to Lydia Shertz of Hopedale, Ill. In 1925, he was ordained to the office of deacon in which capacity he served for 32 years. He leaves his wife, one daughter (Mrs. Gideon Miller, Beemer, Nebr.), 4 brothers (Amos, Tangent, Oreg.; Joe, Beemer, Nebr.; Simon, Detroit Lakes, Minn.; and Jake, Strang, Nebr.), 5 sisters (Katie-Mrs. Henry Steider, and Lizzie-Mrs. C. S. Oswald, Shickley, Nebr.; Sadie-Mrs. Joe Eichelberger, Emma-Mrs. Dan Nitzsche and Alma-Mrs. Ed. Wittrig, all of Beemer, Nebr.), and 7 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Plum Creek Mennonite Church, in charge of P. O. Oswald, Sam Oswald, A. M. Miller and Earnest Kauffman. Interment in the Beemer Cemetery.

  
  

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  [S134] Descendants of Christian Birky. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.