Amelia Burkey^[1]

1876 - 1915  (38 years)

• Name	Amelia Burkey
  Birth	16 Jun 1876
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 May 1915
  Person ID	I9279	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Christian Burkey,   b. 6 Mar 1847, Tazewell Co., IL d. 13 Feb 1933, Walnut Twp., Bureau Co., IL (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Catherine Albrecht,   b. 2 Apr 1850, IL d. 5 Aug 1920, IL (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F2020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Eigsti
  Family ID	F6536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Eigsti. - Amelia M. Eigsti (nee Berkey) was born June 16, 1876, near Ohio, Ill.; died of a light cancer of the glands, May 19, 1915; aged 38 y. 11 m. 3 d. At fourteen years of age she was converted and united with the Mennonite Church of which she remained a faithful member until death. On Feb. 19, 1902, she was united in matrimony to William J. Eigsti of Buda, Ill. To this union were born two boys (Walter and Howard) and one daughter (Kathryn). She leaves to mourn her early departure, husband, three children, parents, five brothers, one sister, besides many relatives and friends. She was buried in the Willow Springs Cemetery where funeral services were conducted by Bro. A. H. Leaman of Chicago. Text, II Tim. 4:7, 8.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).