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- Obit: Gospel Herald - Volume XLVII , Number 31 - August 4, 1953 ---- page 750
Burkey, --- Fred N., was born Sept. 27, 1884, the son of Christian and Katherine (Albrecht) Burkey. After a lingering illness he passed away in the Perry Memorial Hospital, Princeton, Ill., on July 19, 1953; aged 68 y. 9 m. 24 d. Mr. Burkey was married to Frances Ebersole, Freeport, Ill., Oct. 7, 1915. This union was blessed with 2 children (Edmund, Huntington, Ind., and Elenore Engel, Claytonsville, Ill.). Mr. Burkey leaves to mourn his departure his wife, 3 grandchildren, one sister (Mrs. Anna Guither, Naperville, Ill.), one brother (Edward, Ohio, Ill.), and many nephews, nieces and friends. Early in life he accepted the Lord as his personal Saviour and was baptized and received into the Mennonite Church. Due to his and Mrs. Burkey's great interest in Christian mission they moved to Chicago and took an active part in the many activities in the Mennonite Home Mission. Bro. Burkey worked for a period of 14 years in the office of the Student Placement Bureau in the Moody Bible Institute. He is also a graduate of Goshen College, Goshen, Ind. In 1935 he resigned his position at Moody's because of ill health and later moved to a farm near Ohio, Ill., with a hope he would regain his health. One of his great interests was to help the ill housed, ill clothed, and ill fed. One of his ambitions that he was not able to realize because of his health was that he and Mrs. Burkey could spent their latter years helping in some rescue mission. Funeral services were held at the Willow Springs Mennonite Church, C. Warren Young officiating. Noah M. Roeschley gave the message. Burial was in the Willow Springs Cemetery.
Lived in Oak Park for a while.
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1884 - 1953 (68 years)
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