Earl Melvin Birkey
1914 - 1996 (81 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. Earl Melvin Birkey was born on 10 May 1914 in Danvers, McLean Co., IL; died on 8 May 1996 in Urbana, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 11 May 1996 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Retired From Farming In 1982. Former Owners Of Birkey Sound Recording Service.
Notes:
Obit:
BIRKEY, EARL M. - The funeral of Earl M. Birkey, 81, Gibson City, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Gibson City Bible Church, the Rev. Paul Thomason officiating. Burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens, Fisher. He died at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday 5-8-1996 at Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Birkey; three sons, Richard Birkey, Rossville; Vernon Birkey, Lake Lure, NC; and Robert Birkey, Omaha, Neb; two sisters, Lois Bachman, Matamora, and Eleanor Birkey Champaign; two brothers, Harlan Birkey, Rantoul, and Leslie Birkey, Foosland; 11 grand-children; and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was born 5-10-1914 in Danvers, a son of Joe C. and Ida Zehr Birkey. He married Dorothy P. Weaver 9-2-1937 in Fisher. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister. [Contributed by Gail Hahn Hutchcraft].
Died:
Covenant Medical Center
Buried:
East Bend Mennonite CemeteryEarl married Dorothy Pauline Weaver on 2 Sep 1937 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. Dorothy (daughter of Avery Thomas Weaver and Magdelina Kathryn (Lena) Ingold) was born on 25 Feb 1918 in White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., MI; died on 27 Feb 2011 in Gibson City, Ford Co., IL; was buried in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. Richard Daniel Birkey (1.Earl1) Richard married Carol Marjorie Vogel [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
3. Vernon Lee Birkey (1.Earl1) Family/Spouse: Dawn Carter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
4. Robert Eugene Birkey (1.Earl1)
Generation: 3
5. Alan Lee Birkey (2.Richard2, 1.Earl1) 6. Timothy Ray Birkey (2.Richard2, 1.Earl1) 7. Dottie Jean Birkey (3.Vernon2, 1.Earl1)