Zehr.--After a lingering illness of six months, Christian Zehr passed away August 10, 1922, at his home in Deer Creek, Ill.
He was born June 16, 1857, at Hopedale, Ill.
On October 3, 1876, he was married to Anna Kaufmann, who died December 4, 1879.
On October 12, of the following year he was united in marriage to Anna Augsburger and to this union was born one daughter, Alta Barbara.
In 1884 Bro. Zehr moved to Arapahoe, (not transcriber's spelling) Nebr., where he remained until 1893, at which time he returned to Pekin, Ill. Later he moved to Hopedale and then to Deer Creek, where he lived for the last twenty years.
He was aged 65 y. 1 m. 25 d. In early youth he became a member of the Mennonite Church. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife, one daughter, an adopted son, Leslie Stamm, two sisters, Mrs. Mike Saltzman, and Mrs. Barbara Wallace, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the home August 13, conducted by Brethren Jacob Zehr and Jonas Litwiller. Texts Psa. 90, and Job 14: 14,15. Burial in cemetery near Hopedale, Ill.
Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 21
August 24, 1922 - page 415
He was born June 16, 1857, at Hopedale, Ill.
On October 3, 1876, he was married to Anna Kaufmann, who died December 4, 1879.
On October 12, of the following year he was united in marriage to Anna Augsburger and to this union was born one daughter, Alta Barbara.
In 1884 Bro. Zehr moved to Arapahoe, (not transcriber's spelling) Nebr., where he remained until 1893, at which time he returned to Pekin, Ill. Later he moved to Hopedale and then to Deer Creek, where he lived for the last twenty years.
He was aged 65 y. 1 m. 25 d. In early youth he became a member of the Mennonite Church. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife, one daughter, an adopted son, Leslie Stamm, two sisters, Mrs. Mike Saltzman, and Mrs. Barbara Wallace, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the home August 13, conducted by Brethren Jacob Zehr and Jonas Litwiller. Texts Psa. 90, and Job 14: 14,15. Burial in cemetery near Hopedale, Ill.
Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 21
August 24, 1922 - page 415
Zehr.--After a lingering illness of six months, Christian Zehr passed away August 10, 1922, at his home in Deer Creek, Ill.
He was born June 16, 1857, at Hopedale, Ill.
On October 3, 1876, he was married to Anna Kaufmann, who died December 4, 1879.
On October 12, of the following year he was united in marriage to Anna Augsburger and to this union was born one daughter, Alta Barbara.
In 1884 Bro. Zehr moved to Arapahoe, (not transcriber's spelling) Nebr., where he remained until 1893, at which time he returned to Pekin, Ill. Later he moved to Hopedale and then to Deer Creek, where he lived for the last twenty years.
He was aged 65 y. 1 m. 25 d. In early youth he became a member of the Mennonite Church. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife, one daughter, an adopted son, Leslie Stamm, two sisters, Mrs. Mike Saltzman, and Mrs. Barbara Wallace, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the home August 13, conducted by Brethren Jacob Zehr and Jonas Litwiller. Texts Psa. 90, and Job 14: 14,15. Burial in cemetery near Hopedale, Ill.
Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 21
August 24, 1922 - page 415
He was born June 16, 1857, at Hopedale, Ill.
On October 3, 1876, he was married to Anna Kaufmann, who died December 4, 1879.
On October 12, of the following year he was united in marriage to Anna Augsburger and to this union was born one daughter, Alta Barbara.
In 1884 Bro. Zehr moved to Arapahoe, (not transcriber's spelling) Nebr., where he remained until 1893, at which time he returned to Pekin, Ill. Later he moved to Hopedale and then to Deer Creek, where he lived for the last twenty years.
He was aged 65 y. 1 m. 25 d. In early youth he became a member of the Mennonite Church. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife, one daughter, an adopted son, Leslie Stamm, two sisters, Mrs. Mike Saltzman, and Mrs. Barbara Wallace, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the home August 13, conducted by Brethren Jacob Zehr and Jonas Litwiller. Texts Psa. 90, and Job 14: 14,15. Burial in cemetery near Hopedale, Ill.
Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 21
August 24, 1922 - page 415
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