BIRKY - On the 29th of April, near Hopedale, Ill., after a protracted period of suffering with consumption, Emma, daughter of John C. Birky, aged 22 years, 7 months and 12 days. In her sixteenth year she was baptized as received into church membership. She suffered with patience and submitted herself fully to the will of God. A short time before her death she said to her brothers and sisters, that they should not weep for her; that she was going home. She was buried on the first of May; services were conducted by Joseph Litwiller of Fremont, and Daniel Grieser, of Dewy, Ill.
Her mother was Magdalena Zimmer Birky, who died in 1893
Her mother was Magdalena Zimmer Birky, who died in 1893
BIRKY - On the 29th of April, near Hopedale, Ill., after a protracted period of suffering with consumption, Emma, daughter of John C. Birky, aged 22 years, 7 months and 12 days. In her sixteenth year she was baptized as received into church membership. She suffered with patience and submitted herself fully to the will of God. A short time before her death she said to her brothers and sisters, that they should not weep for her; that she was going home. She was buried on the first of May; services were conducted by Joseph Litwiller of Fremont, and Daniel Grieser, of Dewy, Ill.
Her mother was Magdalena Zimmer Birky, who died in 1893
Her mother was Magdalena Zimmer Birky, who died in 1893
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