Birky, Emma, daughter of the late Julius and Barbara (Oswald) Nitzsche, was born in Fulda, Minn., Sept. 20, 1892; passed away at the Corry, Pa., hospital, May 30, 1954; aged 61 y. 8 m. 1 d. She had suffered a heart attack on Thursday from which she seemed to have recovered but on Friday night she had another attack and was taken to the hospital where she gradually grew weaker. She was married to J. W. Birky on Feb. 14, 1912. While in her teens she accepted Christ as her Saviour and for many years served Him faithfully as a minister's wife, always ready to help the busy mothers and the poor by sewing for them or helping in many others ways. Besides her husband, she leaves 2 adopted children (Eva-Mrs. Perry Kauffman, Akron, N. Y., and Paul, Middlebury, Ind.), 14 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 4 brothers (Dan and Arthur, Bancroft, Nebr.; Albert, Amenia, N. Dak.; and Elmer, Cass Lake, Minn.), 4 sisters (Anna-Mrs. Wm. Egli, Manson, Iowa; Bertha Nitzsche, Scottdale, Pa.; Clara-Mrs. Sam Roth, Wisner, Nebr.; and Lillian-Mrs. Leonard Erb, West Point, Nebr.), and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services in charge of D. D. Miller and J. O. Oswald were held on June 1 at the Britton Run Church, near Spartanburg, Pa., where she and her husband have lived for the last 12 years. The body was taken to her girlhood home near Beemer, Nebr., where the services were held at the Plum Creek Mennonite Church on June 4, with Sam Oswald officiating. Interment was made in the Beemer Cemetery.
Birky, Emma, daughter of the late Julius and Barbara (Oswald) Nitzsche, was born in Fulda, Minn., Sept. 20, 1892; passed away at the Corry, Pa., hospital, May 30, 1954; aged 61 y. 8 m. 1 d. She had suffered a heart attack on Thursday from which she seemed to have recovered but on Friday night she had another attack and was taken to the hospital where she gradually grew weaker. She was married to J. W. Birky on Feb. 14, 1912. While in her teens she accepted Christ as her Saviour and for many years served Him faithfully as a minister's wife, always ready to help the busy mothers and the poor by sewing for them or helping in many others ways. Besides her husband, she leaves 2 adopted children (Eva-Mrs. Perry Kauffman, Akron, N. Y., and Paul, Middlebury, Ind.), 14 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 4 brothers (Dan and Arthur, Bancroft, Nebr.; Albert, Amenia, N. Dak.; and Elmer, Cass Lake, Minn.), 4 sisters (Anna-Mrs. Wm. Egli, Manson, Iowa; Bertha Nitzsche, Scottdale, Pa.; Clara-Mrs. Sam Roth, Wisner, Nebr.; and Lillian-Mrs. Leonard Erb, West Point, Nebr.), and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services in charge of D. D. Miller and J. O. Oswald were held on June 1 at the Britton Run Church, near Spartanburg, Pa., where she and her husband have lived for the last 12 years. The body was taken to her girlhood home near Beemer, Nebr., where the services were held at the Plum Creek Mennonite Church on June 4, with Sam Oswald officiating. Interment was made in the Beemer Cemetery.
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