The Daily Inter Lake
Monday, June 2, 1952
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MARY A. BIRKY
RITES OBSERVED
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Birky were held Saturday afternoon at the Mennonite Church east of Kalispell by Brother D. D. Brenneman.
During the service a mixed octette sang favorite hymns. Following the services burial was made in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery under the direction of the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home. Grandsons who acted as pallbearers were Elmer Birky, Harry and Ralph Birky, Silas Mast, Virgil and Owen Hockstettler.
Mary Martin, daughter of Nicholas and Katie Martin, was born at Hopedale, Ill., April 9, 1864. She was united in marriage to Jacob Birky and to this union ten children were born of which eight now survive.
In 1886 they moved to Decater County, Kan. and in 1905 moved to Shickley, Neb. In the spring of 1916 they came to Montana and settled at White Sulpher Springs. Mrs. Birky was preceded in death there by her husband in 1917.
In 1928 she moved to the Flathead and had made her home near Creston since that time. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Kauffman near Creston May 27, 1952, at the age of 88.
Mrs. Birky was a life long member of the Mennonite Church.
Surviving her are her four sons Joe of Columbia Falls, Eli of Creston, and Menno and Benjamin of White Sulpher Springs, Mont.; four daughters Mrs. Amelia Miller of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Lea Deeter of Harding, Mont., Mrs. Emma Hockstettler and Mrs. Elizabeth Kauffman both of the Creston community; twenty-nine grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
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Monday, June 2, 1952
page two
MARY A. BIRKY
RITES OBSERVED
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Birky were held Saturday afternoon at the Mennonite Church east of Kalispell by Brother D. D. Brenneman.
During the service a mixed octette sang favorite hymns. Following the services burial was made in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery under the direction of the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home. Grandsons who acted as pallbearers were Elmer Birky, Harry and Ralph Birky, Silas Mast, Virgil and Owen Hockstettler.
Mary Martin, daughter of Nicholas and Katie Martin, was born at Hopedale, Ill., April 9, 1864. She was united in marriage to Jacob Birky and to this union ten children were born of which eight now survive.
In 1886 they moved to Decater County, Kan. and in 1905 moved to Shickley, Neb. In the spring of 1916 they came to Montana and settled at White Sulpher Springs. Mrs. Birky was preceded in death there by her husband in 1917.
In 1928 she moved to the Flathead and had made her home near Creston since that time. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Kauffman near Creston May 27, 1952, at the age of 88.
Mrs. Birky was a life long member of the Mennonite Church.
Surviving her are her four sons Joe of Columbia Falls, Eli of Creston, and Menno and Benjamin of White Sulpher Springs, Mont.; four daughters Mrs. Amelia Miller of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Lea Deeter of Harding, Mont., Mrs. Emma Hockstettler and Mrs. Elizabeth Kauffman both of the Creston community; twenty-nine grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
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The Daily Inter Lake
Monday, June 2, 1952
page two
MARY A. BIRKY
RITES OBSERVED
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Birky were held Saturday afternoon at the Mennonite Church east of Kalispell by Brother D. D. Brenneman.
During the service a mixed octette sang favorite hymns. Following the services burial was made in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery under the direction of the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home. Grandsons who acted as pallbearers were Elmer Birky, Harry and Ralph Birky, Silas Mast, Virgil and Owen Hockstettler.
Mary Martin, daughter of Nicholas and Katie Martin, was born at Hopedale, Ill., April 9, 1864. She was united in marriage to Jacob Birky and to this union ten children were born of which eight now survive.
In 1886 they moved to Decater County, Kan. and in 1905 moved to Shickley, Neb. In the spring of 1916 they came to Montana and settled at White Sulpher Springs. Mrs. Birky was preceded in death there by her husband in 1917.
In 1928 she moved to the Flathead and had made her home near Creston since that time. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Kauffman near Creston May 27, 1952, at the age of 88.
Mrs. Birky was a life long member of the Mennonite Church.
Surviving her are her four sons Joe of Columbia Falls, Eli of Creston, and Menno and Benjamin of White Sulpher Springs, Mont.; four daughters Mrs. Amelia Miller of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Lea Deeter of Harding, Mont., Mrs. Emma Hockstettler and Mrs. Elizabeth Kauffman both of the Creston community; twenty-nine grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
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Monday, June 2, 1952
page two
MARY A. BIRKY
RITES OBSERVED
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Birky were held Saturday afternoon at the Mennonite Church east of Kalispell by Brother D. D. Brenneman.
During the service a mixed octette sang favorite hymns. Following the services burial was made in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery under the direction of the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home. Grandsons who acted as pallbearers were Elmer Birky, Harry and Ralph Birky, Silas Mast, Virgil and Owen Hockstettler.
Mary Martin, daughter of Nicholas and Katie Martin, was born at Hopedale, Ill., April 9, 1864. She was united in marriage to Jacob Birky and to this union ten children were born of which eight now survive.
In 1886 they moved to Decater County, Kan. and in 1905 moved to Shickley, Neb. In the spring of 1916 they came to Montana and settled at White Sulpher Springs. Mrs. Birky was preceded in death there by her husband in 1917.
In 1928 she moved to the Flathead and had made her home near Creston since that time. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Kauffman near Creston May 27, 1952, at the age of 88.
Mrs. Birky was a life long member of the Mennonite Church.
Surviving her are her four sons Joe of Columbia Falls, Eli of Creston, and Menno and Benjamin of White Sulpher Springs, Mont.; four daughters Mrs. Amelia Miller of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Lea Deeter of Harding, Mont., Mrs. Emma Hockstettler and Mrs. Elizabeth Kauffman both of the Creston community; twenty-nine grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
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