Zehr, Peter, son of the late Daniel and Catherine (Heiser) Zehr, was born July 25, 1879, at Deer Creek, Ill.; died at his home at Morton, Ill., Nov. 27, 1956; aged 77 y. 4 m. 2 d.
On Jan. 5, 1908, he was united in marriage to Louisa Sutter.
Surviving are 3 sons (Orrie, Roy, and Milton, all of Morton), 4 daughters (Velma. Fannie, and Mary, of Morton, and Doris-Mrs. Robert Yoder, Eureka, Ill.), 13 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Amos, Mackinaw, Ill., and Daniel, Ludlow, Ill.), 2 sisters (Matilda, Morton, Ill., and Ida-Mrs. Joe Birkey, Fisher, Ill.).
One brother, one sister, and 2 grandchildren preceded him in death.
Early in life he took Christ as Saviour and was a lifelong member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the Morton Church on Nov. 29 by Kenneth G. Good, assisted by Howard J. Zehr, with interment in the Pleasant Grove
On Jan. 5, 1908, he was united in marriage to Louisa Sutter.
Surviving are 3 sons (Orrie, Roy, and Milton, all of Morton), 4 daughters (Velma. Fannie, and Mary, of Morton, and Doris-Mrs. Robert Yoder, Eureka, Ill.), 13 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Amos, Mackinaw, Ill., and Daniel, Ludlow, Ill.), 2 sisters (Matilda, Morton, Ill., and Ida-Mrs. Joe Birkey, Fisher, Ill.).
One brother, one sister, and 2 grandchildren preceded him in death.
Early in life he took Christ as Saviour and was a lifelong member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the Morton Church on Nov. 29 by Kenneth G. Good, assisted by Howard J. Zehr, with interment in the Pleasant Grove
Zehr, Peter, son of the late Daniel and Catherine (Heiser) Zehr, was born July 25, 1879, at Deer Creek, Ill.; died at his home at Morton, Ill., Nov. 27, 1956; aged 77 y. 4 m. 2 d.
On Jan. 5, 1908, he was united in marriage to Louisa Sutter.
Surviving are 3 sons (Orrie, Roy, and Milton, all of Morton), 4 daughters (Velma. Fannie, and Mary, of Morton, and Doris-Mrs. Robert Yoder, Eureka, Ill.), 13 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Amos, Mackinaw, Ill., and Daniel, Ludlow, Ill.), 2 sisters (Matilda, Morton, Ill., and Ida-Mrs. Joe Birkey, Fisher, Ill.).
One brother, one sister, and 2 grandchildren preceded him in death.
Early in life he took Christ as Saviour and was a lifelong member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the Morton Church on Nov. 29 by Kenneth G. Good, assisted by Howard J. Zehr, with interment in the Pleasant Grove
On Jan. 5, 1908, he was united in marriage to Louisa Sutter.
Surviving are 3 sons (Orrie, Roy, and Milton, all of Morton), 4 daughters (Velma. Fannie, and Mary, of Morton, and Doris-Mrs. Robert Yoder, Eureka, Ill.), 13 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Amos, Mackinaw, Ill., and Daniel, Ludlow, Ill.), 2 sisters (Matilda, Morton, Ill., and Ida-Mrs. Joe Birkey, Fisher, Ill.).
One brother, one sister, and 2 grandchildren preceded him in death.
Early in life he took Christ as Saviour and was a lifelong member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the Morton Church on Nov. 29 by Kenneth G. Good, assisted by Howard J. Zehr, with interment in the Pleasant Grove
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