Samuel Zehr^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1867 - Abt 1937  (70 years)

• Name	Samuel Zehr  [6]
  Nickname	Sam
  Born	27 Feb 1867	Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois, United States   [1, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 9 Mar 1937	Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [1]
  	Address: East Oak Street
  Death	10 May 1937	Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [7, 8]
  	Address: East Oak Street
  _AMTID	190111239285:1030:113173531
  Buried	12 May 1937	Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [1, 8]
  	Address: South Apostolic Christian Cemetery
  Notes	SAMUEL ZEHR 1867 - 1937 SAMUEL ZEHR, SR. SAMUEL ZEHR, SR., WHO FOR MANY YEARS HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY A ND VICINITY, PASSED AWAY AT THE FAMILY HOME ON EAST OAK STREET, MONDAY M ORNING AT 9:30 O’CLOCK, HIS DEATH RESULTING FROM HEART DISEASE AND COMP LICATIONS. HE WAS AGED 70 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. MR. ZEHR, A SON OF JACOB AND ANNA ZEHR, WAS BORN AT MACKINAW, FEBRUARY 2 7, 1867. ON APRIL 26, 1897, AT FORREST, HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LE NA BROQUARD. THEY RESIDED ON A FARM FIVE MILES SOUTH OF FAIRBURY UNTIL M ARCH 1929, WHEN THEY MOVED TO TOWN. HERE ON JULY 25, 1930, MRS. ZEHR PA SSED AWAY. SURVIVING ARE TEN CHILDREN - LENA, ALDINE, CLARA AND SARA, AT HOME; BEN , SAM AND MRS. MARY TRAUB, OF FAIRBURY; MRS. IDA STEFFEN, MRS. ANNA STE FFEN AND MRS. FANNIE STEFFEN, OF CROPSEY. SURVIVING ALSO ARE: EIGHT GRA NDCHILDREN - HARVEY, RUTH, DOROTHY, JUNIOR AND KATHRYN TRAUB; MAXINE AN D RONALD ZEHR AND LENA LOUISE STEFFEN; ONE SISTER, MRS. KATIE BROQUARD, A ND TWO BROTHERS, JOSHUA AND JOSEPH, OF FAIRBURY. HIS PARENTS AND TWO SI STERS, MRS. ANNA BROQUARD AND LYDIA ZIMMERMAN, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THIS CI TY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH BURIAL IN THE SOUTH CEMETERY. THE PALLBEARE RS WERE HIS SIX NEPHEWS, HARVEY AND JOE ZEHR, JOSHUA, GEORGE AND JOE BR OQUARD AND GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, JR.
  Person ID	I56629	Megan's Big Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 1969

  
  

  Father	Jacob Zehr,   b. 25 Jul 1836, Bayern, Germany ,   d. 12 May 1922, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Anna Roth,   b. 29 Sep 1844, Ohio ,   d. 31 Dec 1895  (Age 51 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1864	Woodford, Illinois, United States   [1, 9]
  Family ID	F22509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lena Broquard,   b. 16 Oct 1874, Lacon, Marshall, Illinois, United States ,   d. 25 Jul 1930, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 55 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1897	Forrest, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Benjamin Zehr,   d. Bef Mar 2008   2. Samuel Zehr,   d. Bef Mar 2008   3. Sara Zehr,   d. Bef Mar 2008   4. Clara Zehr,   b. 3 Jan 1899,   d. 23 Sep 1984  (Age 85 years)   5. Lena Zehr,   b. 13 Oct 1901,   d. 20 Oct 2001  (Age 100 years)   6. Mary Leona Zehr,   b. 3 Apr 1903, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States ,   d. 11 Jul 1992, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 89 years)   7. Anna M. Zehr,   b. 10 Mar 1908, Indian Grove, Livingston, Illinois, United States ,   d. 3 Aug 2009, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 101 years)   8. Fannie Mae Zehr,   b. 3 Dec 1912, Indian Grove, Livingston, Illinois, United States ,   d. 14 Oct 2006, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 93 years)   9. Aldine Elizabeth Zehr,   b. 9 Oct 1915, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States ,   d. 2 Mar 2008, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 92 years)   10. Ida Zehr,   d. Bef Mar 2008
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F22516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Feb 1867 - Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois, United States Married - 26 Apr 1897 - Forrest, Livingston, Illinois, United States Died - Address: East Oak Street - Abt 9 Mar 1937 - Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States Death - ,Address: East Oak Street - 10 May 1937 - Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States Buried - Address: South Apostolic Christian Cemetery - 12 May 1937 - Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S738] The Steffen Family . [S706] The Broquard Family . [S407] Obituary of Aldine Steffen . [S477] Obituary of Fannie Mae Steffen . [S416] Obituary of Anna Steffen . [S5073] Mary L. Traub Obituary , Mary L. Traub Obituary; obituary; 13 July 1992; obituary; online; 2 October 2021 . [S691] South Christian Apostolic Cemetery . [S1090] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 . [S797] Find-a-Grave Website .