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Christian Y. Zehr
1864 - 1943 (78 years)-
Name Christian Y. Zehr Born 15 May 1864 , Ontario, Canada 
Gender Male FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19682382 Eby ID Number Waterloo-491001 Died 26 Apr 1943 , Nebraska, USA Buried Salem Cemetery, Shickley, Fillmore, Nebraska, USA Person ID I491001 Generations Last Modified 9 Jun 2025
Father Joseph C. Zehr, b. 8 Sep 1822, , Germany , d. 22 Apr 1915 (Age 92 years) Mother Catherine "Katie" Yoder, b. 7 Mar 1832, , France , d. 4 Jun 1893, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years) Family ID F162153 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Barbara Lichti, b. 7 Nov 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 19 Jan 1927, , Nebraska, USA (Age 59 years) Married 5 Jan 1893 Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 Family ID F300922 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Christian Y. Zehr - Find A Grave
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Notes - Zehr - Christian Y., son of Joseph and Katie Zehr, was born May 15, 1864, in Ontario, Canada; died at the home of his son, Chris, April 26, 1943; aged 78 y. 11 m. 11 d. He accepted Christ as his Saviour in his youth and united with the Mennonite Church, in which he remained a faithful member until death. When a young man, he moved to Thurman, Colo.. where he was united in marriage to Barbara Lichti, Jan, 5, 1893. To this union were born 2 sons, Christian and Aaron, and a daughter, Nancy. He was preceded in death by his companion in 1927, his daughter Nancy in 1837, and his only grandson Dellas in 1930. He with his family moved to Shickley, Nebr., in 1904 where he resided until death. The last 7 years he had been afflicted with heart trouble and dropsy, which he bore very patiently. He leaves to mourn his departure 2 sons (Aaron and Christian, Shickley, Neb.), 2 daugthers-in-law (Linnie and Lydia), and 3 granddaughters (Bernetta, Eunice, and Mary Ellen). He was the last of a family of 14 children to go to his reward. He was of a quiet unassuming nature which won him many friends in the community and among his business associates.
"The lights are gone out in his mansion of clay.
The curtain is drawn, the dweller is away.
The rocker is empty; the glasses laid by,
He has gone to meet the summons on high."
GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XXXVI, No . 7 - May 13, 1943, Page 150, 151
- Zehr - Christian Y., son of Joseph and Katie Zehr, was born May 15, 1864, in Ontario, Canada; died at the home of his son, Chris, April 26, 1943; aged 78 y. 11 m. 11 d. He accepted Christ as his Saviour in his youth and united with the Mennonite Church, in which he remained a faithful member until death. When a young man, he moved to Thurman, Colo.. where he was united in marriage to Barbara Lichti, Jan, 5, 1893. To this union were born 2 sons, Christian and Aaron, and a daughter, Nancy. He was preceded in death by his companion in 1927, his daughter Nancy in 1837, and his only grandson Dellas in 1930. He with his family moved to Shickley, Nebr., in 1904 where he resided until death. The last 7 years he had been afflicted with heart trouble and dropsy, which he bore very patiently. He leaves to mourn his departure 2 sons (Aaron and Christian, Shickley, Neb.), 2 daugthers-in-law (Linnie and Lydia), and 3 granddaughters (Bernetta, Eunice, and Mary Ellen). He was the last of a family of 14 children to go to his reward. He was of a quiet unassuming nature which won him many friends in the community and among his business associates.
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Born - 15 May 1864 - , Ontario, Canada 
Died - 26 Apr 1943 - , Nebraska, USA 
Buried - - Salem Cemetery, Shickley, Fillmore, Nebraska, USA = Link to Google Earth
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