IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF THE SILVER LINING, IN THE REMEMBERING OUR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE SECTION. THE HISTORY OF ELDER BENEDICT WEYENETH WAS COVERED BY BROTHER PERRY KLOPFENSTEIN. SO THIS NEWSLETTER WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMEMBER WEYENETH IN ITS OWN WAY BY REVIEWING THE WEYENETH FAMILY HISTORY.

BORN JUNE 2, 1819, LIPPERDWIL, CANTON, THURGAU, SWITZERLAND.

PARENTS BENEDICT AND MARIA (BAUMBERGER) WEYENETH.

MARRIED ELIZABETH BLUNIER, NOVEMBER 20, 1850, SWITZERLAND.

CHILDREN: PRISCILLA, LYDIA, ALPHAI, EVODIA, SINTICHE, LOIS, EUNICE.

DIED DECEMBER 11, 1887, BURIED OLD ROANOKE CHURCH CEMETERY.

BORN MARCH 31, 1824, TRUB, CANTON, BERN, SWITZERLAND.

PARENTS CASPER AND ELSBETH (SCHOENTHAL) BLUNIER.

MARRIED BENEDICT WEYENETH, NOVEMBER 20, 1850, SWITZERLAND.

CHILDREN: PRISCILLA, LYDIA, ALPHAI, EVODIA, SINTICHE, LOIS, EUNICE.

DIED NOVEMBER 12, 1894, BURIED OLD ROANOKE CHURCH CEMETERY.

BENEDICT WEYENETH 1819 - 1887

(WIFE) ELIZABETH (BLUNIER) WEYENETH 1824 - 1894

(DAUGHTER) PRISCILLA (WEYENETH) LIEBIG 1854 - 1941

(DAUGHTER) LYDIA WEYENETH 1855 - 1855

(SON) ALPHAI WEYENETH 1856 - 1928

(DAUGHTER) EVODIA (WEYENETH) GUDEMAN 1857 - 1929

(DAUGHTER) SINTICHE (WEYENETH) ALTORFER 1859 - 1909

(DAUGHTER) LOIS (WEYENETH) GUDEMAN 1862 - 1895

(DAUGHTER) EUNICE (WEYENETH) STEIDINGER 1864 - 1945

BORN JANUARY 28, 1854, MORTON, ILLINOIS

MARRIED MARTIN LIEBIG, FEBRUARY 17, 1876.

DIED JANUARY 31, 1941, BURIED OLD ROANOKE CHURCH CEMETERY.

PRISCILLA (WEYENETH) LIEBIG 1854 - 1941

(HUSBAND) MARTIN LIEBIG 1851 - 1908

(SON) JUNEAS LIEBIG 1877 - 1939

(DAUGHTER) ELIZABETH LIEBIG 1878 - 1960

(SON) LEVI LIEBIG 1881 - 1960

(SON) JESSE LIEBIG 1882 - 1952

(DAUGHTER) EMMA (LIEBIG) KEMPF 1884 - 1965

(SON) BENEDICT LIEBIG 1886 - 1949

(SON) GEORGE LIEBIG 1888 - 1946

(DAUGHTER) SOPHIA (LIEBIG) JONES 1888 - 1946

(SON) ELI LIEBIG 1889 - 1965

(DAUGHTER) MARY (LIEBIG) WELK 1891 - 1979

(DAUGHTER) ANNA LIEBIG 1893 - 1896

(SON) JOSEPH LIEBIG 1896 - 1972

BORN FEBRUARY, 1855, MORTON, ILLINOIS.

DIED AUGUST, 1855, BURIED WEYENETH FAMILY FARM.

ROANOKE

ALPHA WEYENETH, WELL KNOWN RETIRED FARMER, DIED AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY FRIDAY MORNING. HE HAD BEEN AFFLICTED WITH DROPSY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HAD BEEN CONFINED TO HIS HOME FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. MR. WEYENETH WAS WELL KNOWN, HAVING LIVED IN THIS VICINITY ALL HIS LIFE. HE WAS PAST 72 YEARS OF AGE AND RETIRED FROM THE FARM AND MOVED TO TOWN FOUR YEARS AGO. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, FOUR DAUGHTERS AND SEVEN SONS; ALSO THREE SISTERS. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD TUESDAY MORNING. SHORT SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE HOME AND THENCE TO THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH SOUTHWEST OF TOWN, ELDER MICHAEL MANGOLD BEING IN CHARGE OF THE SERVICES. THE INTERMENT WAS IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY.

BORN JUNE 2, 1856, MORTON, ILLINOIS.

MARRIED ROSE GERBER, AUGUST 5, 1882.

DIED DECEMEBER 8, 1928, BURIED OLD ROANOKE CHURCH CEMETERY.

ALPHAI WEYENETH 1856 - 1928

(WIFE) ROSE (GERBER)WEYENETH 1859 - 1950

(SON) ELIAS WEYENETH 1883 - 1964

(DAUGHTER) HANNAH WEYENETH 1885 - 1885

(DAUGHTER) ELIZABETH (WEYENETH) BROQUARD 1886 - 1975

(SON) BENEDICT WEYENETH 1887 - 1971

(DAUGHTER) ANNA (WEYENETH) LEMAN 1889 - 1986

(SON) MICHAEL WEYENETH 1891 - 1972

(SON) SILAS WEYENETH 1892 - 1978

(SON) PHILIP WEYENETH 1894 - 1958

(DAUGHTER) MARY (WEYENETH) REIMAN 1896 - ????

(SON) DAVE WEYENETH 1901 - 1965

(DAUGHTER) ESTHER WEYENETH 1903 - 1950

(SON) LESTER WEYENETH 1903 - 1976

4. EVODIA (WEYENETH) GUDEMAN 1857 - 1929

ROANOKE

MRS. DAVID GUDEMAN DIED AT FRANCISVILLE, IND., ON JAN. 26. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD AT THAT PLACE ON TUESDAY, MRS. GUDEMAN WAS MISS WEYENETH BEFORE HER MARRIAGE. ONE SISTER, MRS. STEIDINGER, LIVES AT FAIRBURY AND ANOTHER SISTER, MRS. PRISCILLA LIEBIG IN ROANOKE. THE LATE ALPHAIA WEYENETH OF THIS PLACE WAS A BROTHER. MR. AND MRS. GUDEMAN LIVED NEAR HERE FOR A TIME AND WELL KNOWN TO OUR PEOPLE.

BORN OCTOBER 5, 1857, ROANOKE, ILLINOIS.

MARRIED DAVID GUDEMAN, FEBRUARY 23, 1908.

DIED JANUARY 26, 1929, BURIED OLD ROANOKE CHURCH CEMETERY.

EVODIA (WEYENETH) GUDEMAN 1857 - 1929

(BROTHER-IN-LAW/HUSBAND) DAVID GUDEMAN 1858 - 1949

(AUNT/STEPDAUGHTER) CORDELIA (GUDEMAN) LEMAN 1883 - 1973

(AUNT/STEPDAUGHTER) IDA GUDEMAN 1884 - 1940

(AUNT/STEPCHILD) UNNAMED GUDEMAN 1886 - 1886

(AUNT/STEPDAUGHTER) ELIZABETH (GUDEMAN) PFISTER 1887 - 1980

(AUNT/STEPSON) WILLIAM GUDEMAN 1889 - 1890

(AUNT/STEPDAUGHTER) MAGDALENA (GUDEMAN) GUTWEIN 1890 - 1967

(AUNT/STEPSON) DAVID GUDEMAN 1894 - 1985

FUNERAL OF MRS. ALTORFER

SPECIAL TRAIN RUN FROM PEKIN TO ROANOKE CARRYING FRIENDS.

THE FUNERAL OF MRS. HENRY ALTORFER WAS HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH AND IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE LARGEST FUNERAL EVER HELD IN THAT VICINITY. A SPECIAL TRAIN WAS RUN FROM PEKIN, CARRYING SCORES OF FRIENDS FROM PEKIN, GROVELAND, TREMONT, PEORIA AND MORTON. FRIENDS WERE ALSO PRESENT FROM INDIANA, CISSNA PARK, FAIRBURY, GRIDLEY AND ELGIN. THE SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY ELDER HOHULIN OF CONGERVILLE AND ELDER HARTMAN OF WASHINGTON.

BORN MARCH 27, 1859, ROANOKE, ILLINOIS.

MARRIED HENRY ALTORFER, APRIL 23, 1882.

DIED MAY 27, 1909,BURIED OLD ROANOKE CHURCH CEMETERY.

SINTICHE (WEYENETH) ALTORFER 1859 - 1909

(HUSBAND)HENRY ALTORFER 1859 - 1941

(SON) SILAS ALTORFER 1884 - 1934

(SON) ALPHEUS ALTORFER 1886 - 1972

(DAUGHTER) ELIZABETH (ALTORFER) GETZ 1887 - 1969

(DAUGHTER) ANNA (ALTORFER) ZIMMERMAN 1889 - 1978

(DAUGHTER) MARY ALTORFER 1891 - 1919

(DAUGHTER) LOIS (ALTORFER) LEMAN 1893 - 1927

(DAUGHTER) EUNICE (ALTORFER) GETZ 1895 - 1956

(DAUGHTER) ROSE (ALTORFER) GETZ 1897 - 1975

(DAUGHTER) EMMA (ALTORFER) LEMAN 1899 - ????

(SON) HENRY ALTORFER 1902 - 1985

6. LOIS (WEYENETH) GUDEMAN 1862 - 1895

BORN MAY 10, 1862, ROANOKE, ILLINOIS.

MARRIED DAVID GUDEMAN, SEPTEMBER 4, 1881.

DIED APRIL 14, 1895, BURIED OLD ROANOKE CHURCH CEMETERY.

LOIS (WEYENETH) GUDEMAN 1862 - 1895

(HUSBAND) DAVID GUDEMAN 1858 - 1949

(DAUGHTER) CORDELIA (GUDEMAN) LEMAN 1883 - 1973

(DAUGHTER) IDA GUDEMAN 1884 - 1940

UNNAMED GUDEMAN 1886 - 1886

(DAUGHTER) ELIZABETH (GUDEMAN) PFISTER 1887 - 1980

(SON) WILLIAM GUDEMAN 1889 - 1890

(DAUGHTER) MAGDALENA (GUDEMAN) GUTWEIN 1890 - 1967

(SON) DAVID GUDEMAN 1894 - 1985

MRS. MARTIN STEIDINGER DIED MONDAY NIGHT

MRS. MARTIN STEIDINGER, FOR MANY YEARS A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY AND VICINITY, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME ON EAST ELM STREET ON MONDAY NIGHT AT 11:55 O’CLOCK. SHE WAS AGED 82 YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS.

EUNICE (WEYENETH) STEIDINGER WAS BORN IN WOODFORD COUNTY, DECEMBER 2, 1864, A DAUGHTER OF THE REV. BENEDICT AND ELIZABETH (BLUNIER) WEYENETH.

ON JULY 1, 1888, AT ROANOKE, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARTIN STEIDINGER, FOR MANY YEARS THEY RESIDED ON A FARM SOUTHEAST OF FAIRBURY, MOVING INTO THIS CITY 15 YEARS AGO.

SURVIVING BESIDES HER HUSBAND ARE THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: MRS. EVADIA BAHLER, FAIRBURY; MRS. NETTIE EDELMAN, OF BERN, KAN.; ELIAS, JOSEPH SALOME, BENJAMIN, EUNICE AND URBAN, OF FAIRBURY. THIRTY-NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ALSO SURVIVE.

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH, OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE O’CLOCK. INTERMENT WAS IN THE EAST GRACELAND CEMETERY.

BORN DECEMBER 2, 1864, ROANOKE, ILLINOIS.

MARRIED MARTIN STEIDINGER, JULY 1, 1888.

DIED AUGUST 6, 1945, BURIED EAST GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY.

EUNICE (WEYENETH) STEIDINGER 1864 - 1945
(HUSBAND) MARTIN STEIDINGER 1863 - 1957

(DAUGHTER) EVODIA (STEIDINGER) BAHLER 1889 - 1977

(DAUGHTER) NATHALIA "NETTIE" (STEIDINGER) EDELMAN 1890 - 1973

(SON) ELIAS STEIDINGER 1893 - 1972

(SON) JOSEPH STEIDINGER 1894 - 1988

(DAUGHTER) SALOME STEIDINGER 1895 - 1981

(SON) BENJAMIN STEIDINGER 1901 - 1978

(DAUGHTER) EUNICE STEIDINGER 1903 - 1996

(SON) URBAN STEIDINGER 1905 - 1986

MICHAEL WEYENETH 1891 - 1972

REV. WEYENETH RITES TOMORROW

SERVICES FOR THE REV. MICHAEL H. WEYENETH, 81, A RESIDENT OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN HOME ON SKYLINE DR. THE LAST TWO YEARS, WILL BE AT 10 A. M. TOMORROW IN SHERIDAN ROAD APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

CHURCH MINISTERS WILL OFFICIATE, AND BURIAL WILL BE IN ROANOKE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.

FRIENDS MAY CALL AT WILTON MORTUARY 2 TO 4 AND 6 TO 9 P. M. TODAY AND IN THE CHURCH ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICES.

REV. WEYENETH DIED AT 1:45 A. M. YESTERDAY AT METHODIST HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED SEPT. 27.

A FORMER RESIDENT OF W. RICHWOODS BLVD., REV. WEYENETH WAS MINISTER OF SHERIDAN ROAD APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH. HE WAS A SUPERVISOR AT THE ABC CO. 35 YEARS PRIOR TO RETIRING IN 1956.

BORN JAN. 4, 1891, IN ROANOKE, A SON OF ALPHAI AND ROSA GERBER WEYENETH, HE MARRIED EMMA HODEL IN ROANOKE MARCH 27, 1921.

SURVIVING ARE HIS WIDOW; ONE SON, ROBERT OF FORT WAYNE, IND.; TWO BROTHERS, JIM OF ROANOKE AND LESTER OF PEORIA; FOUR SISTERS, MRS. ANNA LEMAN AND MISS ESTHER WEYENETH, BOTH OF ROANOKE, MRS. ELIZABETH BROQUARD OF PEORIA AND MRS. MARY REIMAN, IN FLORIDA; AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS.

INFORMATION FROM WILLIS L. HUNZIKER OF PEORIA