![]() ![]() Survivors include his wife two daughters, Janet Adams, McHenry, and Donna (Earl) Hass, Woodstock a son, Robert (Sharon) Emery, Columbia, Mo. He enjoyed playing bridge, woodworking, bicycling, gardening and being with family and friends. They were members of the Harvard Milk Center Squares, a square-dancing club. After retiring, he enjoyed traveling with his wife. He also worked as a musician, mechanic and carpenter. He worked for the Progressive Milk Association as a milk check tester and a field man. He was a dairy farmer in rural Woodstock for many years. He married Aimee Kiltz May 8, 1937, in Woodstock. He was born July 27, 1915, to Ray and Ada (Barden) Emery in Toluca, Mont. 17, 2006, at Sunrise of Crystal Lake Assisted Living Home. Emery, 91, formerly of rural Woodstock, died Sunday, Sept. Northeastern Illinois Obituary Collection - 273 Northeastern Illinois Obituary and Death Notices Collection (From Various Funeral Homes in the suburbs of Chicago and Joliet areas.) Northeastern Illinois Obituary and Death Notice Collection Birk, please visit our floral - Northeastern Illinois Obituary Collection - 273 - Obituary and Death Notices Collection from Northeastern Illinois In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church Sewing Circle C/O Grace Lutheran Church. The Visitation will be from 10:00 am until the Memorial Service at 11:00 am. There will be a gathering of family and friends to celebrate Marge's beautiful life on Saturday, Januat Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Rd, Woodstock, Illinois 60098. Birk, a Stepdaughter Marilyn Gluth Troha, a Step Grandson Michael Gluth and a Step Granddaughter Kathy Birk. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband May 11th, 1998, her sisters Eveline Young, Eleanora Cavin, Laverna Schuld, Lillian Schuld, Rose Staver, Lorraine Staver, twin brothers Raymond and Roy Brunner, a Stepson William L. She is survived by a Step Daughter-In-Law, Eunice Birk of Spokane Washington 5 Step Grandchildren 11 Step Great Grandchildren Step Great Great Grandchildren, and her extended family, Robert and Meg Hagen, dear Grandson Jamie Hagen, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Her African Violets were some of her prized possessions and were the envy of many. She also enjoyed playing cards with many friends and family and was an avid Cub fan. She was a member of the Women of the Moose in Harvard, and also the Golden Agers of the Moose, where she also was a volunteer. “It makes your day to know you have helped people," she said. In 2021 alone, the Sewing Circle has served 10 local nursing homes with 65 crocheted lap blankets, 213 lap quilts, 181 walker bags, 57 wheelie bags, 34 cell phone bags, 218 poly bags, 95 small pillows, and 93 neck pillows an additional 175 quilts were donated to Lutheran World Relief. She just retired from this leadership role last November. ![]() She was a great volunteer at the church, working on funeral lunches, sewing circle for years and the leader of sewing circle for 50 years. She also worked for Allied Printing, The Woodstock Sentinel, and was a member of Grace Lutheran Church of Woodstock for 78 years. She worked at the Woodstock Hospital on South Street for 13 years, where she was the first Housekeeper Supervisor. They were married 6 weeks short of their 60" anniversary. She was born on Palm Sunday, March 28th, 1920, in Big Foot, Illinois to Charles and Ida (Miller) Brunner. Birk of Woodstock, Illinois, passed peacefully into eternal life on December 22nd 2021, at St.
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