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Lydia Berkey Pletcher

11 Feb 1870 – 28 Dec 1896

Birth	11 Feb 1870
Death	28 Dec 1896
Cemetery	Rose Creek Cemetery Rose Creek Township , Thayer County , Nebraska , USA
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27843195

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Link to mother provided by Lisa Garrett (#47372599)

Bio

PLETCHER - On Dec. 28th, 1896, at Gilead, Nebr., Lydia, wife of John Pletcher (maiden name Berkey), died of dropsy and heart trouble, aged 26 years, 10 months and 17 days. She leaves a husband and two little girls, a mother, five sisters and six brothers to mourn their loss, but they need not mourn as those who have no hope, as she left a bright hope that she was one of the redeemed ones. She was buried on the 29th in the Ross Creek cemetery near Reynolds, Neb. Funeral services by Pre. Adkins of Fairbury, Neb., and Pre. Cronck of Gilead. Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXIV, No. 5, March 1, 1897 Lydia Berkey 1870 - 1896 b: 11 Feb 1870 d: 28 Dec 1896 in Gilead, Nebraska--From Pletcher Family Records. NOTE: Obituary giving cemetery location double checked for site. Link to Father provided by Royce E Hostetler (#47447951) Cemetery card but no listing of plot located just taken from family records.

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Family

Parents

• Jacob Berkey 1845–1882
• Leah Bergey Berkey Kilmer 1849–1915

Spouse

• John Firestone Pletcher 1866–1920 FaG

Siblings

• Susannah Berkey Pletcher 1868–1962
• Henry William Berkey 1871–1948
• Jacob P Berkey 1874–1916
• Mary Berkey Hamilton 1876–1961
• Noah Ellsworth Berkey 1879–1963
• John W. Berkey Sr 1881–1973
• Joseph Daniel "Dan" Kilmer 1884–1954
• Cora Kilmer Smith 1886–1984
• Saloma S Kilmer Schoenheinz 1889–1962
• Albert Samuel Kilmer 1892–1977
• Anna Kilmer Stauffer 1894–1985

Children

• Henry Oliver Pletcher 1891–1895 FaG
• Hattie Beulah Pletcher Steiner 1893–1944 FaG
• Leah Viola Pletcher Zook 1896–1979 FaG

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