BIRCHMIER, Marthena Muriel: Died 1994

BIRCHMIER, VORHIS, TISDALE, FARLEY, STEWART

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Date: 8/11/2020 at 16:55:48

Muriel Birchmier

Marthena Muriel Birchmier, 76, Pulaski, died April 24, 1994 at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center.

She was born March 2, 1918 near Troy to Schuyler and Mattie Vorhis Tisdale. She married Lester Lewis Birchmier June 2, 1950 in Troy. He died July 25, 1960.

A resident of Davis County all her life, she was a teacher in Missouri and Davis County for 25 years. She was a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, of which she was a life member, Davis County Retired Teachers Association, the Cotierie Club and Shunem Club.

She is survived by two sons, Wayne and Rex, both of Bloomfield; two daughters, Joyce Farley of Bloomfield and Joretta Stewart of Arcadia, Calif.; five grandchildren and a brother, Fred Tisdale of Keosauqua.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 26, 1994 at the Bloomfield United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jon Disburg officiating. Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery.

Memorials have been established to the Bloomfield United Methodist Church or the Ottumwa Regional Health Center Dialysis Department.

Wagler Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Source: "The Hazel Stafford Obituary Collection", Pg. 28, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA