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Submitted: 7/19/17 • Approved: 8/26/17 • Last Updated: 3/29/18 • R806001-G0-S3
September 7, 1921 - February 12, 1998
Parents:
Charles Orestes Birkes (1877 - 1949)
Margaret Carolyn McQueen Birkes (1882 - 1973)
Joplin Globe 14 Feb 1998
Hershel Birkes
EXETER, Mo. _ Hershel Birkes, 76, Exeter, died at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, 1998, at a Joplin nursing home after a long illness.
Mr. Birkes was born Sept. 7, 1921, in the Ridgley community near Exeter. He was a lifelong Exeter-area resident. He was a self-employed farmer and cattleman. He was a member of Ridgley Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Mildred Springer, Marionville and Lora Embrey, Appleton City.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Wheaton Funeral Home. The Rev. Bobby Harrison and the Rev. Danny Heuple will officiate. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery, Ridgley.
Contributed on 7/19/17 by judyfrog
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