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- (Research):Gospel Herald - Volume 66, Number 8 - February 20, 1973Steckly, Alvin Roy, son of Joseph and Magdalena (Zimmerman) Steckly, was born at Beaver Crossing, Neb., Aug. 7, 1905; died of cancer Jan. 9, 1973; aged 67 y. 5 m. 2 d. In 1925 he married Mary Lilly Taylor, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Dale, David, and William), 2 daughters (Shirley - Mrs. Richard Gingerich and Marilyn - Mrs. Joseph Lundquist), 18 granchildren, one great-grandchild, 3 brothers (Joseph, Harry and Floyd), 2 sisters (Mrs. Lydia Eicker and Viola), one stepsister (Henrietta - Mrs. Clarence Walline), and one stepbrother (Harold Bradford). He was preceded in death by one son (Floyd Glen) and one sister (Ida - Mrs. Sam Shantz). On Oct. 9, 1939, he was ordained deacon at the West Zion Mennonite Church, Carstairs, Alta. Funeral services were held at the West Zion Mennonite Church on Jan. 9, in charge of Gordon Buschert, Linford Hackman, and Virgil Snyder; interment in the Hopewell Church Cemetery.
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