Lydia was the youngest of four children of William and Mathilda (Spoerl) Theviot.[1] She grew up in Peru Township, Dubuque, Iowa.[2][3]
She married John Ebert on October 28, 1936.[4] They lived initially with John's parents on the Ebert farm in Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.[5]
Lydia farmed with her husband for 34 years in the Elizabeth area.[6] She was a member of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabeth.[7] John died June 30, 1979 in Elizabeth.
Lydia died at age 94 on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, . She is buried in Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Illinois[8].
She was survived by her son, John Jr. (Sandra) Ebert of Elizabeth; three daughters, Lillian Beyer of Elizabeth, Joanne (Virgil) Martin of Lena, Illinois and Joyce (Randy) Stadel of Mt. Carroll, Illinois; eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Lydia is preceded in death by her parents; husband, John; two sons, LaVerle and LeRoy; a son-in-law, LeRoy Beyer; a grandson, Mark Martin; one brother and two sisters.[9]
Sources
↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V46P-TVW : 1 April 2020), Lydia Theviot, 16 Oct 1915; citing Peru Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,854,311.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJ7-C9X : accessed 19 August 2022), Lydia C Theriot in household of William H Theriot, Peru, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 3A, line 37, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 654; FHL microfilm 2,340,389.
↑ E-Mail Message from Paul Hammerand, "Theviot Family, Sherrill, Iowa," 9/04/03.
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