Mrs. Matthew Kirkwood Dies; Native of Kansas - Mrs. Matthew Kirkwood, 71, of 345 West Packard street, died in the Macon county Tuberculosis sanatorium at 8:50 a.m. today. She had been a patient in the sanatorium for the last five weeks.
She was born March 20, 1878, in Crawford County, Kan., a daughter of George and Harriett Huff. She was married Nov 3, 1898 to Matthew Kirkwood in Decatur.
She was a member of the Grace Methodist church; the Queen Ann chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Seattle, Wash.; Royal Neighbors camp 129, Decatur, and the Women’s Benefit association.
She leaves her husband; four sons, Harold of Seattle, Was.; Roy of Champaign, Eugene of Aberdeen, Wash., Charles of Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. Harriett Reed and Mrs. Dorothy Swan, both of Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Murphy of Roberts, Mrs. Alma LaOrange of Great Bend, Kan, and Mrs. Mayme Hart of Chicago, and a brother, James Huff of Oreana.
The body was taken to the Monson’s funeral home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of Eugene Kirkwood from Washington.
The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 11 Jun 1949, Sat. Page 10
She was born March 20, 1878, in Crawford County, Kan., a daughter of George and Harriett Huff. She was married Nov 3, 1898 to Matthew Kirkwood in Decatur.
She was a member of the Grace Methodist church; the Queen Ann chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Seattle, Wash.; Royal Neighbors camp 129, Decatur, and the Women’s Benefit association.
She leaves her husband; four sons, Harold of Seattle, Was.; Roy of Champaign, Eugene of Aberdeen, Wash., Charles of Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. Harriett Reed and Mrs. Dorothy Swan, both of Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Murphy of Roberts, Mrs. Alma LaOrange of Great Bend, Kan, and Mrs. Mayme Hart of Chicago, and a brother, James Huff of Oreana.
The body was taken to the Monson’s funeral home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of Eugene Kirkwood from Washington.
The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 11 Jun 1949, Sat. Page 10
Mrs. Matthew Kirkwood Dies; Native of Kansas - Mrs. Matthew Kirkwood, 71, of 345 West Packard street, died in the Macon county Tuberculosis sanatorium at 8:50 a.m. today. She had been a patient in the sanatorium for the last five weeks.
She was born March 20, 1878, in Crawford County, Kan., a daughter of George and Harriett Huff. She was married Nov 3, 1898 to Matthew Kirkwood in Decatur.
She was a member of the Grace Methodist church; the Queen Ann chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Seattle, Wash.; Royal Neighbors camp 129, Decatur, and the Women’s Benefit association.
She leaves her husband; four sons, Harold of Seattle, Was.; Roy of Champaign, Eugene of Aberdeen, Wash., Charles of Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. Harriett Reed and Mrs. Dorothy Swan, both of Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Murphy of Roberts, Mrs. Alma LaOrange of Great Bend, Kan, and Mrs. Mayme Hart of Chicago, and a brother, James Huff of Oreana.
The body was taken to the Monson’s funeral home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of Eugene Kirkwood from Washington.
The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 11 Jun 1949, Sat. Page 10
She was born March 20, 1878, in Crawford County, Kan., a daughter of George and Harriett Huff. She was married Nov 3, 1898 to Matthew Kirkwood in Decatur.
She was a member of the Grace Methodist church; the Queen Ann chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Seattle, Wash.; Royal Neighbors camp 129, Decatur, and the Women’s Benefit association.
She leaves her husband; four sons, Harold of Seattle, Was.; Roy of Champaign, Eugene of Aberdeen, Wash., Charles of Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. Harriett Reed and Mrs. Dorothy Swan, both of Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Murphy of Roberts, Mrs. Alma LaOrange of Great Bend, Kan, and Mrs. Mayme Hart of Chicago, and a brother, James Huff of Oreana.
The body was taken to the Monson’s funeral home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of Eugene Kirkwood from Washington.
The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 11 Jun 1949, Sat. Page 10
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