Palatine Enterprise | Palatine, Illinois
Friday, September 3, 1943:
Mt. Prospect Pioneer Dies,
Well Known Here
Mr. William Kirchhoff, whose father was one of the pioneer settlers of Wheeling township, died Saturday morning, August 28, aged 82 years, 9 days. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Prospect Lutheran church with interment in the Lutheran cemetery.
Those left to mourn his departure are his wife, Marie, three sons, Louis, William and George, all farmers on Central rd., Mt. Prospect; three daughters, Mrs. Sophia Zersen, Itasca; Mrs. Louis Freise, Palatine, and Mrs. Laura Stier, Mt. Prospect; 25 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
School Director
One of the first civic jobs that Mr. Kirchhoff undertook, was that of school director of the new school district No. 57, which gave the newly formed village of Mt. Prospect, a school of its own. It was formed from territory that was previously included in Feehanville, District 58 and Des Plaines.
Mr. Kirchhoff became a school director at the organization of the district, remaining on its board 35 years. He helped to build the original building and the four room brick structure. He was always a friends of education. Years after his retirement from the school board he displayed interest as a private citizen in the welfare of the local school system.
William Kirchhoff was the "father" of drainage in this part of Cook county. By invitation, he was one of the original drainage commissioners of Wheeling Drainage district and was one of the organizers of Weller Creek Drainage district, taking the blunt of the work attendant to court approval of the plans. He served both of the districts as commissioner many years.
These two districts today furnish adequate drainage for a large farm territory in the neighborhood of the village of Wheeling and in northern Elk Grove township, including the village of Mt. Prospect.
He visualized the future of adequate drainage that would transform average farm land into truck gardens that would double and triple the value of the land itself.
Friday, September 3, 1943:
Mt. Prospect Pioneer Dies,
Well Known Here
Mr. William Kirchhoff, whose father was one of the pioneer settlers of Wheeling township, died Saturday morning, August 28, aged 82 years, 9 days. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Prospect Lutheran church with interment in the Lutheran cemetery.
Those left to mourn his departure are his wife, Marie, three sons, Louis, William and George, all farmers on Central rd., Mt. Prospect; three daughters, Mrs. Sophia Zersen, Itasca; Mrs. Louis Freise, Palatine, and Mrs. Laura Stier, Mt. Prospect; 25 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
School Director
One of the first civic jobs that Mr. Kirchhoff undertook, was that of school director of the new school district No. 57, which gave the newly formed village of Mt. Prospect, a school of its own. It was formed from territory that was previously included in Feehanville, District 58 and Des Plaines.
Mr. Kirchhoff became a school director at the organization of the district, remaining on its board 35 years. He helped to build the original building and the four room brick structure. He was always a friends of education. Years after his retirement from the school board he displayed interest as a private citizen in the welfare of the local school system.
William Kirchhoff was the "father" of drainage in this part of Cook county. By invitation, he was one of the original drainage commissioners of Wheeling Drainage district and was one of the organizers of Weller Creek Drainage district, taking the blunt of the work attendant to court approval of the plans. He served both of the districts as commissioner many years.
These two districts today furnish adequate drainage for a large farm territory in the neighborhood of the village of Wheeling and in northern Elk Grove township, including the village of Mt. Prospect.
He visualized the future of adequate drainage that would transform average farm land into truck gardens that would double and triple the value of the land itself.
Palatine Enterprise | Palatine, Illinois
Friday, September 3, 1943:
Mt. Prospect Pioneer Dies,
Well Known Here
Mr. William Kirchhoff, whose father was one of the pioneer settlers of Wheeling township, died Saturday morning, August 28, aged 82 years, 9 days. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Prospect Lutheran church with interment in the Lutheran cemetery.
Those left to mourn his departure are his wife, Marie, three sons, Louis, William and George, all farmers on Central rd., Mt. Prospect; three daughters, Mrs. Sophia Zersen, Itasca; Mrs. Louis Freise, Palatine, and Mrs. Laura Stier, Mt. Prospect; 25 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
School Director
One of the first civic jobs that Mr. Kirchhoff undertook, was that of school director of the new school district No. 57, which gave the newly formed village of Mt. Prospect, a school of its own. It was formed from territory that was previously included in Feehanville, District 58 and Des Plaines.
Mr. Kirchhoff became a school director at the organization of the district, remaining on its board 35 years. He helped to build the original building and the four room brick structure. He was always a friends of education. Years after his retirement from the school board he displayed interest as a private citizen in the welfare of the local school system.
William Kirchhoff was the "father" of drainage in this part of Cook county. By invitation, he was one of the original drainage commissioners of Wheeling Drainage district and was one of the organizers of Weller Creek Drainage district, taking the blunt of the work attendant to court approval of the plans. He served both of the districts as commissioner many years.
These two districts today furnish adequate drainage for a large farm territory in the neighborhood of the village of Wheeling and in northern Elk Grove township, including the village of Mt. Prospect.
He visualized the future of adequate drainage that would transform average farm land into truck gardens that would double and triple the value of the land itself.
Friday, September 3, 1943:
Mt. Prospect Pioneer Dies,
Well Known Here
Mr. William Kirchhoff, whose father was one of the pioneer settlers of Wheeling township, died Saturday morning, August 28, aged 82 years, 9 days. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Prospect Lutheran church with interment in the Lutheran cemetery.
Those left to mourn his departure are his wife, Marie, three sons, Louis, William and George, all farmers on Central rd., Mt. Prospect; three daughters, Mrs. Sophia Zersen, Itasca; Mrs. Louis Freise, Palatine, and Mrs. Laura Stier, Mt. Prospect; 25 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
School Director
One of the first civic jobs that Mr. Kirchhoff undertook, was that of school director of the new school district No. 57, which gave the newly formed village of Mt. Prospect, a school of its own. It was formed from territory that was previously included in Feehanville, District 58 and Des Plaines.
Mr. Kirchhoff became a school director at the organization of the district, remaining on its board 35 years. He helped to build the original building and the four room brick structure. He was always a friends of education. Years after his retirement from the school board he displayed interest as a private citizen in the welfare of the local school system.
William Kirchhoff was the "father" of drainage in this part of Cook county. By invitation, he was one of the original drainage commissioners of Wheeling Drainage district and was one of the organizers of Weller Creek Drainage district, taking the blunt of the work attendant to court approval of the plans. He served both of the districts as commissioner many years.
These two districts today furnish adequate drainage for a large farm territory in the neighborhood of the village of Wheeling and in northern Elk Grove township, including the village of Mt. Prospect.
He visualized the future of adequate drainage that would transform average farm land into truck gardens that would double and triple the value of the land itself.
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