Mrs. Mary Annie Kirgis, 89, of 1816 Otley Ave., who came to the Perry vicinity by covered wagon in 1880, passed away Thursday at her home.
Mrs. Kirgis was born Nov. 29, 1857, at Gutenberg, Germany, the daughter of John and Christine Appenzeller.
She came to this country with her parents when she was a girl of 10, and settled near Sterling, Ill. In less than a year, the family migrated to Kansas in a covered wagon.
To Perry in 1880
She moved from Kansas to Perry in a covered wagon in 1880, settling on a farm three miles east of the city.
Her husband passed away at the farm in 1912. Mrs. Kirgis continued to live there until 1919, when she moved to Perry.
Mrs. Kirgis was the mother of 12 children, 11 of whom are living as a pioneer woman lived the life of hard work which would astound the mothers of today.
Hard Work
The baking, cooking, clothing, all the things that were the children, were cooked or sewed in the home, which lacks date mechanical devices which has eased housework so much in recent years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kirgis will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Bessmer funeral home with the Rev. J. B. Ackman in charge. Burial will be at Violet Hill cemetery.
The body was returned to the residence Friday morning to lie in state there until the time of services.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. P. N. Boyden of Perry, Mrs. J. W. Payton of Dawson, Mrs. W. B; Taylor of Bowman, S. D., Mrs. Fred Payton of Perry, Mrs. Ruth Ellsworth of Greeley Cool., and Martha Kirgis, at home.
Also five sons, John of Perry, George of Bouton, Walter of Woodward, Elmer of Perry, and Sam of Beaumont, tex., 23 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Kirgis was a member of the First Methodist church of Perry.
From The Daily Perry Chief on September 26, 1947.
Contributor: Tatum Anthony
Mrs. Kirgis was born Nov. 29, 1857, at Gutenberg, Germany, the daughter of John and Christine Appenzeller.
She came to this country with her parents when she was a girl of 10, and settled near Sterling, Ill. In less than a year, the family migrated to Kansas in a covered wagon.
To Perry in 1880
She moved from Kansas to Perry in a covered wagon in 1880, settling on a farm three miles east of the city.
Her husband passed away at the farm in 1912. Mrs. Kirgis continued to live there until 1919, when she moved to Perry.
Mrs. Kirgis was the mother of 12 children, 11 of whom are living as a pioneer woman lived the life of hard work which would astound the mothers of today.
Hard Work
The baking, cooking, clothing, all the things that were the children, were cooked or sewed in the home, which lacks date mechanical devices which has eased housework so much in recent years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kirgis will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Bessmer funeral home with the Rev. J. B. Ackman in charge. Burial will be at Violet Hill cemetery.
The body was returned to the residence Friday morning to lie in state there until the time of services.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. P. N. Boyden of Perry, Mrs. J. W. Payton of Dawson, Mrs. W. B; Taylor of Bowman, S. D., Mrs. Fred Payton of Perry, Mrs. Ruth Ellsworth of Greeley Cool., and Martha Kirgis, at home.
Also five sons, John of Perry, George of Bouton, Walter of Woodward, Elmer of Perry, and Sam of Beaumont, tex., 23 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Kirgis was a member of the First Methodist church of Perry.
From The Daily Perry Chief on September 26, 1947.
Contributor: Tatum Anthony
Mrs. Mary Annie Kirgis, 89, of 1816 Otley Ave., who came to the Perry vicinity by covered wagon in 1880, passed away Thursday at her home.
Mrs. Kirgis was born Nov. 29, 1857, at Gutenberg, Germany, the daughter of John and Christine Appenzeller.
She came to this country with her parents when she was a girl of 10, and settled near Sterling, Ill. In less than a year, the family migrated to Kansas in a covered wagon.
To Perry in 1880
She moved from Kansas to Perry in a covered wagon in 1880, settling on a farm three miles east of the city.
Her husband passed away at the farm in 1912. Mrs. Kirgis continued to live there until 1919, when she moved to Perry.
Mrs. Kirgis was the mother of 12 children, 11 of whom are living as a pioneer woman lived the life of hard work which would astound the mothers of today.
Hard Work
The baking, cooking, clothing, all the things that were the children, were cooked or sewed in the home, which lacks date mechanical devices which has eased housework so much in recent years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kirgis will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Bessmer funeral home with the Rev. J. B. Ackman in charge. Burial will be at Violet Hill cemetery.
The body was returned to the residence Friday morning to lie in state there until the time of services.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. P. N. Boyden of Perry, Mrs. J. W. Payton of Dawson, Mrs. W. B; Taylor of Bowman, S. D., Mrs. Fred Payton of Perry, Mrs. Ruth Ellsworth of Greeley Cool., and Martha Kirgis, at home.
Also five sons, John of Perry, George of Bouton, Walter of Woodward, Elmer of Perry, and Sam of Beaumont, tex., 23 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Kirgis was a member of the First Methodist church of Perry.
From The Daily Perry Chief on September 26, 1947.
Contributor: Tatum Anthony
Mrs. Kirgis was born Nov. 29, 1857, at Gutenberg, Germany, the daughter of John and Christine Appenzeller.
She came to this country with her parents when she was a girl of 10, and settled near Sterling, Ill. In less than a year, the family migrated to Kansas in a covered wagon.
To Perry in 1880
She moved from Kansas to Perry in a covered wagon in 1880, settling on a farm three miles east of the city.
Her husband passed away at the farm in 1912. Mrs. Kirgis continued to live there until 1919, when she moved to Perry.
Mrs. Kirgis was the mother of 12 children, 11 of whom are living as a pioneer woman lived the life of hard work which would astound the mothers of today.
Hard Work
The baking, cooking, clothing, all the things that were the children, were cooked or sewed in the home, which lacks date mechanical devices which has eased housework so much in recent years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kirgis will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Bessmer funeral home with the Rev. J. B. Ackman in charge. Burial will be at Violet Hill cemetery.
The body was returned to the residence Friday morning to lie in state there until the time of services.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. P. N. Boyden of Perry, Mrs. J. W. Payton of Dawson, Mrs. W. B; Taylor of Bowman, S. D., Mrs. Fred Payton of Perry, Mrs. Ruth Ellsworth of Greeley Cool., and Martha Kirgis, at home.
Also five sons, John of Perry, George of Bouton, Walter of Woodward, Elmer of Perry, and Sam of Beaumont, tex., 23 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Kirgis was a member of the First Methodist church of Perry.
From The Daily Perry Chief on September 26, 1947.
Contributor: Tatum Anthony
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