Obit for John Mitchell CURRIE, (b.1861 d.1948), Pine Co., MN
(Abstract of Article)

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This is from "The Hinckley News," the week 
of May 13, 1948:

"Obsequies For Pioneer Resident"

John Mitchell Currie
Born: May 1, 1861, in Ontario, Canada
Parents: John and Margaret Mitchell Currie, natives of Scotland
Came to Ontario in the early fifties
Education: Ontario Collegiate Institute
Came to the United States, in 1883
Hinckley in 1892(owned a drug store for 5 years) 
Death: May 11th
Member: Memorial Committee (for Hickley fire)
Member: Town Board of Hinckley, 
Served: Hinckley school board
Marriage: 1888 to Amy Conger (d.1920, age 50) of Mora, Minnesota  
Children: Ethel
          Clarence 
          John
          Sidney
          Kenneth above all of Hinckley
          Earl of Minneapolis
          Beatrice (Mrs. Olaf Hondrum) of Bagdad, Arizona 
          Genevieve (Mrs. Edward Jahn) of Gonzales, Texas
Thirty one grandchildren
Fifteen great grandchildren 
Brothers: William, of Mora, Minn.
          Gillian of Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada
Sisters: Sarah 
         Beatrice (both of Edmonds, Washington)
Funeral: two o'clock May the thirteenth, at the First Presbyterian Church
Officiating: Rev. Milton Ahrens of Carlton 
Casket bearers: D. W. Nichols, Wm. Kaltenhauser, Lester Dalzell, Charles 
Bork, Patrick Healy and Nels Swendsen
Singer: Mrs. Donald Clauson 
Piano: Miss Hattie Skinner
Attending from out of town: 
Mrs. Olaf Hondrum of Bagdad, Arizona
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Currie and daughter, Rose Marie, of Minneapolis
Mrs. Edward Jahn of Gonzales, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Solway Hondrum of Willmar, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Currie of Olivia, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Davidson of Beroun
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Serline and Mrs. Jessie Andrist of Mora
Mr. and Mrs. George Luckman of Cumberland, Wis.
Mrs. Barbara Turner of Pine City
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Jackman, Mrs. Norman Rom and Mrs. Jessie Jackman of 
Aitkin, Minn., 
William Currie of Mora, Minn.