Julia (Welch) Kimmick Obituary - Grant County Wisconsin

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Grant Co Herald
August 15, 1928

ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN PASSES

Mrs. Peter Kimmick, after a brief illness of heart failure and other 
complications died at her home on Pea Ridge in the town of Waterloo, Monday 
August 6. The funeral took place Wednesday morning from the home to the St. 
Thomas Catholic church in Potosi and was very largely attended; manifesting the 
high esteem the kind old lady was held in.

Following a Requiem High Mass read by Rev. Fr. Beyer and sermon delivered by 
him, the funeral cortege wended its way to the Catholic cemetery on the hill and 
the last that was mortal of the devoted wife, kind and fond loving mother was 
laid at rest.

Julia Welch was born at Weedsport, New York, October 19, 1856, and at the time 
of her death was 71 years, 9 months and 13 days of age. She was a daughter of 
Patrick and Mary Preston Welch, who came west from New York and settled in Grant 
County in 1869. The deceased was twice married. First to Edward Kimmick, who was 
accidentally killed leaving the widow and two daughters, who survive the Mother. 
She again embarked on the sea of matrimony and on the 27 day of February, 1889, 
was married to Peter Kimmick, cousin of her first husband. To this union were 
born five daughters, all but one survive the mother. Celia, wife of Harry 
Grosser, died ten years ago leaving an infant daughter to the tender care of the 
grandmother. Little Kathlyn, now bordering on the verge of young womanhood, was 
the pride and delight of the grandmother. Mrs. Kimmick was a woman of kind and 
gentle disposition. She was a devoted and helpful wife, a loving and indulgent 
mother, and her ever care was for the welfare of her family. She was a good 
friend and always stood ready to render an act of kindness to anyone in need. 
She was a strong and faithful adherent to the Catholic faith, and died fortified 
with the rights of that religion.  Besides her aged and grief stricken husband 
she is mourned by six daughters, Mrs. Alice Schaal of East Lansing, Mich; Mrs. 
Mamie Kartman of near Cassville, Mrs. Pauline Wilmott, Mrs. Sidney Gillilan, 
Mrs. Harry Grosser, of Potosi, and Miss Genevieve at home; a number of 
grandchildren, a vast number of other relatives and hosts of friends. The 
bereaved father and children have the warm sympathies of their many friends in 
their sad bereavement. The floral tributes were many, costly and beautiful.