Mrs. C. E. Kirk, wife of T. J. Kirk, early Oregon pioneer, died
at the family home at Highland Friday, after an illness of two
days of pneumonia. The funeral will be held at the residence Sunday
at 3 o'clock, with interment in the Highland Cemetery.
Mrs. Kirk was born in Iowa, January 27, 1846. Accompanying her
parents, she started for the West across the plains by ox team
in 1852.
Mrs. Kirk is survived by her husband and nine children, Mrs.
Olive Fellows, of Highland; Mrs. D. E. Frost, of Oregon City;
Frank Kirk, of Highland; Charles Kirk, of Oregon City; George Kirk,
of California; Eugene Kirk, of Highland; Sylvester Kirk, of
Rainier, Or.; Edwin Kirk, of Grays River, Wash.; Mrs. Helen Baker,
of Lents, Or. She also leaves two brothers, J. N. Harrington,
of Sellwood; Edwin Harrington, of Gladstone, and a sister, Mrs.
Emily Hamilton, of Portland. |