Ruth Evaline Kirk

The little 2 ½ year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Kirk, Ruth Evaline, died last Wednesday of pneumonia and the funeral was held at 2 o’clock on Friday at the L. D. S. church, Elder Huburt Case, of Omaha, officiating. The church was filled with the relatives and friends to show their sympathy for the bereaved parents.

#2-Published in the Blair Democrat March 15, 1917

Ruth Evelyn Kirk, aged 2 ½ years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kirk, died Wednesday of last week of pneumonia. Ruth was a very sweet little child, who by her winning ways had endeared herself to relatives, friends and neighbors alike. The funeral was held Friday from the L.D.S. Chapel, and was conducted by Elder Huburt Case, pastor of the L. D.S. Church of Omaha. Misses Cora Stricklett and Vanola Brunton and Messrs. F.W. Arndt and Don C. VanDeusen sang three beautiful hymns, one especially appropriate being “Safe in the Arms of Jesus.” Four little girls, members of the junior class of the L.D.S. Sunday School, acted as pall bearers, and the little white casket was completely covered with the beautiful floral tributes sent. The little one was laid to rest in the Carter family lot, mourned by all who knew and loved the little one in the short time she was permitted to be with her parents in their earthly home.

~The Blair Burial record have her death date 3/9/1917

~~~ Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~