WEIR, Kathryn 1862-1949

WEIR, MORRISON

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 10/25/2016 at 11:21:30

Mrs. Kathryn Weir Died Saturday

Mrs. Kathryn Weir died at Spirit Lake Saturday night. She passed away in her sleep. She had been in failing health a number of years and in late months was cared for by a nurse. She was 87 years old on Feb. 7th. Her maiden name was Kathryn Morrison. She was a sister of the late Mrs. Mary Mutch and made her home with the Mutch family in Grundy Center for ten years following the death of her husband, A. S. Weir.

Mrs. Weir was born in Pennsylvania. She came to Waterloo, Ia., with her parents when she was 6 months old. After her marriage she and her husband resided in Petersen, Iowa, for several years where he was in the banking business.

After leaving Grundy Center in 1919 Mrs. Weir moved to Spencer where she made her home with her niece, Mrs. Charles Cuttell and family.

Funeral services were held at Spencer Tuesday forenoon. The body was brought to Grundy Center for burial by the side of her husband in the Grundy Center cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cuttell and son Robert from Spencer and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McWhirter came to Grundy Center for the burial service.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 7 April 1949, pg 8