Grimes, Catherine Theresa 1844-1911

GRIMES, AHERN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/19/2023 at 11:28:21

MRS. G. C. GRIMES WAS ONE OF THE VERY EARLY SETTLERS.
Mrs. Grimes, wife of G. C. Grimes, residing east of town at the gravel pits; succumbed on Sunday night to an illness of several weeks, shortly after two o’clock. She was taken sick early in December with bronchitis and grip, and her constitution was unable to withstand the long attack of illness, and she passed away at peace with the world to her reward.

Mrs. Grimes was truly an old settler, having come here with her husband in 1869, since which time she resided in Plymouth county. Her maiden name was Catherine Theresa Ahern, and she was born at Hartford, Conn., on August 26, 1844. When she was a girl of twelve, in 1856, her family moved to Jackson, Neb. The country surrounding was a wilderness in those days and the Ahern family were among the first white settlers in that region.

She was united in marriage on July 16, 1866, to G. C. Grimes at Dakota City, Neb., and they came to Plymouth county three years later. Three children blessed their union, Charles, Blanche and James. The last two died when very young.

Besides her husband and son, Mrs. Grimes leaves two brothers, James Ahern of Choate, Ill., and John Ahern, of St. Louis, Mo. The funeral services will be held this morning at ten o’clock at St. Joseph’s church in this city, Rev. F. X. Feuerstein officiating. The pallbearers, old friends and neighbors of the family, will be, Paul Nuebel, J. J. Heissell, Frank Puetz, P. Farrell, P. Hickey, Michael Foley.

Mrs. Grimes was well known in the community, having made her home here for so many years. She was one of the pioneer women, who assisted their husbands in developing the resources of the country, and bore privations and hardships unknown to many women of the younger generation. The isolation of those early days limited the circle of friendships, but the ties and associations were all the stronger and more lasting. The old order gives place to the new, but the highest meed of veneration is due the pioneer.

Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Tuesday, February 28, 1911