Alice (Dougherty) McKim (ca. 1854-1935)

DOUGHERTY, DAUGHERTY, MCKIM, GOLDSBERRY, MOORE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:11

From Nevada Evening Journal January 12, 1935 (page 1)

Mrs. Alice McKim Died Friday at Medford, Oregon

Mrs. Alice McKim, 82, died at the home of her son Dr. Clyde Goldsberry at Medford, Oregon, Friday morning according to word received here by the son Ralph E. McKim.

Mrs. McKim had been in failing health for two years and the decline had been especially noticeable during the past two months.

Particulars regarding the funeral and interment are yet undetermined here, but it is thought probable that the services will be held at Medford, and the body brought back to Iowa later and laid to rest in the family lot in the Iowa Center cemetery.

Mrs. McKim leaves two sons Ralph E. McKim of Nevada and Dr. Clyde Goldsberry of Medford, Oregon. A third son Sidney Goldsberry died in 1910.

She also leaves a sister Anna Daugherty of Des Moines, Frank Daugherty of Waukee and John Daugherty who is in the west.

Mrs. McKim was born in Indiana a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Daugherty and came to town when a small girl. The family home was first at Iowa Center --- ------ at Nevada.

Another sister Mrs. Emma Moore --- ----- years ago.

From Nevada Evening Journal January 15, 1935 (page 3)

Funeral Services for Mrs. Alice McKim Thursday Afternoon

The body of Mrs. Alice McKim, 82, longtime Nevada woman, who died at Medford, Oregon, on Friday, January 11, is expected to arrive in Nevada Thursday at 11:35 a. m. on the Columbine, over the Northwestern.

Funeral services will be held at the Morfoot Funeral home at 2:00 p. m., Thursday, after which the funeral party will accompany the body to Iowa Center, where there will be brief interment service at the grave in the family lot in Evergreen cemetery.

Mrs. McKim, mother of Ralph E. McKm of Nevada and sister of Miss Anna Daugherty of Des Moines, had been living with her son, Dr. Clyde Goldsberry in Medford for the past several years.

She was well known in Nevada where she had spent the greater part of her life.

SUBMITTER'S NOTE: Alice Dougherty married (1) Charles Goldsberry 16 November 1876 in Story County, Iowa and (2) Daniel Edmunds McKim on 15 November 1885 in Nevada, Story County, Iowa.