News has been received of the death at the state hospital at Elgin of Mrs. Julia Grimm wife of Henry Grimm of this city and daughter of Joseph Miller. Mrs. Grimm was 47 years of age, and twenty-three years of her life she had been a sufferer from mental troubles, that portion of her life having been spent at the state asylum. She leaves with her husband in this city two sons, Henry Jr., who two years ago was stricken with the same malady which has afflicted his mother. He had just attained his twenty-first birthday, and was employed as stenographer for the Rock Island lumber company and had every promise of a successful career when suddenly attacked.
The remains of Mrs. Grimm will arrive from Elgin tonight and the funeral will be held, probably tomorrow afternoon, from the home of Peter Scherer, 931 Fourth avenue.
(The Rock Island Argus - Feb. 24, 1891)
The remains of Mrs. Grimm will arrive from Elgin tonight and the funeral will be held, probably tomorrow afternoon, from the home of Peter Scherer, 931 Fourth avenue.
(The Rock Island Argus - Feb. 24, 1891)
News has been received of the death at the state hospital at Elgin of Mrs. Julia Grimm wife of Henry Grimm of this city and daughter of Joseph Miller. Mrs. Grimm was 47 years of age, and twenty-three years of her life she had been a sufferer from mental troubles, that portion of her life having been spent at the state asylum. She leaves with her husband in this city two sons, Henry Jr., who two years ago was stricken with the same malady which has afflicted his mother. He had just attained his twenty-first birthday, and was employed as stenographer for the Rock Island lumber company and had every promise of a successful career when suddenly attacked.
The remains of Mrs. Grimm will arrive from Elgin tonight and the funeral will be held, probably tomorrow afternoon, from the home of Peter Scherer, 931 Fourth avenue.
(The Rock Island Argus - Feb. 24, 1891)
The remains of Mrs. Grimm will arrive from Elgin tonight and the funeral will be held, probably tomorrow afternoon, from the home of Peter Scherer, 931 Fourth avenue.
(The Rock Island Argus - Feb. 24, 1891)
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