Alwin Carl Kirmse - Funeral

Alwin Karl Kirmse[1]

Note on the back of the photograph

Who

Alwin Carl Kirmse is the son of Wilhelm Kirmse and Martha Margaretha Cordes.

Story

Alwin died as a teenager from appendicitis on September 28, 1928, in the Cherokee Hospital, Cherokee, Oklahoma.

Date

September 30, 1928 - Date of funeral

Location

Alva, Oklahoma - the casket is shown in front of the Zion Lutheran Church alter in Alva.

Gravestone

Alwin K. Kirmse Gravestone

Death Documentation

Death Certificate

Zion Lutheran Death Register[2]

Page: 348
Year: 1928
Number 2
Name: Alwin Carl Kirmse
Death Date: Sept 28, 1928 8:15 p.m. in Hospital in Cherokee
Burial Date: Sept 30
Age: 17 year 3 month 2 day
Kin: Eltern (Parents), GroMuther (Grandmother), Ein (1) Bruder (Brother), 3 Schwestern (Sisters)

Notes

1. Scanned from photographs shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
2. Scanned from Zion Lutheran Church Records, December, 2003.