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Edna H McClain Place Grimm

Female 1911 - 1976  (65 years)


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  • Name Edna H McClain Place Grimm 
    Born 27 Jun 1911  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 Sep 1976  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Olive Hill Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3665  Rossville
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2019 

    Father James Henry McClain,   b. 31 Oct 1868,   d. 13 Aug 1959  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Matilda Austina Eisermann McClain,   b. 2 May 1873,   d. 18 Nov 1940  (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F1952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lewis F Place,   b. 1896,   d. 1944  (Age 48 years) 
    Children 
     1. Charles Place,   d. 28 May 1971
     2. Mina Place Luther
     3. Mary Place Fish
     4. Lucille Place Baise
     5. Norma Place Collins
     6. Elaine Place Barnes
     7. Paulette Place Wielgopolski
     8. Gene Place
     9. James Place
     10. Nick Place
    Last Modified 31 May 2017 17:43:16 
    Family ID F3621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Olive Hill Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Grimm, Edna 1
    Obituary- Grimm, Edna 1
    MRS EDNA GRIMM
    Mrs. Edna Place Grimm, 65, Eudora, died Tuesday, September 14, 1976 in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted Monday afternoon after she was stricken while visiting in Topeka. She had a heart attack.

    She was born June 27, 1911 at Delia, the daughter of James and Matilda McClain. She lived at Holton before she moved to Douglas County in 1949.

    She worked at the Sunflower Ordnance Plant from 1951 to 1957 and later was employed in Lawrence. She was a member of the former Glad Tidings Church at Holton.

    A son, Charles Place, died May 28, 1971.

    Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Mina Luther, Mrs. Mary Fish, Mrs. Lucille Baise, Mrs. Norma Collins, and Mrs. Elaine Barnes, all of Eudora, and Mrs. Paulette Wielgopolski, address unavailable; and three sons, Gene Place and James Place, both of Eudora, and Nick Place, Lawrence.

    Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Stacia Eakin, Delia, Mrs. Nona Hurla,
    Hollister, Mo., Mrs. Ruth Whittington, Eudora, and Myrnah McClain, Glendale,
    Calif.; three brothers, Samuel McClain Soldier, John McClain, Benkelman, Nebr., and Fred McClain, Osawatomie; 41 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

    Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Christian Church in North Lawrence. Burial will be in Olive Hill Cemetery about eight miles west of Holton under the direction of Mercer Funeral Home in Holton.
    Obituary- Grimm, Edna 2
    Obituary- Grimm, Edna 2
    Edna Grimm
    Mrs. Edna Place Grimm, 65, Eudora, died Tuesday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted Monday afternoon after she was stricken while visiting in Topeka. She had a heart attack.

    She was born June 27, 1911, at Delia. She lived at Holton before she moved to Douglas County in 1949.

    She worked at the Sunflower Ordnance Plant from 1951 to 1957 and later was employed in Lawrence. She was a member of the former Glad Tidings Church at Holton.

    A son, Charles Place, died May 28, 1971.

    Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Mina Luther, Mrs. Mary Fish, Mrs. Lucille Baise, Mrs. Norma Collins, and Mrs. Elaine Barnes, all of Eudora, and Mrs. Paulette Wielgopolski, address unavailable; and three sons, Gene Place and James Place, both of Eudora, and Nick Place, Lawrence.

    Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Stacia Eakin, Delia, Mrs. Nona Hurla, Hollister, Mo., Mrs. Ruth Whittington, Eudora, and Myrnah McClain, Glendale, Calif.; three brothers, Samuel McClain, Soldier, John McClain, Benkelman. Neb., and Fred McClain, Osawatomie; 41 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

    Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Christian Church in North Lawrence. Burial will be in Olive Hill Cemetery about eight miles west of Holton.

    Mrs. Grimm will lie in state until 9 p.m. Thursday at Mercer Funeral Home at Holton where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.