Mrs. Annie Grimm died in this city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Poland, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1911. Funeral from Briley’s Chapel, Friday at 2 p.m., Rev. A. L. Crim officiates.
Mrs. Grimm was born in Missouri, October 19, 1852. When yet a child, she moved with her parents to Salem, Oregon, where she married William Grimm, who died seven years ago this month. A few years after her marriage, the family moved to this valley where she has lived for 34 years.
She became a member of the Christian Church in her early life and lived a life consistent with her profession. She has been an invalid for the past three years and had spent several months at a time near Santa Ana, California, trying to regain lost health, but all to no help.
Mrs. Grimm leaves to mourn her death four sons, J. S. Grimm, O. B. Grimm, W. H. (Harry) Grimm, John E. Grimm. Also three daughters, Mrs. John Iorns [Irons], Mrs. Minnie Walker, Mrs. Cora Poland.
Ellensburg Dawn, November 2, 1911
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman