Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, October 5, 1911 MARY ANN, daughter of JOSEPH and MARY FREDRICK, was born in Bethlehem, Ohio, January 2, 1826, and departed this life September 30, 1911, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.K. WILLIAMSON, at the age of 85 years, 8 months and 26 days. She had made her home with her daughter for the last eleven years. At the age of ten years she came with her parents to Brighton, Iowa. On May 19, 1842, she was married to JOHN KIRKPATRICK who died April 11, 1899. To this union ten children were born, five of these, JOSEPH, Mrs. SARAH BALDWIN, ELLA, THOMAS, and ROBERT being called away before the death of the parents. Those still living are W.A. KIRKPATRICK, of Des Moines, Mrs. ADA EVANS, of Chetopa, Kansas, Mrs. ELIZA VENDEL, of Almont, North Dakota, Mrs. EVA WILLIAMSON and Mrs. HARRIET WALLACE, of Leon. These together with seventeen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren are left to mourn the loss of a devoted mother. At an early age she became a Christian and identified herself with the Christian Church. She was faithful to her Christian duties unto the end, ever taking delight in the worship of the Lord and trying to do His will. She was loved and revered by her many friends, all of whom will cherish the memory of such a noble character. She waited anxiously for the call to enter into rest and "to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens." The funeral service was held at the home of J.K. WILLIAMSON, two miles southeast of Leon, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J.S. Coffin, of the Christian Church, after which the remains were tenderly laid to rest in the Leon Cemetery. ------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 11, 2009 [email protected]