This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vielkind, Hitcheski, Davey, Brimmer, Pigorah Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4092 Message Board Post: The Grand Rapids Herald, Sun. Dec. 18, 1932 Mrs. Julia Vielkind, Resident Here For 79 Years, Succumbs Mrs. Julia Vielkind, resident of Grand Rapids for 79 years, died yesterday at the residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. Alfred Hitcheski of Plainfield rd. She was 81 years old. Born in Friedland, Austria, she was brought to Grand Rapids when she was 2 years old, the community then being a village. Mrs. Vielkind was commander of Easter Hive, Maccabees, for 20 years, and for several years was head of the Ladies A.U.V. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. D. Davey, Mrs. M. Brimmer and Mrs. O. Pigorah; 19 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was the widow of Herman Vielkind, who died five years ago. Funeral services will be held Monday at the Alt mortuary chapel at 2:30. The body will be at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Brimmer, 523 Curtis st., NE, until Monday at 11 a.m. If anyone has anything on this family, please contact me at giki8336@aol.com Thank You, Vicki