Edna Barbara Kirmse, daughter of William Kirmse and Martha Margaretha Cordes. Edna was born on February 5, 1908, in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She died as a child on July 10, 1909, in Ellis County, Oklahoma, and was buried in Alva, Oklahoma.

Death Records

Death Certificate

Edna was born February 5, 1908 and died July 10, 1909 at the age of 1 year 5 months and 8 days. Cause of death was convulsions.  From Edna’s Death Certificate, OC Meyrnau, MD of Shattuck did not get to check before death. He reports that the duration of the convulsions was an hour. He says that contributory was “Acute indigestion or something child had eaten” and the duration was an hour.

Zion Lutheran Church Record

Edma Barbara Kirmse was the 12th burial in the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery

• RELATION TO MARTHA (CORDES) KIRMSE: Daughter
• BIRTH: 5 Feb 1908 • Goodwin, Ellis County, Oklahoma
• DEATH: 10 Jul 1909 • Goodwin, Ellis County, Oklahoma
• BURIAL: Alva Lutheran Cemetery • Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma
• FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL ID: 32968074

Gravestone

Gravestone of Edna B Kirmse. SOURCE: Find A Grave

Notes

1. Scanned from photographs shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
2. As a child, it was my understanding that when Edna died she was buried near Goodwin, Oklahoma. When the William Kirmse family moved to Alva, she was reburied in Zion Cemetery near Alva, Oklahoma.  However, when I read Edna’s Death Certificate, I noticed that Edna’s burial location was Alva, Oklahoma.  And, the Alva Zion Lutheran Church Death records confirm that Edna died near Goodwin on July 10, 1909 and was buried near Alva on July 12, 1909.
3. Edna’s Alva, Oklahoma burial was a 1 1/2 years before the William Kirmse family moved to Alva. Apparently, they already were planning to move at the time Edna died. I remember my father, Julius Kirmse, saying that Edna was his first playmate. And, when Edna died (when he was about 4 1/2 years old and Edna was 1 1/2 years old) he was so lonely because there were no other children to play with.