Wilhelm “William” and Martha (Cordes) Kirmse – Family
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![Alwin Karl Kirmse Alwin Karl Kirmse](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4087/2019/02/20150425_Judy1_IMG_3166.jpg)
![Note on the back of the photograph Note on the back of the photograph](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4087/2019/02/20150425_Judy1_IMG_3167.jpg)
Who
Alwin Carl Kirmse is the son of Wilhelm Kirmse and Martha Margaretha Cordes.
What
Alwin died as a teenager from appendicitis on September 28, 1928, in the Cherokee Hospital, Cherokee, Oklahoma.
When
September 30, 1928 – Date of funeral
Where
Alva, Oklahoma – the casket is shown in front of the Zion Lutheran Church alter in Alva.
Gravestone
![Alwin K. Kirmse Gravestone Alwin K. Kirmse Gravestone](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4087/2019/02/19280928FindAGrave_KirmseAlwin.jpg)
Death Documentation
![Death Certificate Death Certificate](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4087/2019/02/20150314_Kirmse_IMG_0204.jpg)
![Zion Lutheran Death Register Zion Lutheran Death Register](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4087/2019/02/20031229_Zion_Church_Records_death_DSCN5348.jpg)
Page: 348
Year: 1928
Number 2
Name: Alwin Carl Kirmse
Death Date: Sept 28, 1928 8:15 p.m. in Hospital in Cherokee
Burial Date: Sept 30
Age: 17 year 3 month 2 day
Kin: Eltern (Parents), GroMuther (Grandmother), Ein (1) Bruder (Brother), 3 Schwestern (Sisters)
Notes
- Scanned from photographs shared by Judy (Kirmse) Yordi, April 26, 2015.
- Scanned from Zion Lutheran Church Records, December, 2003.