WINCHELL. Died 1940.
Anna Katherine Winchell, 73, of Eldred, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Ernest Kolb, in Alton. She had suffered several strokes and had been ill for more than 5 years.
She was a daughter of Michael & Barbara (Bechtoldt) Wirth and was born January 2, 1867 in Calhoun Co.
She married Alvin Winchell November 14, 1889 and for the past 36 years, they had loved on their farm east of Eldred. Because of her poor health she had gone to stay with her daughter in Alton.
Surviving is are her husband; 2 sons, Ira and Irwin; and 2 daughters, Mrs Ernest Kolb and Mrs Lena Wirts, all of Alton; 1 sister, Miss Francis Wirth, Jerseyville; 1 half-bro, George Wirth and 1 half sister, Mrs Joe Zipprich, Kampsville; 7 grandchildren and 4 g-grandchildren.
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