Individual Details

Ida A. Foster

(10 Apr 1872 - 17 Nov 1942)

Obituary from Oroville Mercury, November 17, 1942: Old Resident Passes Here. Mrs. Ida Kirkpatrick, 70, of 2445 Bird street, a native of Meadow Valley and a lifelong resident of Plumas and Butte counties, died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in the county hospital. She formerly was a resident of Berry Creek. A widow, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Hugo Peterson of Seattle, Mrs. Alice Ferguson of Sand Point, Ida., Mrs. Frances Riegert of Santa Cruz and Mrs. Adeline Graham of Thermalito. Funeral arrangements had not been completed Tuesday afternoon, but Hamilton and Riley in charge said burial would be in Berry Creek cemetery.

November 20, 1942: Ida Kirkpatrick Rites Are Held. Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Kirkpatrick, who died last Tuesday, were held at 11 a.m. Friday at Hamilton and Riley's. The rites were conducted by the Rev. Mr. C. C. Champlin and Mrs. L. H. Wasley was organist. Ed Dallas, William Fitch, H. Novak and Gus Reich were casket bearers. Burial was in Berry Creek cemetery.

Ida [Foster] Kirkpatrick was 1/2 Maidu Indian, a native tribe of California located in the Chico-Butte-Yuba Environs and in 1910 was living on the Reservation with her family.

Events

Birth10 Apr 1872Meadow Valley, Pulmas Co., California
Marriage4 Dec 1892Merrimac, Butte Co., California - Samuel Henry Kirkpatrick
Death17 Nov 1942Oroville, Butte Co., California
BurialBerry Creek aka Lake Madrone Cemetery, Butte Co., California

Families

SpouseSamuel Henry Kirkpatrick (1851 - 1933)
ChildHarriet Elizabeth Kirkpatrick (1893 - 1927)
ChildWinifred "Grace" Kirkpatrick (1896 - 1947)
ChildAlice Jane Kirkpatrick (1898 - 1965)
ChildFrances Vivian Kirkpatrick (1900 - 1952)
ChildEmma Aileen Kirkpatrick (1902 - 1918)
ChildWilliam Henry Kirkpatrick (1904 - 1930)
ChildAdeline E. Kirkpatrick (1909 - 1968)

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