OBIT: Samuel KIRK, 1912, Madera, Clearfield County, PA

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Death of Samuel Kirk 
 
  Samuel Kirk, of Madera, formerly of Tyrone, and real estate owner in 
this city, died Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock in the University 
hospital, Philadelphia, the result of an operation on his right limb.  
Mr. Kirk had been ill the past six weeks from gangrene, and last week 
it was decided that an operation was necessary.  He was taken to the 
University hospital, Philadelphia, where the limb was amputated at the 
knee.  The operation, which was made as a last resort, was performed 
last Thursday morning.  The patient was getting along nicely until 
Saturday when complications set in, and he gradually grew weaker until 
death came this morning at the above time.  Mr. Kirk, who was aged 71 
years, was born in Clearfield county.  He resided in Tyrone about 
twelve years.  His wife, who is buried in Grandview cemetery, Tyrone, 
preceded him to the grave about eleven years.  Mr. Kirk is survived by 
one son, James E. Kirk, of Madera.  He is also survived by one brother, 
John Kirk, and one sister, Mrs. Lucida Ripla, of Cumberland, Md., Mrs. 
Tozier, Mrs. Bressler and James Haddon, of Tyrone, are nieces and 
nephews of the deceased.

Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 4, 1912