OBIT: Linda May (Bird) KEIM, 1931, Addison, Somerset County, PA

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LINDA MAY BIRD KEIM

  Mrs. Linda May Bird Keim, wife of Jacob Keim, died at the family home in 
Addison on Wednesday, November 25th, from Bright's Disease and heart trouble.  
Although she had been ailing for several years, she was seriously ill but a 
short while before her death.
  She was born on November 8th, 1869, on the old Wilhelm farm, now owned by 
Jacob Miller, in Addison Township, and was aged 62 years and 17 days.  She was a 
daughter of the late John H. and Catherine S. Bird.  During her maidenhood she 
was a school teacher in Addison Township.  In 1893 she married Jacob Keim, son 
of the late Bishop David Keim of Springs.  They located on a farm near 
Somerfield, where they lived until 1929, when they moved to Addison.
  Mrs. Keim was the mother of five sons, one of whom died when two years old.  
The four surviving sons are:  Scott A. of Somerfield; William H., of Bellvue; 
George F., of Terra Alta, W.Va.; and John D., of Uniontown.  She is also 
survived by her husband, one brother, C. H. Bird, of Addison, and two sisters, 
Mrs. Mary E. Jefferys, of Addison, and Mrs. Cora A. Edgar, of Confluence.  Ten 
grandchildren also survive.
  The esteemed lady whose demise is sincerely mourned, was a devoted wife and 
mother, a kind neighbor and a sincere Christian, having been a consistent member 
of the Addison Methodist Episcopal Church since the age of 12.  The sympathy of 
the whole community goes out to the bereaved husband and sons who have lost a 
faithful wife and devoted mother.
  Funeral services were held at the family home on Friday, November 27th, at 2 
p.m., her pastor, Rev. Henry F. Pollock of the Addison M.E. Church, officiating, 
assisted by Rev. W. L. Morgan of the Confluence M.E. Church.  She was laid to 
rest in the quiet cemetery at Addison, but her influence is not buried in the 
grave, but still lingers as a benediction to those who mourn her departure.
  "None Knew her, but to love her, 
   None named her, but to praise."

Meyersdale Republican, December 10, 1931