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OT yVTHlJJTISTH <BZAV Newspaper articCes* interviews and obituaries COMTILTT), 7WD I3WElZVIrEZW'E'D £]/ MIMI 'BJ'RD 1982-1992 JArchivaCmateriaCs, incCucCing the aCfaum, "were donatedBy the Whitefish 'Bay foundation £777 (S COMPILED AND RESEARCHED BY MIMI BIRD, THESE VOLUMES ARE HER LEGACY TO WHITEFISH BAY AND AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL HISTORY. \J MIMI BIRD, 1933-2002 Mimi Bird knew just what she wanted for a final resting place. After all, she spent years of her life exploring the Town of Milwaukee Union Cemetery, tucked away north of Bayshore Mall in Whitefish Bay. She remembered running through the cemetery as a girl "to scare ourselves on Halloween". Years later, as a neighbor and a historian, she began tending the little cemetery and quite literally, uncovering its history. Bird died of emphysema Thursday at the Glendale condominium she called home the last four years. She was 69. "She really died from cigarette smoking" said husband John D. Bird. "That's what did it." She was born Miriam Young in Milwaukee. When she was 4, her parents moved to Whitefish Bay. That was where she grew up and spent her adult life. It was also where she became the undisputed expert on local history, both in the village and the greater North Shore area. In her earlier years Bird had worked as a secretary. She met her husband when their mothers—concerned about their two twenty-something children remaining unmarried—managed to fix them up for a date. She spent the next decades in volunteer work, including at their children's schools, and working part time for the Whitefish Bay Public Library. In 1976, she began to research her genealogy and that of her husband's family. As that was winding down in the early 1980s, Bird heard about the Whitefish Bay Historical Society. Her first project involved locating, photographing and researching hundreds of the oldest homes in the village. All kinds of other research followed. Some of the leads took her to the Town of Milwaukee cemetery. There she looked for sunken spots, sticking a spade into the ground. She found dozens of old fallen tombstones, buried by time under the earth. "I just had this wonderful feeling of elation when I'd find an old one," Bird said in a 1983 interview. "The tombstones were the only (surviving) records of births and deaths." Bird filled volumes with everything from real estate records to the early details of village life, its farms, businesses and people. She pored over the minutes of every Village Board meeting from 1892 until 1950. She interviewed old- timers, acquiring old letters and documents. Bird eventually researched the rest of the old Town of Milwaukee, which includes what's now the North Shore area, and the adjacent Town of Granville. And when Whitefish Bay had a 100th anniversary in 1992, she produced a book on local history. In 1991, Bird was recognized by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Her research continues to be available at the Whitefish Bay Library, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library, the County Historical Society and the Milwaukee Central Library's local history room. Survivors include her husband, John; sons David J. and Peter E.; brother Carter H. Young; grandchildren; and other relatives... Her ashes will be buried at the Town of Union Cemetery. [Obituary by Amy Rabideau Silvers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10/14/02.] Archer Jane 17,18 Asen, Henry Chief 5,6,7 Backman Walter C. 281 Backman John C. 281 Baehr Rose (Hausmann) 281,281 Baehr Andrew 281 Baird Thomas 275,276 Barry John J. Rev. 11,286 Bear Sol 12,13 Becker Frank 282 Beckmann Ernest J. 281 Benish Bob 284 Berg Bonita L. 296 Berssenbrugge Oscar W. 282 Bertschy A.P. (Del) 15,282 Bird Mimi 9,14,61 Boeder Alex Chief 286,287 Boynton Vern 281 Briesen Elsa ,von (Kronshage) 286,382 Briggs Eva Grace 281 Brown James E. 274 Buckley Thomas F 282 Burmeister Earl 286 Buttles Anson 283 Bykowski Stella 282 Cahill Ralph 21-23,27,30,292 Callahan T.E. Chief 25, Callahan John (Bill) 294 Campbell James Mrs. 293 Canfield Vera M. 295 Camcross Alice A. 293 Carson Katherine 26 Carter William J. 293 Chipman Daniel Webster 274 Connell Harold W. 295 Conrardy John T. Lt. 29 Consaul Henry 166 Consaul Ruth 276 Consaul Martha 276 Consaul Theodore S. 276 Consaul Frank W. 293 Consaulus Lydia B. 276 Dally Thomas V. 274 Daniels Alfred 298 Dassow Lydia (Runge) 238 Dedrick JohnH. 298 Dedrick Jane 298 Dernehl Adolph 297 Dickman Lillian 298 Dickman Arthur F. 299 Dietz Peter E. Father 32,296,297 Disbro LL 276 Disch Arthur 32 Dobrogowski Daniel T. 298 Dunlop Bertha P. 31 Eichfeld Leona R 302 Eifler Mildred 302 Elitzer William J. 302 Elliott Robert Judge 35 Everts Charles 167 Farley Irma E. 302 Fellman Edward D. 302 Fellman Edward J. 303 Fick Ida (Rabe) s. 302 Fischer Frank C. 303 Fisher Ida 303 Fowle Alonzo 275 Funkhauser Laura(Weber) 240-241 Gabel George H. 50 Geerlings Tillie M. 305 Geerlings John 305 Geilfuss Fred 47,304 Geilfuss Minnie 304 Geraty Genevieve M. 305 Gerber Alois 304 Gesell O.W. 43,312 Gether C. Robert 39-42,274,304 Gether Marie 274,304 Goecks Martha 305 Goldsmith Cora M.(Clasmann) 312 Grams Ferdinand 49,304 Grams Anna 304 Grams Louise 304,305 Greene Hibbard S. 43 Gregg Scranton H 305,312 Gregg Violet (Durand) 312 Gross Vera 44 Gute Edwin Dr. 43,44,306 Hage George Chief 45,46,51,55,56,57,308 Hall Nelson 55 Harrigan Michael 60 Haupt Jo Anna 58 Haupt Elizabeth M.(Marks) 308 Hayes Tom E. 59,309 Hayes Harry J. Attorney 309 Healy R.K. 51 Heil Julius Gov. 52,53,54 Heyer Augusta (Donsing) 308 (C Heyer Ervin Gocer 310 Hiller Ray 51 Hoffmann Phillis (Schieff) 308 Hoffmann Angelo 312 Hokanson Emily Jane 59 Hoppenrath William 54 Huber Hans 308 Immekus Melvin Joseph 67-72,242-245,325 Immekus Augusta (Donsing) 324 Immekus Rose 325 Inbusch Dorothy W. 325 Isenring Fred 65,266,268,277 Isenring William 266 Isenring Mary H.B. 277 Isenring Wynand 324 Jensen Ernest A 333 Johnson O.K. 73,74,324,325 Johnson Robert 184-187 Kasal Joseph P Chief 334 Kearby Hephworth Isenring 254-265,277 Kindler John Mrs. 326 King Henry R. 63,275,332 Kinne Herbert 275 Klann Harold W. 334 Klatte William A. 328 Klatte William C. 334 Klauck Vera 329 Klocko Elsie 329 Klode Frank C Vill. Pres. 76,328,329 Klode Amelia 328 Klode Frank C. 327 Knauer Ruth M (Baehr) 329 Knight Jacqueline (White) 316-322 Knoernschild Grover F. Vill.Pres 77,330 Knoernschild Ralph 78-83,106,216 Knop Anna 326 Kohlmetz Adelaide 327 Koltsche Roberta (Roberts) 228-231 Konrath LeRoy 84 Kruecke Roy L. 326 Krueger George 85 Kruger George 327 Kruse Hugo E. 327 Kuehn Otto 90,246,248,249,250-252 Kuemmerlein Ruth 86 Larkin Velma F. 331 Lawrence Vera 218,336 Leu Julius 91,335 Logemann Edna W. 91 CU Loke Clarenece 331 Lowry Olive (Schiefe) 92-96,166,246-254 Lowry I.H. 275 Luedtke Hilder 289 Maegli Teresa (Fons) 346 Markert Charles F 340 Marlett B.A. 381 Marsh Susan 344 Marsh Henry 344 Matthews Patrick 106 McCAIIum Charles Ray 98 Meredig Herbert 349 Meredig William A. 344 Meredig/Remus Hannah 99-101,345 Meyer Lucille 108,109 Mixter Henry 102-105,107 Moeller August C. 340 Mohr Gladys A. 340 Mohr Lawrence H. 340 Mohr Lillie A. 340 Mohr Donald L 344 Mohr Herman F. 345 Mohr Philip 348 Mohr Fred 348 Mohr Gordon W. 348 Momsen Emma 344 Morano Joe 90 Morehouse Charlotte Jane 274 Mulrine Clifford L. 98,351 Myszewski Alan N. Chief 342 Nagle Jack Coach 352 Nirschl Viola M. 340 Off Arthur G. 340 O'Leary J.J. 91,355 O'Leary Josephine M. 355 Pagels Erwin 116 Pagels Louisa 355 Pagels Emma(Differt) 355 Pandl Jack 112,113,115,354 Papenthein Roy 0. Archite 308 Peters William M. 355 Piepers George 117 Post Clarence 114 Powers Clarence, Mrs. 276 Praefke Irma (Kuetemeyer) 268-270,354 Prange Mabel F. 354 Pray Perry S. 355 Rabe Charles 120,121,288 Rabe Roland 120 t£ Rabe Arthur 126,132,224-227 Rabe Elsie 289 Rabe Lydia E. 358 Rabe Gilbert Sergt. 358 Rapp Halsey T 139,140 Ravenscraft Glen E. 360 Reichert Edwin Dr. 138 Remus Hannah (Meredig) see Meredig Rice LeoS. 358 Ritzier Raymond L. 140 Roberts Mrs. 136 Roberts Annette (Jacobi) 232-233,236,237,361 Roberts Allan J. 289,360 Robertson Joan (Roberts) 228,234,235 Rogers Homer 358 Roller Henry G. 358 Rose Harold J. Principal 137,362 Roth Anna 289 Roth Adolph F. 289 Runge Anna (Mohr) 360 Scheife Mary Jane (Consaul) 128-130,167,168,365,368 Scheife Ruth 169,170,171,369 Scheife Henry 171 Scheife Louis F 165 Scheife Lewis F 166,167,168,365,368 Schindhelm Philip 277 Schindhelm John 364 Schinleber Louise 364 Schinz Margaret (Siegfried) 172,174,176 Schleif Amanda 364 Schober Mary (Isenring) 146,366 Schober Carl 366 Schramm Raymond 368 Schroeder Christian J. 163 Schroeder Walter 164 Schroeder Olive (Julien) 144 Schroeder Amalia (Schuck) 367 Schroeder Amalia 367 Schroeder Melvin W. 367 Schultz Ron 142,143 Schwarz Charles 122-124 Schwarz Charles 363 Seeman Julius 369 Seligmann Ruth E. 369 Shawl Robert D. 359 Siegel, Lois A. 363 Sikinger Jakob 134 Sohns Royal S. 363 Sohns Geraldine S. 363 d Sonntag Harvey E. 367 Staffeld William 162,365 Steffen William F 366 Steffen Albert F.