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Jean Kester (Adams) Pirie (1908 - 1993)

Jean Kester Pirie formerly Adams
Born in Harvey, Cook, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 21 Oct 1931 in Cook, Illinois, United Statesmap
Died at age 85 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

Jean Kester Adams was born 01 May 1908, Harvey, Cook County, Illinois. She is a daughter of Edward Adams and Adelia Kester. [1] [2]

She married Samuel Pirie Jr..

Jean passed away 25 Aug 1993, Carmel, Monterey County, California. She was returned back east, where she is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois. [3]

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  1. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. Illinois. Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922. Illinois Department of Public Health. Division of Vital Records, Springfield; Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011: Name: Jean Kester Adams Birth Date: 1 May 1908 Gender: Female Father Name: Edward Martin Adams Father's Birth Place: Cherry Valley, Illinois Father's Age: 30 Mother Name: Adelia Kester Mother's Birth Place: Ontario, Canada Mother's Age: 27 FHL Film Number: 1288148
  2. "Illinois. Cook County Birth Registers, 1871–1915." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. Illinois. Cook County Birth Registers, 1871–1915. Illinois Department of Public Health. Division of Vital Records, Springfield.
  3. "California Death Index, 1940-1997", State of California, Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics; Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
  • Death Record Source Citation Date: 1993-08-25

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Obituary

NEWS Jean Adams Pirie August 28, 1993

Jean Adams Pirie, 85, formerly of Winnetka, died Wednesday in Carmel, Calif., where she had lived for the last 15 years. Mrs. Pirie was an operatic soprano who formerly sang on Chicago radio. She was the widow of Samuel Carson Pirie Jr., grandson of one of the founders of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Mrs. Pirie was a member of the board of Grant Hospital in Chicago. She is survived by three daughters, Jean White, Margaret Warren and Heather Arenchild; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Daughter of Edward Martin Adams and Adelia Almira Kester Adams. Interment services for Jean Adams Pirie, 85, wife of the late Samuel Carson Pirie Jr., were held Monday at Memorial Park in Skokie. She died Aug. 25 in Carmel, Calif.

Mrs. Pirie was born in Harvey and was a graduate of Bennett College in New York. She was a professional singer who appeared often on Chicago radio in the late 1920s.





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