The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-06-03
Will of Late O. N. CaIkins Pro.
: vides $4,000 for Memorial to
Himself and Widow
ESTATE LEFT TO RELATIVES
Memorial Windows to be Erected in
St Matthews Church and Masonic
Temple Assn. is Given Gift of
$500 by Deceased Merchants

The late Orla M. Calkins is to have
another memorial in the city Of Keno
sha as the provisions Of the will of
the late Kenosha merchant were made
public Friday when that docu-
ment was read to the members of the
Calkins family at the late residence of
the deceased and it provides for the
purchase and endowment Of bed in
the Kenosha Hospital to be known as
the Orla M. ana Elizabeth M. Calkins
bed. The bed is to be used for the
treatment Of the poor Of the city and
the endowment is sufficient not only to
maintain the bed at the hospital, but
to provide medical care and medicines
for the people to be benefited by the
gift. For this purpose the will of Mr..
Calkins sets aside the sum of $4,000
from his estate and it is to be paid to
the directors Of the Kenosha Hospital
Association after the death of Mrs.
Calkins. Only one other public be-
quest is made In the will and that is
bequest in the sum of $500 to the
vestry of st. Matthews church, the
amount to be used in the erection of
two memorial windows in the church,
one to the Calklns and one to the
| Q NELL family. This gift is to be
available at once.
The great mass of the property of
the deceased Kenosha merchant is left
to his relatives, but the widow is to
have the use of it during the term Of.
her natural life No value has as yet
been set upon the estate, but it's value
is conservatively estimated at from
1926 to $4,000.
The will, which was made on Dec
16, 1907, directs that all OF the prop
erty of the estate, real and personal,
be turned over to Elizabeth NJ Cal
kins, Charles G. Brown and Peter
Fisher as trustees. The trustees are
directed at once to set aside the sum
of $4,000 with which to take care of
certain requests made by the testator.
These include the erection Of monu-
ment in the City cemetery to the mem
Dry of the Calkins family at a cost Of
| ST 600, the placing Of the two memorial
windows in St. Matthews church, a
sonic Temple Association, bequest of
$500 to Marie O'Neill Behan, niece
of Mrs. Calkins, several small gifts
to friends in Kenosha for kindness
shown during the life of the testator.
From this twenty thousand dollars the
will provides that the trustees shall
erect in Library Park monument to
the memory of Abraham Lincoln, but
this provision which provided for an
Expenditure Of $4,000 was carried out
by Mr.. Callkins previous to his death.
After the payment of these legacies
the will directs that the remainder of
the $4,000 shall be divided into equal
parts and distributed between his
brother, Luther FL Calkins, and mis- two
sisters, Ellen Amelia Cromaclz and Me-
dora Eliza Ball, all residents of New
York state.
The will then disposes of large
number of family heirlooms of the Cal
kins family, leaving them, at the death
Of the widow, to the various nieces and
nephews Of the deceased. All Of the
insurance carried on the life of Mr..
Calkins is left to the widow as her
absolute property as is the personal
property at the Calkins home on Dur
kee avenue. The will provides that
the trustees as named shall collect the
income of the estate and it is to be
paid over to the widow during her
life time. After the death of Mrs.
CaIklnS Jno income OF the estate IS TO
be paid to the brother and sisters or to
such of them as may survive, in equal
shares. After the death Of the broth
ers and sisters the will provides that
the estate shall be converted into
money and the money divided share
and share alike between the nephews
and nieces Of Mr. Calkins then surviv-
ling.
Mrs. Calkins is named as executrix
of the will without bond Tt is prob
able that the document will be filed for
probate in the County Court the early
part of next week. 1t is stipulated
that the trustees named are to receive
ten per cent of the income from the
estate for their services in managing
it.