Mrs. Caroline Philbrick Kalloch, aged 79 years, widow of the late Dr. Isaac K[S]. Kalloch, died of old age today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alex Van Wyck. By her death is removed one of the few remaining pioneer women of the Pacific coast, as she occupied a niche in the early history of California, as well as Bellingham bay. Mrs. Kalloch was born in Waterville, Me., February 3, 1830, and was there married in 1850 to the Rev. Isaac K[S]. Kalloch. Soon afterward she went with her husband to Rockland, Me., and later to Boston, where Mr. Kalloch was pastor of the Tremont Temple church. From 1879 to 1882 he was the mayor of San Francisco and was at all times one of its leading citizens. In 1883, on account of failing health, Dr. Kalloch brought his family to Bellingham and here he died in 1887. For at least ten years, owing to ill health and advanced age, Mrs. Kalloch had let a retired life. Mrs. Kalloch is survived by three children, Mrs. Alex Van Wyck and Mrs. T. R. Cole of Bellingham, and I. M. Kalloch, a prominent attorney of San Francisco.
