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- Mrs. H. L. BAKER died in her
home, 107 Vernal avenue, Milton Junction, at 4 p.m.
- Tuesday. She had been in failing health
for some time and for the past two months failed rapidly.
- Lottie Leona GRAY was born in
Milton Junction, July 31, 1879, the daughter of
- Chauncey and Lydia E. MONROE
GRAY. She grew to womanhood here and attended Milton college
and was a teacher in rural schools in Rock county for several
years.
- She became a member of the old Rock
River Seventh Day Baptist church when a
- young woman, later transferring to
the Milton Junction church. She was also a member of the Seventh
Day Baptist Ladies Aid society, the W.C.T.U. and Friendship chapter
Eastern Star, and was active in all these organizations as long
as her health permitted.
- She is survived by her husband; three
brothers, Carl GRAY, Fred GRAY and
- Winferd GRAY, Milton Junction;
one sister, Mrs. J. E. McWILLIAM of Milton; and several
nieces and nephews.
- Funeral services will be held in the
Seventh Day Baptist church at 2 p.m. Saturday, and
- burial will be in Milton Junction cemetery.
The Rev. Kenneth Van Horn will officiate. The Eastern Star ritual
will be given.
- Friends may call at the BAKER
home, 107 Vernal avenue, Thursday and Friday
- afternoons. [Thursday edition, p.
2]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Funeral services for Mrs. H. L. BAKER
were held in the Seventh Day Baptist church,
- Milton Junction, Saturday afternoon,
the Rev. Kenneth Van Horn officiating. Burial was in Milton Junction
cemetery.
- The song service was given by Donald
GRAY, Milton, accompanied by Mrs. Leland
- SHAW.
Officers of Friendship chapter, Eastern Star, gave the Eastern
Star ritual.
- Pallbearers were Clarence McWILLIAM,
John CAMPBELL, Oscar
- HARTMAN,
Ralph, Robert and Charles GRAY. [Thursday edition,
p. 8]
- Mr. and Mrs. George R. BOSS,
Milton, have received word of the death of their
- son-in-law, Charles F[rancis] PLACE,
67, Tuesday, Nov. 6, in Zephyrhills. Fla., following a heart
attack.
- Mr. and Mrs. PLACE had spent
a few days in Milton two weeks previously en route
- from their home in Francestown, N.H.,
to Florida where they had planned to spend the winter.
- Mr. PLACE was born April 11,
1884, in Milton, where his father, Prof. Francis
- PLACE,
was a teacher in Milton college. He was married to Lela A. BOSS,
June 1, 1924, and they lived in Tennessee, North Carolina and
Washington, D. C., where Mr. PLACE's work as an engineer
took him. Since he retired three years ago, they had lived in
Francestown.
- Surviving are his wife; two daughters
Mrs. W. W. ELLIS, Buchanan, Mich., and Mrs.
- Thomas B. PLACE, Anchorage,
Alaska; two granddaughters; two sisters, Olive and Alice PLACE,
and three brothers, Dr. Edwin H. PLACE, Dr. Phillip W.
PLACE and Albert W. PLACE. A brother, Mark PLACE,
preceded him in death. [Thursday edition, p. 8]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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