Obituary Collection

Emma Jane Patrick: Laurel Leader Call Wednesday, May-18-1938 Mrs. Emma Loper Is Laid to Rest on Wednesday Eve. Mr. Emma Loper, 80, beloved resident of Cross Street, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Cynthia Cooley, Tuesday afternoon, May-17, at 2:35 o'clock. Funeral Services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Myrick church, with the Rev. J.W. Fagan officiating. interment was in the Myrick cemetery. Members of the family surviving are her sons, T. M. and D.M. Loper of Waynesboro, W.O. Loper of Hattiesburg, Z.L., B.C and E.E. Loper of Laurel; four daughters, Mrs. E.J. Langley of Ovett, Mrs. Cynthia Cooley of Laurel, Mrs. Mae Jordan of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Lee Dunagin of Laurel. Active pallbearers were T. U. Collins, L.H. Beverly, Charlie Walters, A.D.Peden, E. D. Hurst and Shelton Rogers.

Maust.--Kathryn Elizabeth Maust, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maust, was born July 15, 1916, at Nappanee, Ind.; died May 11, 1923; aged 6 y. 9 m. 26 d. Kathryn was the oldest of a family of four children and was of a very sunny disposition, making friends everywhere she went. She attended Sunday school at the North Main Street Mennonite Church. She was sick of the "flu," then of measles, which were followed by complications resulting in death, after a three weeks' sickness. She is survived by the parents, three sisters: Gertrude, Margaret, and Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. Will Wise of Wakarusa, Ind., and Bro. and Sister Frank Maust of Nappanee, Ind., as grandparents; also a great-grandfather, Levi Wise of North Liberty, Ind., and others. On account of the measles at the home the funeral was held at the home of Bro. Frank Maust at Nappanee, Ind., in the afternoon of May 13. Funeral was conducted by Brethren J. W. Hess and Silas Weldy. Burial at South Union cemetery. "G...