Minert, Mary E. (Harris) 1844-1936

MINERT, HARRIS, LAUGHLIN

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 8/8/2012 at 23:53:00

Postville Herald, Postville, Iowa, Thursday, Oct. 08, 1936.
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Mrs. Laughlin's Sister Passes On In Kansas.

Word received Tuesday bore the sad news that Mrs. Mary E. Minert had passed away that morning at her home in Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 92 years, two months and five days.

Mrs. Minert was the eldest of the family of Elisha and Margaret Harris of Lybrand and was born August 1, 1844, in Morgan county, Ohio, coming to this community with her parents in 1854 and living here many years before moving to Kansas.

The eldest of a family of fourteen she is survived only by one brother, H. S. Harris, of Puente, California, and one sister, Mrs. Jane Laughlin, of Postville. There are many nieces and nephews of this estimable lady living here and elsewhere. Of her own immediate family, all have preceded her in death save two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Submitter is not related.

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