BYERS, Laura (Long) 1868-1946

BYERS, LONG, WILLIAMS, SEYDEL

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 7/23/2012 at 12:41:49

Laura (Long) Byers – November 10, 1868 – May 18, 1946

MRS. LAURA BYERS

Mrs. Laura Byers, 78, died at 722 Baltimore Street at 10:10 p.m. Saturday of complications incident to advanced age.

She was born Laura Long on November 10, 1868, at Brookfield, Missouri, the daughter of Nathan and Ellen Long.

In May, 1926, she was married to George Byers at Waverly, Iowa. They moved to Waterloo in 1938 from Watertown, South Dakota, where they had resided for the past 20 ears.

Mrs. Byers was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, one brother, Victor Long, and one sister, Mrs. Nellie Seydel, all of 722 Baltimore Street.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Kearns Garden Chapel by Rev. Charles F. Jacobs, pastor of First Congregational church. Burial will be at LaPorte City, Iowa

Waterloo Courier, Monday, May 20, 1946

Note* She must have had a first husband “surname Williams” because in George’s obit it says he married Laura Williams.