LAMB, Olivia L. Hurman 1866-1924

LAMB, HUFMAN, CARPENTER, COAN, BROOKS

Posted By: Michael Kearney (email)
Date: 8/16/2002 at 22:53:58

Clinton Advertiser Friday January 18, 1924 p. 2 Mrs. Lafayette Lamb passed away yesterday morning in Pasadena, California, after a serious illness of several weeks. Mrs. Lamb's daughter, Mrs. Eugene J. Carpenter and her son, Chancy R. Lamb, both of Minneapolis, were with her at the time of her death. Olivia A. Hufman was married to Lafayette Lamb in Clinton, Iowa, August 21, 1866. Two children were born of this marriage, Merrette and Chancy R. Mr. Lamb preceded Mrs. Lamb in death, passing away in Clinton May 30, 1917. Besides her son and daughter, Mrs. Lamb leaves two grandchildren, Mrs. Folwell Coan, nee Olivia Carpenter of Minneapolis. Mrs. Louis Lamb Brooks of Lake Forest, Illinois, and three great grandchildren. For the past few years Mrs. Lamb has spent the summers with her daughter in Minneapolis and the winters in California. Mrs. Lamb as the companion of the late Lafayette Lamb, one of Clinton's prominent builders, had a part in the upbuilding of society in Clinton a half-century, and was a prominent leader in women's activities. She enjoyed the honor of being a member of a family of Colonial and Indian war soldiers and shared the fraternity of Mr. Lamb's membership in the Masonic order. The body will be brought to Clinton, but the funeral plans have not been announced.