Lucretta Chandler 1836-1928

MILLER, KELLY, WHITE, CHADWICK

Posted By: Barb Chandler (email)
Date: 1/24/2012 at 16:07:38

MT. PLEASANT WOMAN DIES--Mrs. Lucretta Chandler, Aged 92, Passes Away

After Long Illness.

Mt. Pleasant, Iowa March 21.-This morning at the home of Mrs. T.L. White

occured the death of Mrs. Lucretta Chandler. She was nearly ninety-two

years of age and was born in Des Moines county, one of the first white

children to be born in the county. She was well known here as "Grandma

Chandler," she having for some time made her home with her daughter,

Mrs. T. L. White on West Monroe Street.

Mrs. Chandler grew up in the neighborhood of Danville, Iowa where she

married and reared a fine family of eleven children, eight of whom

survive her. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Danville,

Iowa. Last October she suffered a paralytic stroke and since that time

has been quite helpless much of the time, her death marking the end of a

long period of illness.

She is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Mayme Kelly of Ames, Mrs. Nancy

Chadwick of Washington, Iowa and Mrs. T.L. White of this city; and five

sons, Everett of Cedar Rapids, Frank, Jim, Will and John of Danville,

also twenty-one grandchildren, twenty-eight great grandchildren and

three great great grandchildren.

Short services will be held at the T.L. White home in this city.

Thursday at 12:30 after which the remains will be taken to Danville

where funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church at two

o'clock, with interment in Prairie Grove cemetery west of Danville.
Burlington Hawk Eye Thursday morning March 22, 1928, page 3

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