Strother, Louise M. (Niles) 1845 - 1909

STROTHER, NILES, NICHOLS, CHAPIN, BURDICK, HANSEN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:20

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Dec. 10, 1909, FP, C7

Mrs. L. M. Strother, who has been an invalid for a long time, passed away with no previous warning some time early yesterday morning. At one o'clock she was out of her bed, but on going to her room early in the morning she was found dead. The time for the funeral has not yet been definitely decided upon, but it will probably occur at the Congregational church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Dec. 14, 1909, LP, C2

OBITUARY.
STROTHER.
Louise M. Niles was born May 21, 1845, in Hilliar, Province Edward District, Canada. When 13 years of age she came with her parents to Vernon Springs, Howard county. After attennding{sp} school a few months at Fayette, she was married on June 28, 1862 at West Union, to Worden Strother. After living two years in Vernon Springs and two in New Oregon, Mr. and Mrs. Strother moved to Cresco when the town was first started, Mr. Strother engaging in the mercantile business. The first of the year 1880, Mr. and Mrs. Strother moved into the hotel where they resided for twenty years.
To this union four children were born, two dying in infancy, Josephine dying ten years ago, six weeks after after{sic} the death of her father. The one surviving member of the family, Virginia Nichols, wife of C. D. Nichols with the grandchildren live in Cresco.
On June 2, 1908, Mrs. Strother was stricken with an attack of paralysis, from which she never recovered. She died at the home of her daughter, December 9, 1909. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Congregational church, Rev. O. H. Holmes, her former pastor, and Rev. Hinman officiating.
Mrs. Emma Chapin, Mrs. Lydia Burdick and Mrs. Helen Hansen, sisters and niece of deceased were present at the funeral.

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