Lathrop, Miss Edith 1876-1904

LATHROP

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/26/2007 at 20:01:22

Red Oak Sun
February 19, 1904

DEATH OF MISS EDITH LATHROP

Miss Edith Lathrop, teacher sixth grade, Washington school, died on
Wednesday morning, Feb. 17, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Lathrop, in Red Oak. Death was from stomach trouble. She had been ill for
some weeks and in December was obliged to give up her school work. The
funeral services will be held at the home, 208 West Reed St., this (Friday)
afternoon at 2 o'clock. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. today friends will have
opportunity to view the remains. The casket will not be opened at the
funeral. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. W. M. Martin, of
the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. J. A. Shaw, of Ashland, Neb., a former
pastor here.

Miss Lathrop was in her 28th year. She was born on a farm near Red Oak,
March 14, 1876. She was graduated from the Red Oak High School in 1896 and
attended the state normal school at Cedar Falls. She school in the country
successfully for several terms and in the fall of 1900 became a teacher in
the Red Oak schools. She was faithful and successful in the work and was
dearly loved by her pupils. The city schools will be dismissed for the
afternoon in her memory. Miss Lathrop was a member of the Baptist church
and active in the work of the church.