Lias, Besse 1903 - 1992

LIAS, STOUTENBURG, DUBOISE

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/14/2010 at 11:49:43

Besse Louise Lias, 89, of Akron, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1992, at the Akron Care Center after a long illness.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the "Wesley United Methodist church in Akron. The Rev. Donald Greenough officiated. Carol Harris, soloist, sang "What A Friend" and How Great Thou Art", accompanied by Renee Banks, organist. Burial was in Riverside cemetery under direction of the Schroeder Funeral Home of Akron. Casketbearers were Harvey Lias, Bob Lias, Dennis Lias, Ryan Lias, Ed Searls, and Gerald Dykstra.

Mrs. Lias, was born Nov. 4, 1903, in Union County, S.D. the daughter of Howard and Henrietta (Du Boise) Stoutenburg. She married Earl M. Lias, Jan. 24, 1930 at Santa Ana, Calif. Mr. Lias died in 1937. She attended Hoyt School in Union county through eighth grade, and then graduated from the Akron high school in 1921. She graduated from Teacher's college at Madison, S.D., with a two year teaching certificate in 1924. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, in 1968. She taught school near Akron for a year, and then taught at the Westfield and Akron schools until retiring in 1970.

She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist church in Akron, where she taught Sunday school for many years and was Sunday school superintendent. She was a past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star. She was a member of the Vesper Chapter of OES, the PEO Sisterhood, the Book and Thimble club, United Methodist Women, and the Embroidery club. She served on the Akron public and the Riverside Cemetery board.

Survivors include a granddaughter, Lisa Lias of Washington, D.C.; a daughter-in-law, Sharon Lias of Washington, D.C.; and several nieces and nephews, especially Ruth Stoutenburg of Akron and Lee Stoutenburg of Hanover Park, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Earl; one son, Thomas; a brother, Lee; and two sister, Eva and Edith.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, December 3, 1992
Akron, Iowa

FAMILY NOTE CORRECTIONS: In the last paragraph of the post,
the surviving nephew is mis-identified as "Lee Stoutenburg" of Hanover Park, Illinois. In fact, Lee was her brother, and pre-deceased Besse, and the surviving nephew was my father, Wayne Stoutenburg, who at the time lived in Hanover Park, Illinois. ~Respectfully, Noel Stoutenburg,Dallas, TX