Viets, Louise Little 1843-1927

VIETS, LITTLE, MACY, LYMAN, ALVORD, HOLYOKE

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 4/25/2011 at 12:30:39

The Grinnell (IA) Herald; June 7, 1927

MRS. HENRY VIETS PASSES

Woman Closely Related to Early Life of Grinnell Dies in Long Beach, Calif.

THE BODY WILL BE BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL.

Funeral Services Will Be Saturday at 10 A.M. From Paul Meyers' Home.

Sad news came to Grinnell with the not unexpected word that Mrs. Henry Viets, after a lingering illness, had passed away in Long Beach, Calif., Sunday.

The body will be brought to Grinnell for burial and will reach here Friday accompanied by Miss Sarah Viets and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Viets and daughter Louise.

Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock fom the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers. Burial will be in Hazelwood.

The death of Mrs. Viets removes another who has been close to the life of Grinnell since its founding. She was the daughter of Henry G. Little, and was a young married woman when the family moved to the then tiny colony of Grinnell. The five little daughters are well and fondly remembered by Grinnell people of the early days. They were Mrs. Viets, the oldest, and the last to pass away, Mrs. Jesse Macy, Mrs. J.P. Lyman, Mrs. W.A. Alvord and Mrs. Henrietta Holyoke.

Mrs. Viets made her home in Grinnell through all her active life, but a few years ago she went west and in her declining days has been surrounded by the loving care of her children.