HARWARD, Lela: Died 1918

HARWARD

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 9/6/2016 at 04:10:48

Death of Miss Lela Harward

The latter part of last week Frank Harward of Village township received the sad news that his daughter Lela was very ill with pneumonia at a hospital in Washington, D.C. The father left at once for her bedside, and on Monday sent a telegram announcing the sad news of her death. She was a lovable young lady, 21 years old, and the news of her death was a shock to all who knew her. She taught in rural schools of this county and in the consolidated school at Selma. While working in the Selma bank, she accepted a government position at Washington, where she had been a few months when she succumbed to to disease.

**Handwritten: KEOS. REP. 7 NOV. 1918

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, Page 196, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA