Lillie Alice (Greer) LAPE

LAPE, STOUT, FOREMAN, THOMPSON, GREER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:54

January 10, 1872 ---- July 16, 1953

Mrs. Wm. Lape Rites Held Saturday

Mrs. William Lape, 81, died Thursday, July 16th at the Minor Nursing home, where she had been a patient for four and one-half years. Mr. and Mrs. Lape farmed west of Eagle Grove for many years after they moved to this community from Illinois, and when they retired they moved to a home on South Lucas Ave. Mrs. Lape continued to make her home there following her husband's death, and devoted much of her time to work in the Methodist church. When her health became frail she stayed for a time with her old friends Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Thompson at their farm, which was in her old neighborhood. Later she became a patient in the nursing home. She is survived by one sister Mrs. Carrie Stout, of Tulsa, Okla. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Wilson's Chapel in charge of Rev Harrison Dawes. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. Those who came from a distance to attend the service were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stout and son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stout of Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Foreman and three daughters of Decatur, Ill. While here they were guests in the H. B. Thompson home.

Lillle Lape, daughter of Enoch and Eda Greer was born in Lima, Ohio on January 10, 1872 and passed away after a long illness on July 16, 1953 having reached the age of 81 years, 6 months and 6 days. Mrs. Lape has been in failing health for quite a few years and had been residing in the Minor Nursing home for over four years. As a young girl she moved with her parents to a farm near Hammond, Illinois and here she spent her girlhood, and received her education. On February 11, 1891 at Decatur, Illinois she was united in marriage to William Lape and they made their home in Illinois until about 1903 when they moved to Iowa and settled on a farm near Eagle Grove. After about eight years on the farm they moved to Eagle Grove which has been her home up until the time of her passing. Mrs. Lape was a faithful member of the Methodist church and class 16. Her church and its activities were utmost in her life. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, William Lape and two sisters and two brothers. She leaves to mourn her passing one sister, Mrs. Carrie Stout of Tulsa, Oklahoma and many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 18, 1953 at Wilson Chapel, Eagle Grove, Iowa with Rev. H. G. Dawes officiating. Interment was held on the family lot in Rose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove, Iowa.

Eagle Grove Eagle -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
July 23, 1953