The message of death was announced on last Sunday morning of a member of a well
known family living two miles south of Sidney. The announcement was no surprise
but nevertheless came as a great shock. It was known for several weeks past that
Mrs. Alex Wright was near the border and her passing might be at any hour.
Lou Yates was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, June 26, 1854, and when a mere
child came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Yates to a farm two miles west of
Riverton where they lived for a few years then the family moved to Sidney where Mr.
Yates engaged in the hardware business. Here Lou attended school and grew to
womanhood and on March 21, 1881, she was united in marriage to Ales Wright and to
these one child, Mary, was born she being now 14 years of age. For 25 years this
family lived on a farm two miles south of Sidney where they enjoyed the comforts of a
pleasant home.
She leaves to mourn, of he immediate family, her husband and daughter, her sisters,
Mrs. A.D. Richards of Sidney township, and Mrs. A. G. Brower of Hamburd, her brothers
W.F. Yates of Nebraska City, and W.S. Yates of Lexington, NE.
Pall bearers were James Wright, T.E. Newby, C.J. Esden, R.S. Tate, F.R. Shannon and A.P. Wightman.
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