Mrs. Lenora Westfall
submitted by Anna
"Enclosed is an obit for [the
mother-in-law of] Oscar Lee Morris...my greatgrandfather, born in
Braymer, MO 1886.
He died in LaSalle Colorado 1971. I believe this article was from
the Greeley, Colo paper…"
95 Year Old Mother of Local Woman
Dies
Mrs. Oscar Morris returned last week from Denver where she was
called because of the death of her mother, Mrs. Lenora Westfall,
who had been making her home with another daughter, Mrs. Charles
Sisson.
Mrs. Westfall lived in Greeley from 191918 to 1925. She was 95
years old last Nov 12 and leaves more than a hundred living
decendants, including 68 great grandchildren and eleven great
great grandchildren.
Seven of her 11 children still living include Mrs. Morris and
Mrs. Sisson, Mrs. Cora Fields of Portland, Ore., formerly of
Greeley, Robert of Denver, George of Galesburg, Ill., Rev. John
Westfall of Point Arena, Calif. And Clyde, who is a Spanish
American War veteran now living in an old soldiers home at Hot
Springs S. Dak.
Although in poor health for the past five years, Mrs. Westfall
had not been confined to her bed until about a week before her
death and was quite active for her 95 years.
Funeral Pamphlet:
In memory of Lenora Westfall
Born: November 12, 1856
Passed Away: December 30, 1951
Services: 12:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 2, 1952
Howard Mortuary, Officiating Clergyman
The Rev. A. C. Bryans, University Park Methodist Chuch
Robert Harper, Soloist
Elsie Replogle, Organist
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