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Helen <I>Lukens</I> Gaut

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Helen Lukens Gaut

Birth
Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Jan 1955 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.1866455, Longitude: -118.1492081
Plot
Alpine Meadows, Lot 164, Grave 7
Memorial ID
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MRS. HELEN GAUT FINAL RITE SET FOR SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Lukens Gaut, 83, a resident of Pasadena and Los Angeles for 74 years, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Mountain View Cemetery Chapel, Aladena, with Utter-McKinley's Cresse Mortuary of Highland Park in charge.

Born in Illinois, Mrs. Gaut was brought to Southern California when she was 9 years old by her family, who settled in Pasadena. She died Monday at her home at 735 Moon Ave., atop Mr. Washington in the Highland Park area where she had lived for 24 years.

Mrs. Gaut's father, T.P. Lukens, was Pasadena's first honorary mayor and a peak near Mt. Wilson is named after him. Mrs. Gaut, herself was the first woman to drive an automobile to the top of Mr. Wilson. With her second husband, James Gaut, she also participated in early day Tournaments of Roses, riding on the procession in a flower-decked carriage.

A woman of many hobbies, Mrs. Gaut indulged in painting and composing as well as writing travel features for The Times and nonfiction articles for national women's magazines.

Mrs. Gaut leaves a son, Ralph Gaut; a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Maria Jensen, and three grandchildren, Ralph Gaut Jr., Theodore Parker Jensen, and Helen Lukens Jensen.

Los Angeles Times, January 20th, 1955.

Married Edward Everett Jones, Dec. 13, 1890
Married James H. Gaut, Feb. 19, 1906
MRS. HELEN GAUT FINAL RITE SET FOR SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Lukens Gaut, 83, a resident of Pasadena and Los Angeles for 74 years, will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Mountain View Cemetery Chapel, Aladena, with Utter-McKinley's Cresse Mortuary of Highland Park in charge.

Born in Illinois, Mrs. Gaut was brought to Southern California when she was 9 years old by her family, who settled in Pasadena. She died Monday at her home at 735 Moon Ave., atop Mr. Washington in the Highland Park area where she had lived for 24 years.

Mrs. Gaut's father, T.P. Lukens, was Pasadena's first honorary mayor and a peak near Mt. Wilson is named after him. Mrs. Gaut, herself was the first woman to drive an automobile to the top of Mr. Wilson. With her second husband, James Gaut, she also participated in early day Tournaments of Roses, riding on the procession in a flower-decked carriage.

A woman of many hobbies, Mrs. Gaut indulged in painting and composing as well as writing travel features for The Times and nonfiction articles for national women's magazines.

Mrs. Gaut leaves a son, Ralph Gaut; a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Maria Jensen, and three grandchildren, Ralph Gaut Jr., Theodore Parker Jensen, and Helen Lukens Jensen.

Los Angeles Times, January 20th, 1955.

Married Edward Everett Jones, Dec. 13, 1890
Married James H. Gaut, Feb. 19, 1906


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  • Created by: Shawn Ott
  • Added: Dec 6, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101806136/helen-gaut: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Lukens Gaut (9 Jan 1872–17 Jan 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101806136, citing Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Shawn Ott (contributor 47072060).