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Lovina Biehn <I>Hunsperger</I> Levagood

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Lovina Biehn Hunsperger Levagood

Birth
New Dundee, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
28 May 1940 (aged 78)
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Didsbury, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
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Mrs. Lovina Levagood, one of the oldest residents of the Didsbury district, died suddenly at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. Harry Steckley, in Calgary, where she was visiting, on Tuesday, May 28th. She went to lie down after lunch and quietly passed away. She was in her 79th year.
Lovina Hunsperger was born at New Dundee, Ontario, on September 26th, 1861, and was married to Isaac Levagood at Greenwood, Michigan, on September 10th, 1878. Two years after their marriage they moved to Kansas, where they lived until 1899, when they came to Alberta and were among the first to homestead in the Westcott district. They lived on the farm continuously until the death of Mr. Levagood in 1930, when Mrs. Levagood moved to Didsbury, where she had since resided.
The late Mrs. Levagood was one of the first members of the Zion Evangelical Church and was a regular attender at the services.
She leaves to mourn their loss, three sons, Harry and Ira, of Westcott, and Roy, of Lilliwaup, Wash. One son died at Wallace, Idaho, in 1924. There are also ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Excerpt from The Didsbury Pioneer, May 30, 1940, page 1
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Alberta Death Reg. #201-342
Mrs. Lovina Levagood, one of the oldest residents of the Didsbury district, died suddenly at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. Harry Steckley, in Calgary, where she was visiting, on Tuesday, May 28th. She went to lie down after lunch and quietly passed away. She was in her 79th year.
Lovina Hunsperger was born at New Dundee, Ontario, on September 26th, 1861, and was married to Isaac Levagood at Greenwood, Michigan, on September 10th, 1878. Two years after their marriage they moved to Kansas, where they lived until 1899, when they came to Alberta and were among the first to homestead in the Westcott district. They lived on the farm continuously until the death of Mr. Levagood in 1930, when Mrs. Levagood moved to Didsbury, where she had since resided.
The late Mrs. Levagood was one of the first members of the Zion Evangelical Church and was a regular attender at the services.
She leaves to mourn their loss, three sons, Harry and Ira, of Westcott, and Roy, of Lilliwaup, Wash. One son died at Wallace, Idaho, in 1924. There are also ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Excerpt from The Didsbury Pioneer, May 30, 1940, page 1
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Alberta Death Reg. #201-342


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  • Created by: Deb
  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117849511/lovina_biehn-levagood: accessed ), memorial page for Lovina Biehn Hunsperger Levagood (26 Sep 1861–28 May 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117849511, citing Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Deb (contributor 48155269).