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Dr Levi Cooper Lane

Birth
Preble County, Ohio, USA
Death
9 Feb 1902 (aged 73)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Cremated, Other Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Ashes of Dr. L. C. Lane and Mrs. Pauline Lane are interred in the central niche in Lane Hall, beneath the bust of Dr. L. C. Lane.

The ashes of Dr. Lane and of Mrs. Lane are in separate copper urns with the coffin plates of each officially sealed by the Odd Fellow Cemetery Association;

The case or casket in which the urns are contained also includes a copy of the record of the Exercises held in memory of Dr. L. C. Lane on 9 March 1902; and a copy of the resolutions passed on 17 November 1902 by the Faculty of the College on the death of Pauline C. Lane.

The casket was placed in the north brick wall beneath the marble slab on which the pedestal of the bust of Dr. L. C. Lane rests and was sealed therein in the presence of Drs. Ellinwood, Taylor, Gibbons, Rixford and Stillman, Members of Cooper Medical College.

The marble slab which covers the remains and supports the pedestal bearing the bust of Dr. Lane is inscribed with this record: "Here rest the remains of Dr. Levi Cooper Lane and his wife Pauline C. Lane, incinerated by their request, 1902."
Source: Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools: An Historical Perspective.....
Chapter 28: Fateful Year 1902 - Last Days of Dr. Lane > Death of Mrs. Lane
Ashes of Dr. L. C. Lane and Mrs. Pauline Lane are interred in the central niche in Lane Hall, beneath the bust of Dr. L. C. Lane.

The ashes of Dr. Lane and of Mrs. Lane are in separate copper urns with the coffin plates of each officially sealed by the Odd Fellow Cemetery Association;

The case or casket in which the urns are contained also includes a copy of the record of the Exercises held in memory of Dr. L. C. Lane on 9 March 1902; and a copy of the resolutions passed on 17 November 1902 by the Faculty of the College on the death of Pauline C. Lane.

The casket was placed in the north brick wall beneath the marble slab on which the pedestal of the bust of Dr. L. C. Lane rests and was sealed therein in the presence of Drs. Ellinwood, Taylor, Gibbons, Rixford and Stillman, Members of Cooper Medical College.

The marble slab which covers the remains and supports the pedestal bearing the bust of Dr. Lane is inscribed with this record: "Here rest the remains of Dr. Levi Cooper Lane and his wife Pauline C. Lane, incinerated by their request, 1902."
Source: Stanford University School of Medicine and the Predecessor Schools: An Historical Perspective.....
Chapter 28: Fateful Year 1902 - Last Days of Dr. Lane > Death of Mrs. Lane


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