Mrs. Laura J. Curtis, 71 years old, died at her home, 201 Sophia street, Monday evening after an illness of five weeks duration. Mrs. Curtis' third son, Carl, died on Dec. 8 of last year, and since then she had been in failing health. She had spent eight days in a hospital during the five months she was ill but was brought home before her death.
Mrs. Curtis was born in Shelby county, Ill., April 13, 1869 [sic]. She spent a great part of her life in Aledo, Ill., moving here four years ago. Mrs. Curtis' husband, Frank Curtis, a Union Veteran of the Civil War, died 30 years ago.
Five children, three sons and two daughters, were born to the Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, two of whom survive. They are Mrs. Florence Smith of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mabel Loveridge of West Chicago. Besides Carl, two other sons preceded their mother in death, Roy, who died three years ago, and Claude, who passed away four years ago last August.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. William Hoffman of West Chicago, Mrs. Nellie McAllister of Chicago, Mrs. Minnie Bell of Omaha, Neb., one brother, Wilbur Renshaw of Darwin, Ill., 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Curtis home at 2 o'clock, in charge of Rev. Reynold Hoover. Burial will be at Glen Oak cemetery.
[Published in The West Chicago (IL) Press, Thursday, March 18, 1942]
The 1900 U.S. Federal Census has April 1861 as date of birth.
Laura married her first husband, Frank Eugene Curtis, in 1885. He died in 1911. She married her second husband, Edward W. Maul, in 1912. They were divorced before 1941.
Mrs. Curtis was born in Shelby county, Ill., April 13, 1869 [sic]. She spent a great part of her life in Aledo, Ill., moving here four years ago. Mrs. Curtis' husband, Frank Curtis, a Union Veteran of the Civil War, died 30 years ago.
Five children, three sons and two daughters, were born to the Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, two of whom survive. They are Mrs. Florence Smith of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mabel Loveridge of West Chicago. Besides Carl, two other sons preceded their mother in death, Roy, who died three years ago, and Claude, who passed away four years ago last August.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. William Hoffman of West Chicago, Mrs. Nellie McAllister of Chicago, Mrs. Minnie Bell of Omaha, Neb., one brother, Wilbur Renshaw of Darwin, Ill., 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Curtis home at 2 o'clock, in charge of Rev. Reynold Hoover. Burial will be at Glen Oak cemetery.
[Published in The West Chicago (IL) Press, Thursday, March 18, 1942]
The 1900 U.S. Federal Census has April 1861 as date of birth.
Laura married her first husband, Frank Eugene Curtis, in 1885. He died in 1911. She married her second husband, Edward W. Maul, in 1912. They were divorced before 1941.
Mrs. Laura J. Curtis, 71 years old, died at her home, 201 Sophia street, Monday evening after an illness of five weeks duration. Mrs. Curtis' third son, Carl, died on Dec. 8 of last year, and since then she had been in failing health. She had spent eight days in a hospital during the five months she was ill but was brought home before her death.
Mrs. Curtis was born in Shelby county, Ill., April 13, 1869 [sic]. She spent a great part of her life in Aledo, Ill., moving here four years ago. Mrs. Curtis' husband, Frank Curtis, a Union Veteran of the Civil War, died 30 years ago.
Five children, three sons and two daughters, were born to the Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, two of whom survive. They are Mrs. Florence Smith of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mabel Loveridge of West Chicago. Besides Carl, two other sons preceded their mother in death, Roy, who died three years ago, and Claude, who passed away four years ago last August.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. William Hoffman of West Chicago, Mrs. Nellie McAllister of Chicago, Mrs. Minnie Bell of Omaha, Neb., one brother, Wilbur Renshaw of Darwin, Ill., 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Curtis home at 2 o'clock, in charge of Rev. Reynold Hoover. Burial will be at Glen Oak cemetery.
[Published in The West Chicago (IL) Press, Thursday, March 18, 1942]
The 1900 U.S. Federal Census has April 1861 as date of birth.
Laura married her first husband, Frank Eugene Curtis, in 1885. He died in 1911. She married her second husband, Edward W. Maul, in 1912. They were divorced before 1941.
Mrs. Curtis was born in Shelby county, Ill., April 13, 1869 [sic]. She spent a great part of her life in Aledo, Ill., moving here four years ago. Mrs. Curtis' husband, Frank Curtis, a Union Veteran of the Civil War, died 30 years ago.
Five children, three sons and two daughters, were born to the Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, two of whom survive. They are Mrs. Florence Smith of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mabel Loveridge of West Chicago. Besides Carl, two other sons preceded their mother in death, Roy, who died three years ago, and Claude, who passed away four years ago last August.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. William Hoffman of West Chicago, Mrs. Nellie McAllister of Chicago, Mrs. Minnie Bell of Omaha, Neb., one brother, Wilbur Renshaw of Darwin, Ill., 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Curtis home at 2 o'clock, in charge of Rev. Reynold Hoover. Burial will be at Glen Oak cemetery.
[Published in The West Chicago (IL) Press, Thursday, March 18, 1942]
The 1900 U.S. Federal Census has April 1861 as date of birth.
Laura married her first husband, Frank Eugene Curtis, in 1885. He died in 1911. She married her second husband, Edward W. Maul, in 1912. They were divorced before 1941.
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