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Lenna <I>Landes</I> Shirley

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Lenna Landes Shirley

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
31 Oct 1948 (aged 61–62)
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Lenna (Landes) Shirley, 62, wife of Albert A. Shirley, a native of Lafayette and Purdue graduate, died Sunday afternoon at her home in Detriot, Mich. The body will be sent to Lafayette.
Born on Oakland hill in the city, she was the daughter of the pioneer Landes family which moved to Frankfort. She received a B.S. degree from Purdue in 1910. She belonged to Phi Lambda Psi, predecessor of Kappa Alpha Theta. She taught school at Frankfort and in Chicago and in John Burroughs school in Detriot. Her husband is her only survivor. (Lafayette Journal and Courier, 2 Nov 1948)
Mrs. Lenna (Landes) Shirley, 62, wife of Albert A. Shirley, a native of Lafayette and Purdue graduate, died Sunday afternoon at her home in Detriot, Mich. The body will be sent to Lafayette.
Born on Oakland hill in the city, she was the daughter of the pioneer Landes family which moved to Frankfort. She received a B.S. degree from Purdue in 1910. She belonged to Phi Lambda Psi, predecessor of Kappa Alpha Theta. She taught school at Frankfort and in Chicago and in John Burroughs school in Detriot. Her husband is her only survivor. (Lafayette Journal and Courier, 2 Nov 1948)


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  • Created by: G. Frantz
  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24879711/lenna-shirley: accessed ), memorial page for Lenna Landes Shirley (1886–31 Oct 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24879711, citing Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by G. Frantz (contributor 46854722).