Died, June 16th, at 6 o'clock, p.m., Mrs. Lucy, wife of Mr. Lee Burroughs. She took sick at 4 o'clock on the preceding evening, after having done a large washing. Her disease was called congestion of the stomach. She was the daughter of Squire M. Payne, who formerly lived in Danville, and whose death occurred suddenly a few years ago in a street car in Chicago. Mrs. Marion Burroughs, her only sister, was with her during her few hours illness.
Rev. Keneday, of Fairmount, preached a funeral sermon at the home and conducted the service at Oakridge cemetery, where she was laid to rest surrounded by weeping and sympathizing friends. Her age was twenty three years. She became a member of the M. E. church at the age of sixteen.
Newspaper clipping by Hannah Mariah from Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, dated 29 June 1887, page 2, column 4.
Rev. Keneday, of Fairmount, preached a funeral sermon at the home and conducted the service at Oakridge cemetery, where she was laid to rest surrounded by weeping and sympathizing friends. Her age was twenty three years. She became a member of the M. E. church at the age of sixteen.
Newspaper clipping by Hannah Mariah from Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, dated 29 June 1887, page 2, column 4.
Died, June 16th, at 6 o'clock, p.m., Mrs. Lucy, wife of Mr. Lee Burroughs. She took sick at 4 o'clock on the preceding evening, after having done a large washing. Her disease was called congestion of the stomach. She was the daughter of Squire M. Payne, who formerly lived in Danville, and whose death occurred suddenly a few years ago in a street car in Chicago. Mrs. Marion Burroughs, her only sister, was with her during her few hours illness.
Rev. Keneday, of Fairmount, preached a funeral sermon at the home and conducted the service at Oakridge cemetery, where she was laid to rest surrounded by weeping and sympathizing friends. Her age was twenty three years. She became a member of the M. E. church at the age of sixteen.
Newspaper clipping by Hannah Mariah from Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, dated 29 June 1887, page 2, column 4.
Rev. Keneday, of Fairmount, preached a funeral sermon at the home and conducted the service at Oakridge cemetery, where she was laid to rest surrounded by weeping and sympathizing friends. Her age was twenty three years. She became a member of the M. E. church at the age of sixteen.
Newspaper clipping by Hannah Mariah from Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, dated 29 June 1887, page 2, column 4.
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