For today's transcription project I am going to share with you the obituary of Lura Ellen Brown née Shinn (1897-1998). Lura was my maternal step-grandmother and she was also my grand aunt, or some would say, great-aunt. If that is confusing, let me explain, that Lura was also my grandmother's sister. My Grandpa Brown, my mother's father, was Eugene J. Brown and after his wife, Inez Viola Shinn passed away in 1968, he would now and then phone members of Inez's siblings to stay in contact with them. That led to a marriage between Inez's sister, Lura Ellen, and Eugene.
When I realized that Lura's birthday occurs tomorrow, February 27th, I thought it would be nice to honor her memory by sharing a document about her. What I found first was her obituary. I can remember how I was so proud when Lura turned 100 years old. She was the first in my family, that I knew of, who achieved that advanced age. She has now been gone twenty years, but I remember her well. As a young woman, she told me, she had long red hair and taught at a country school before her first marriage. I recall her going about go about the house, quietly spelling to herself, "Cat, C-A-T, Cat." Was that a carryover from her teaching days? Those are good memories to have.
I see I have some work to do, as I discovered this article is an unidentified newspaper clipping. Ugh! I am going to be challenged to create the source citation for this one appropriately. <grin>
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| IMAGE: Unidentified newspaper clipping telling of Lura Brown. [1] |
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LURA ELLEN BROWN
A graveside service for Lura Ellen
Brown, 101, formerly of Farber, was
held at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, at
the Vandalia Cemetery. Rev. Bob
Balwanz officiated.
Mrs. Brown died at 7:20 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998 at the
Audrain Medical Center, Mexico.
She had resided at Countryside
Manor, Vandalia, for some time,
and most recently at Twain Haven
Nursing Home, Perry.
Mrs. Brown was born Feb. 27,
1897 in Guthrie County, Iowa, the
daughter of David and Sara Parr
Shinn. She was a high school gradu-
ate, She married William C. Rule,
Jan. 23, 1917 and he died Dec. 2,
1930. She then married L.F. Bow-
ers, Dec. 6, 1942 and he died Feb.
10, 1960. She then married Eugene
J. Brown, March 3, 1973 and he
preceded her in death in 1987. She
lived in Farber most of her married
life and was a member of the Farber
Presbyterian Church and a long-time
member of the Vandalia Country
Club.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Charles (Alice) Walters, Farber;
a son, Forest Rule, Sacramento,
Calif.; four step-daughters, Marjorie
Campbell, San Diego, Calif.,
Marilyn Johnson, Washington,
Rachel Storck, Vandalia, and Mary
Gertrude Edwards, Ottawa, Ill., sev-
eral grandchildren and great-grand-
children.
She was preceded in death by a
son, Roy Rule; four brothers and
three sisters.
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Source:
1.) "Lura Ellen Brown," obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper, in the Brown-Shinn family files; privately held by Darlene Steffens, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Lincoln City, Oregon.
Well, that citation wasn't so difficult after all, but a better original is better for me files. One that includes infomration aboutthe newspaper too.
Note: The "Mexico" mentioned in the article and Lura's place of death is a city in Audrain County, Missouri about 120 miles northwest of St. Louis, MO.
Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks, guys.
I am reminded that transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.
I enjoyed sharing "Grandma Lu's" obituary with you today. I hope you have a good week and I want to thank you for stopping by.
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