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Laura Elizabeth <I>Read</I> Look

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Laura Elizabeth Read Look

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
22 Sep 1981 (aged 97)
Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA
Burial
Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Laura Elizabeth Read was born in Missouri and raised in Fort Smith, Washington Co., Ark by her parents James S. & Emily Read. She was married to Marion B. Jenks 20 Sept. 1907 at Panama City, Washington/now Bay Co., FL. They had met during the time M.B. Jenks spent in Arkansas.

After the death of her first husband, widowed Laura E. Jenks married William Fairchild Look of Panama City on June 14, 1911.They were parents of two children: Carita M. Jenks (b. 1908-d. 2010) Look (adopted by WF) and son James Henry Look (1912-1995).

W.F. Look born 1861 Horicon, Dodge Co., WI died 1950 @ Panama City, FL.

Laura Elizabeth Read Jenks Look was a lovely, talented and well loved progressive business woman during her 97-yr lifetime with most of those years spent in Panama City.

Mr. & Mrs. William F. Look were Charter Members of the new "Christ Episcopal Church" when the bldg was consecrated July 1, 1915. The name of this church was later changed to "St. Andrews By the Sea" before finally becoming "St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. This current (2016) church bldg was constructed in 1959 & the original 1915 bldg was sold to the Greek Orthodox Church and was moved to Baldwin Road.

Carita M. (Jenks)Look Murray Wise died 2010 @ CA but her ashes were returned to Panama City and placed with her mother's in this "Memorial Garden" (Church Records of Internments, 2010 announcment in the PC News-Herald).
Son James Henry Look (b. 1912 Panama City, FL)died 11 Nov 1995 @ Foley, Baldwin Co., AL. He was an accomplished architect.


Source: Bay Co. Public Library, Local History Collection Records, Panama City, FL & St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Records; Washington Co., FL Marriage Records.
Laura Elizabeth Read was born in Missouri and raised in Fort Smith, Washington Co., Ark by her parents James S. & Emily Read. She was married to Marion B. Jenks 20 Sept. 1907 at Panama City, Washington/now Bay Co., FL. They had met during the time M.B. Jenks spent in Arkansas.

After the death of her first husband, widowed Laura E. Jenks married William Fairchild Look of Panama City on June 14, 1911.They were parents of two children: Carita M. Jenks (b. 1908-d. 2010) Look (adopted by WF) and son James Henry Look (1912-1995).

W.F. Look born 1861 Horicon, Dodge Co., WI died 1950 @ Panama City, FL.

Laura Elizabeth Read Jenks Look was a lovely, talented and well loved progressive business woman during her 97-yr lifetime with most of those years spent in Panama City.

Mr. & Mrs. William F. Look were Charter Members of the new "Christ Episcopal Church" when the bldg was consecrated July 1, 1915. The name of this church was later changed to "St. Andrews By the Sea" before finally becoming "St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. This current (2016) church bldg was constructed in 1959 & the original 1915 bldg was sold to the Greek Orthodox Church and was moved to Baldwin Road.

Carita M. (Jenks)Look Murray Wise died 2010 @ CA but her ashes were returned to Panama City and placed with her mother's in this "Memorial Garden" (Church Records of Internments, 2010 announcment in the PC News-Herald).
Son James Henry Look (b. 1912 Panama City, FL)died 11 Nov 1995 @ Foley, Baldwin Co., AL. He was an accomplished architect.


Source: Bay Co. Public Library, Local History Collection Records, Panama City, FL & St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Records; Washington Co., FL Marriage Records.

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Memorial Garden - cremation



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  • Created by: Lyn H. H.
  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160994194/laura_elizabeth-look: accessed ), memorial page for Laura Elizabeth Read Look (4 Jan 1884–22 Sep 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 160994194, citing Saint Andrews Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Lyn H. H. (contributor 48203886).