Cert # 4919.∼Cenotaph
A memorial to Neilia Biden at the Bellevue Elementary School, Syracuse NY
Rectangular plaque; raised lettering attached to a bolder
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
NEILIA HUNTER BIDEN
BELOVED TEACHER AND MENTOR
BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY
1964 -1968
* Note: At the time Neilia Hunter Biden taught at Bellevue, the school was a junior high.
In December 1972, Neilia died with her 13-month-old daughter, Naomi Christina - called Amy by the family - in a Delaware car crash, after a collision with a tractor-trailer. The two young Biden sons, Beau and Hunter, were badly injured but survived, though Beau would die years later, at 46, from brain cancer.
Neilia Hunter in the New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942
Name: Neilia Hunter
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1942
Birth Place: Auburn, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 53377
Source Citation
New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Birth Index
Contributor: E. E. Smith (46947577)
Cert # 4919.∼Cenotaph
A memorial to Neilia Biden at the Bellevue Elementary School, Syracuse NY
Rectangular plaque; raised lettering attached to a bolder
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
NEILIA HUNTER BIDEN
BELOVED TEACHER AND MENTOR
BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY
1964 -1968
* Note: At the time Neilia Hunter Biden taught at Bellevue, the school was a junior high.
In December 1972, Neilia died with her 13-month-old daughter, Naomi Christina - called Amy by the family - in a Delaware car crash, after a collision with a tractor-trailer. The two young Biden sons, Beau and Hunter, were badly injured but survived, though Beau would die years later, at 46, from brain cancer.
Neilia Hunter in the New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942
Name: Neilia Hunter
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1942
Birth Place: Auburn, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 53377
Source Citation
New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Birth Index
Contributor: E. E. Smith (46947577)
Inscription
NEILIA HUNTER BIDEN
JULY 28, 1942 - DECEMBER 18, 1972
"DEATH LIES UPON HER LIKE AN EARLY FROST
UPON THE SWEETEST FLOWER OF ALL THE FIELDS"
NAOMI CHRISTINA BIDEN
NOVEMBER 8, 1971 - DECEMBER 18, 1972
"AS IS THE MOTHER SO IS THE DAUGHTER"
BIDEN
NEILIA HUNTER
JULY 28, 1942
DECEMBER 18, 1972
NAOMI CHRISTINA
NOVEMBER 8, 1971
DECEMBER 18, 1972