Letha was a sister to Gail Clifford Oakes, Grace Clair Oakes Jacobsen, and Merle Oakes Stacy. She married Carl in Bellingham, Washington on 5 August 1914. They had at least one child, Margaret Inez.
Iowa City Press Citizen, November 16, 1923:
"Mrs. Letha Lounsberry, wife of Prof. Carl Lounsberry, one of Iowa City's able educators, passed away at a hospital in Chicago, yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. She had gone to the city for treatments about three weeks ago. Her husband was summoned to her side, by a message earlier in the'day, and left here at 2:30 -- having started for the metropolis before the subsequent telegram bore the sadder news. Mrs. Lounsberry was about 36 years of age. She was a native of Nebraska, and lived, in her girlhood, at Columbus Junction from which town she came to Iowa City. Surviving are her husband, her little daughter, Margaret; her mother, Mrs. G. W Oakes--who lives at 1142 East Court, which is the Lounsberry home; a brother, Lieut. Gail Oakes, of Washington, D. C., noted for his wonderful experiences as an aviator, in the World War; and two sisters, Mesdames Grover [Grace Oakes] Jacobson of Ponca City, Okla., and Wright [Ada Merle Oakes] Stacy of Boise, Idaho. The remains will be brought to Iowa City for interment, and the funeral hour will be announced later. Mrs Lounsberry Was formerly Miss Letha Oakes, a niece of Messrs. Perry and John Oakes, of Iowa City. As a charming girl and a lovable wife, mother, and neighbor, she had endeared herself to a large circle of Iowa City friends, all of whom will read with intense sorrow of her untimely death."
Her husband remarried twice after her death.
Iowa City Press Citizen, November 16, 1923:
"Mrs. Letha Lounsberry, wife of Prof. Carl Lounsberry, one of Iowa City's able educators, passed away at a hospital in Chicago, yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. She had gone to the city for treatments about three weeks ago. Her husband was summoned to her side, by a message earlier in the'day, and left here at 2:30 -- having started for the metropolis before the subsequent telegram bore the sadder news. Mrs. Lounsberry was about 36 years of age. She was a native of Nebraska, and lived, in her girlhood, at Columbus Junction from which town she came to Iowa City. Surviving are her husband, her little daughter, Margaret; her mother, Mrs. G. W Oakes--who lives at 1142 East Court, which is the Lounsberry home; a brother, Lieut. Gail Oakes, of Washington, D. C., noted for his wonderful experiences as an aviator, in the World War; and two sisters, Mesdames Grover [Grace Oakes] Jacobson of Ponca City, Okla., and Wright [Ada Merle Oakes] Stacy of Boise, Idaho. The remains will be brought to Iowa City for interment, and the funeral hour will be announced later. Mrs Lounsberry Was formerly Miss Letha Oakes, a niece of Messrs. Perry and John Oakes, of Iowa City. As a charming girl and a lovable wife, mother, and neighbor, she had endeared herself to a large circle of Iowa City friends, all of whom will read with intense sorrow of her untimely death."
Her husband remarried twice after her death.
Letha was a sister to Gail Clifford Oakes, Grace Clair Oakes Jacobsen, and Merle Oakes Stacy. She married Carl in Bellingham, Washington on 5 August 1914. They had at least one child, Margaret Inez.
Iowa City Press Citizen, November 16, 1923:
"Mrs. Letha Lounsberry, wife of Prof. Carl Lounsberry, one of Iowa City's able educators, passed away at a hospital in Chicago, yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. She had gone to the city for treatments about three weeks ago. Her husband was summoned to her side, by a message earlier in the'day, and left here at 2:30 -- having started for the metropolis before the subsequent telegram bore the sadder news. Mrs. Lounsberry was about 36 years of age. She was a native of Nebraska, and lived, in her girlhood, at Columbus Junction from which town she came to Iowa City. Surviving are her husband, her little daughter, Margaret; her mother, Mrs. G. W Oakes--who lives at 1142 East Court, which is the Lounsberry home; a brother, Lieut. Gail Oakes, of Washington, D. C., noted for his wonderful experiences as an aviator, in the World War; and two sisters, Mesdames Grover [Grace Oakes] Jacobson of Ponca City, Okla., and Wright [Ada Merle Oakes] Stacy of Boise, Idaho. The remains will be brought to Iowa City for interment, and the funeral hour will be announced later. Mrs Lounsberry Was formerly Miss Letha Oakes, a niece of Messrs. Perry and John Oakes, of Iowa City. As a charming girl and a lovable wife, mother, and neighbor, she had endeared herself to a large circle of Iowa City friends, all of whom will read with intense sorrow of her untimely death."
Her husband remarried twice after her death.
Iowa City Press Citizen, November 16, 1923:
"Mrs. Letha Lounsberry, wife of Prof. Carl Lounsberry, one of Iowa City's able educators, passed away at a hospital in Chicago, yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. She had gone to the city for treatments about three weeks ago. Her husband was summoned to her side, by a message earlier in the'day, and left here at 2:30 -- having started for the metropolis before the subsequent telegram bore the sadder news. Mrs. Lounsberry was about 36 years of age. She was a native of Nebraska, and lived, in her girlhood, at Columbus Junction from which town she came to Iowa City. Surviving are her husband, her little daughter, Margaret; her mother, Mrs. G. W Oakes--who lives at 1142 East Court, which is the Lounsberry home; a brother, Lieut. Gail Oakes, of Washington, D. C., noted for his wonderful experiences as an aviator, in the World War; and two sisters, Mesdames Grover [Grace Oakes] Jacobson of Ponca City, Okla., and Wright [Ada Merle Oakes] Stacy of Boise, Idaho. The remains will be brought to Iowa City for interment, and the funeral hour will be announced later. Mrs Lounsberry Was formerly Miss Letha Oakes, a niece of Messrs. Perry and John Oakes, of Iowa City. As a charming girl and a lovable wife, mother, and neighbor, she had endeared herself to a large circle of Iowa City friends, all of whom will read with intense sorrow of her untimely death."
Her husband remarried twice after her death.
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