The Lyons Daily News, Lyons, Rice Co, Kansas, Monday, July 2, 1956:
GRACE DAY HOLMES
Mrs. A C Holmes, about 84, of Lyons, died at 8 o'clock last night at the home of a daughter, Mrs Glenn Bright, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced through the Crawford-Miller mortuary in Lyons.
Mrs Holmes, one of the early day settlers of this area, came to Lyons with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs Robert H Day from Illinois in 1878, at the age of six years.
Her husband, Curt Holmes, a rural mail carrier in Lyons a number of years, died in December 1946.
Mrs Holmes had undergone surgery for a gall bladder ailment 2 weeks ago.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs Bright; 2 sons, W D Smith of Lyons and Wayland Smith of San Diego, California; and a step-daughter, Mrs Gwendolyn Connett of Junction City.
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Grace m. Charles Orceneth Smith 26 March 1890 in Lyons, Rice Co, Kansas - divorced about 1916
Grace m. Alva Curtis Holmes in 1918 in Lyons, KS. He was the widower of Grace's sister, Sarah Gladys Day. Grace & Curt raised Curt's dau Gwendolyn by his marriage to Sarah aka "Saidee".
GRACE DAY HOLMES
Mrs. A C Holmes, about 84, of Lyons, died at 8 o'clock last night at the home of a daughter, Mrs Glenn Bright, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced through the Crawford-Miller mortuary in Lyons.
Mrs Holmes, one of the early day settlers of this area, came to Lyons with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs Robert H Day from Illinois in 1878, at the age of six years.
Her husband, Curt Holmes, a rural mail carrier in Lyons a number of years, died in December 1946.
Mrs Holmes had undergone surgery for a gall bladder ailment 2 weeks ago.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs Bright; 2 sons, W D Smith of Lyons and Wayland Smith of San Diego, California; and a step-daughter, Mrs Gwendolyn Connett of Junction City.
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Grace m. Charles Orceneth Smith 26 March 1890 in Lyons, Rice Co, Kansas - divorced about 1916
Grace m. Alva Curtis Holmes in 1918 in Lyons, KS. He was the widower of Grace's sister, Sarah Gladys Day. Grace & Curt raised Curt's dau Gwendolyn by his marriage to Sarah aka "Saidee".
The Lyons Daily News, Lyons, Rice Co, Kansas, Monday, July 2, 1956:
GRACE DAY HOLMES
Mrs. A C Holmes, about 84, of Lyons, died at 8 o'clock last night at the home of a daughter, Mrs Glenn Bright, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced through the Crawford-Miller mortuary in Lyons.
Mrs Holmes, one of the early day settlers of this area, came to Lyons with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs Robert H Day from Illinois in 1878, at the age of six years.
Her husband, Curt Holmes, a rural mail carrier in Lyons a number of years, died in December 1946.
Mrs Holmes had undergone surgery for a gall bladder ailment 2 weeks ago.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs Bright; 2 sons, W D Smith of Lyons and Wayland Smith of San Diego, California; and a step-daughter, Mrs Gwendolyn Connett of Junction City.
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Grace m. Charles Orceneth Smith 26 March 1890 in Lyons, Rice Co, Kansas - divorced about 1916
Grace m. Alva Curtis Holmes in 1918 in Lyons, KS. He was the widower of Grace's sister, Sarah Gladys Day. Grace & Curt raised Curt's dau Gwendolyn by his marriage to Sarah aka "Saidee".
GRACE DAY HOLMES
Mrs. A C Holmes, about 84, of Lyons, died at 8 o'clock last night at the home of a daughter, Mrs Glenn Bright, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced through the Crawford-Miller mortuary in Lyons.
Mrs Holmes, one of the early day settlers of this area, came to Lyons with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs Robert H Day from Illinois in 1878, at the age of six years.
Her husband, Curt Holmes, a rural mail carrier in Lyons a number of years, died in December 1946.
Mrs Holmes had undergone surgery for a gall bladder ailment 2 weeks ago.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs Bright; 2 sons, W D Smith of Lyons and Wayland Smith of San Diego, California; and a step-daughter, Mrs Gwendolyn Connett of Junction City.
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Grace m. Charles Orceneth Smith 26 March 1890 in Lyons, Rice Co, Kansas - divorced about 1916
Grace m. Alva Curtis Holmes in 1918 in Lyons, KS. He was the widower of Grace's sister, Sarah Gladys Day. Grace & Curt raised Curt's dau Gwendolyn by his marriage to Sarah aka "Saidee".
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