BODY TAKEN TO INDIANA.
Wife of Chief Postoffice Inspector Letherman Was Born There.
Chief of Postoffice Inspectors Lawrence Letherman has the sympathy of a host of friends in the death of his wife, Louise de Motte Letherman, who passed away Sunday.
Mrs. Letherman was a native of Indiana, the daughter of Congressman de Motte, and 46 years old. She was an estimable woman and of extreme domestic tastes.
She accompanied her husband a few years ago to Porto Rico, where he was assigned to establish the U. S. postal system. While there she suffered from the climate, and since here return to this country two years ago had been in declining health.
Besides her husband she leaves three children -- two girls, 17 and 8, and a boy of 13.
Brief services were held at the family residence, 59 Maple st., Malden, yesterday forenoon. There were many floral tributes. The remains, accompanied by the bereaved husband and Congressman de Motte, were taken on the 10:45 a. m. western express for Valparaiso, Ind. where the final obsequies will take place today.
Source: The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; September 27, 1905; Volume 68, Number 89, Page 10, Column 8. Column titled "Body Taken to Indiana."
Wife of Chief Postoffice Inspector Letherman Was Born There.
Chief of Postoffice Inspectors Lawrence Letherman has the sympathy of a host of friends in the death of his wife, Louise de Motte Letherman, who passed away Sunday.
Mrs. Letherman was a native of Indiana, the daughter of Congressman de Motte, and 46 years old. She was an estimable woman and of extreme domestic tastes.
She accompanied her husband a few years ago to Porto Rico, where he was assigned to establish the U. S. postal system. While there she suffered from the climate, and since here return to this country two years ago had been in declining health.
Besides her husband she leaves three children -- two girls, 17 and 8, and a boy of 13.
Brief services were held at the family residence, 59 Maple st., Malden, yesterday forenoon. There were many floral tributes. The remains, accompanied by the bereaved husband and Congressman de Motte, were taken on the 10:45 a. m. western express for Valparaiso, Ind. where the final obsequies will take place today.
Source: The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; September 27, 1905; Volume 68, Number 89, Page 10, Column 8. Column titled "Body Taken to Indiana."
BODY TAKEN TO INDIANA.
Wife of Chief Postoffice Inspector Letherman Was Born There.
Chief of Postoffice Inspectors Lawrence Letherman has the sympathy of a host of friends in the death of his wife, Louise de Motte Letherman, who passed away Sunday.
Mrs. Letherman was a native of Indiana, the daughter of Congressman de Motte, and 46 years old. She was an estimable woman and of extreme domestic tastes.
She accompanied her husband a few years ago to Porto Rico, where he was assigned to establish the U. S. postal system. While there she suffered from the climate, and since here return to this country two years ago had been in declining health.
Besides her husband she leaves three children -- two girls, 17 and 8, and a boy of 13.
Brief services were held at the family residence, 59 Maple st., Malden, yesterday forenoon. There were many floral tributes. The remains, accompanied by the bereaved husband and Congressman de Motte, were taken on the 10:45 a. m. western express for Valparaiso, Ind. where the final obsequies will take place today.
Source: The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; September 27, 1905; Volume 68, Number 89, Page 10, Column 8. Column titled "Body Taken to Indiana."
Wife of Chief Postoffice Inspector Letherman Was Born There.
Chief of Postoffice Inspectors Lawrence Letherman has the sympathy of a host of friends in the death of his wife, Louise de Motte Letherman, who passed away Sunday.
Mrs. Letherman was a native of Indiana, the daughter of Congressman de Motte, and 46 years old. She was an estimable woman and of extreme domestic tastes.
She accompanied her husband a few years ago to Porto Rico, where he was assigned to establish the U. S. postal system. While there she suffered from the climate, and since here return to this country two years ago had been in declining health.
Besides her husband she leaves three children -- two girls, 17 and 8, and a boy of 13.
Brief services were held at the family residence, 59 Maple st., Malden, yesterday forenoon. There were many floral tributes. The remains, accompanied by the bereaved husband and Congressman de Motte, were taken on the 10:45 a. m. western express for Valparaiso, Ind. where the final obsequies will take place today.
Source: The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; September 27, 1905; Volume 68, Number 89, Page 10, Column 8. Column titled "Body Taken to Indiana."
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No tombstone is believed to exist to mark the burial location of Louise (DeMotte) Letherman in Valparaiso's Maplewood Cemetery. Alternatively, her tombstone may have been removed or is hidden under turf.
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