reprinted from the Leavenworth Times, Saturday, January 16, 1909

Mrs. Lucretia Washington, colored, died of old age yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Mitchell Hospital. She was born in Georgia in 1829, and after the Civil war she and her family moved to Kansas, where they have lived ever since. Her husband was killed during the war. She is survived by a son in Lawrence and two daughters who live in the south. The funeral services will be held from the hospital this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Date of death Friday, January 15, 1909