Barber County Kansas

Louise Elizabeth Anderson, 63 who has been ill for the past ten days at her home in Lamar, Colo., died Friday afternoon, Dec. 30th.

For the past two or three years the Anderson family has lived in Lamar and prior to that time, since 1919 have made their home on a ranch 30 miles south of Lamar. Mrs. Anderson (nee Strain) was born in Neosho County, Kansas in 1875.

Surviving the deceased are her husband, Frank; twin daughters, Mrs. Opal Bird, Canon City, and Mrs. Orpha Yeo, Canon City; and one son, Harry of Mamona, California.

There are also four brothers and two sisters as follows: Thomas W. Strain and J. E. Strain of Granada, Colo., C. L. Strain and Mrs. Lincoln Davis of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, W. J. Strain of Covina, Calif., and Mrs. W. D. Winters of Haviland, Kansas.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church of Lamar, with Rev. Albert Tuck, pastor of the church officiating. Interment was made in Fairmount cemetery.

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