Lake City Graphic - p 1 Thursday, September 23, 1924 LATISHA PARKHURST YOUNT Latisha Parkhurst Yount was born in Tiffin City, Ohio, June 2, 1831 and passed away Sunday morning, Sept. 21, 1924 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Tubbs, aged 93 years, 3 months and 19 days. She was married to Daniel Yount in Tiffin City, Ohio November 15, 1848. In 1880 they moved to Iowa, coming Lake City in the spring of 1891/ Eight children, seven girls and one boy, came to gladden the home. Four children preceded Mrs. Yount in death. Mr. Yount died April 7, 1897. Mrs. Yount became a Christian when but 16 years of age and united with the Methodist church and kept that faith furing her remaining years. Four daughters survive. Mrs. Dora Durkee of Hammond, Ind., Mrs. Latisha Brown of Northport, Nebr., Mrs. Kittie Purdy of Rockwell City and Mrs. Nellie Tubbs of Lake City. There are 19 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Mrs. Yount was a good Christian mother, a good neighbor, ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need of help or a cheerful word. One daughter, Mrs. Brown was the only one who was not able to be with her at the last. September 1924 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---------------------------------------- name of newspaper: The Bridgeport News-Blade address: PO Box 400 Bridgeport, Nebraska 69336-0400 phone number: +1-308-262-0675 website: https://www.newsblade.com/ date of article: Thursday, January 18, 1945 edition: volume 45, number 33 page: front page source: Nebraska State Historical Society microfilm SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. BROWN --- Pioneer Woman, Who Passed Away Friday, Is Laid To Rest --- Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon from the First Baptist church in Bridgeport with Rev. W. E. Schumann in charge, for Mrs. Lettisha Brown, who passed away at her home, here, last Friday. Mrs. Brown a resident for the past thirty-three years, had been ill for the past five years and her condition had become increasingly serious during the past several months. Mrs. Brown was eighty-four yars old at the time of her death. Interment was in the Oregon Trail Memorial Park at the side of her husband, Henry Brown,.who preceded her in death in 1929. Lettisha Yaunt was born at Crown Point, Indiana on September 6, 1860, the daughter of Daniel and Lettisha Yaunt. She accompanied her parents to Waterloo, Iowa when she was 12 years of age and made her home in that city until June 1879, when she became the bride of Henry Brown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Subsequently, the Brown family moved to Nebraska and Mrs. Brown had been a resident of the state for 57 years. She became a member of the Baptist church in 1888 and lived a consistant Christian life. Surviving are five sons and one daughter. They are Frank of San Francisco, Calif.; W. F. of Pendleton, Oregon; G. H. of Winton, Calif.; Lewis of Washington, D. C. and Dan J. of Bridgeport; Mrs. J. E. Rasmussen of Naponee, Nebraska. There are 24 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. One daughter preceded her mother in death. A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Brown of San Francisco, who was visiting in Denver at the time of Mrs. Brown's death, came here for the services. The W. A. Canaday funeral home was in charge of arrangements. January 1945 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31