Fivecoat - May Lawrence
May Lawrence FIVECOAT
Source: Roachdale Times newspaper, Roachdale, Putnam County, Indiana 1/4/1940
The death of Mrs. May Lawrence Fivecoat, occured at her home in Denver, Colorado, November 15, 1939, following an illness of ten months, it has been learned by friends here.Mrs. Fivecoat was born at Ladoga April 10, 1875, and lived there until she was 18 years old. Then she moved to Decatur, Illinois. In 1909 she moved to Denver with her husband, who survives. Mrs. Fivecoat was well known here and will be remembered by many local residents. She was a milliner and worked as a trimmer in the shop of Mrs. Sopha Wilson who is spending the winter with relatives in Port Arthur, Texas. Mrs. Fivecoat was a girlhood friend of Mrs. S. E. Silvey -- thanks so very much to Marilyn Walker for sharing her wonderful Roachdale Times obituary collection with us - kbz
Note: Born April 1875 according to 1900 census - Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana daughter of Theodore C.. and Arabella Lawrence.