WEBSTER, Laura Gertrude Porter

Laura Gertrude Porter Webster

Source: Found in a collection of old obituaries saved by Mary Jo Johnson, found in Crawfordsville District Public Library. We appreciate Mary Jo's willingness to share these. (Used with permission)

(Handwritten in is: ----1960. )

Death Summons Laura G. Webster

Mrs. Laura Gertrude Webster, 81, died at 6:30 p. m. Monday at her home south of Russellville. She had been in failing health three years.

Born Feb. 24, 1879, in Parke County, she was a daughter of James W. and Martha Ramsay Porter. She married Harvey T. Webster. He preceded her in death.

Mrs. Webster spent her entire life in the Hebron community and was a member of the Russellville Federated Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Miss Gertrude Webster of Washington, D. C., and Miss Bernadine Webster, at home; a sister, Mrs. Zella Cunningham of Rockville and a brother, James W. Porter of Cloverdale. She was preceded in death by two sisters.

Funeral rites will be held at 11 a. m. Wednesday at McGaughey and Son Funeral Home in Russellville with Rev. Clayton Lowe, pastor of the Russellville Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Portland Mills Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home.