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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society:
Laura Collins Strain
lot owner: A.S. Strain
Lot 34, Sec. A, Grave 1
died: 3-8-1933
buried: 3-9-1933
age: 59
born: Junction City
late residence: Topeka
funeral director: Wall-Diffenderfer
interment authorized by A.S. Strain
Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, March 9, 1933, page 4:
Mrs. Strain Is Dead
Prominent Member of Postal Clerks' Auxiliary, Noted Artist
Mrs. Laura Collins Strain, resident of Topeka 32 years, died at her home, 209 Roosevelt street, Wednesday morning. She was a member of the First Congregational church, an active worker of the W.C.T.U. and the ladies auxiliary of the postal clerks organization. She was an artist of unusual ability and she used a number of her paintings in beautifying the interior of her home.
She is survived by her husband, A.S. Strain; three sons, Camden, Blair and John Strain, Topeka; and three daughters, Mrs. Ollieve James, Pasadena, Calif., Miss Monrovia Strain, Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Clara Strain, of the home address.
Funeral services will be at the First Congregational church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Fair Lawn addition of Mount Hope cemetery. The family requests that no flowers be sent.
--submitted by Cheryl White
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Note: According to family records, the children’s names were Biard, Ollivieve and Monrova.
--C. Langvardt, #47150099
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society:
Laura Collins Strain
lot owner: A.S. Strain
Lot 34, Sec. A, Grave 1
died: 3-8-1933
buried: 3-9-1933
age: 59
born: Junction City
late residence: Topeka
funeral director: Wall-Diffenderfer
interment authorized by A.S. Strain
Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, March 9, 1933, page 4:
Mrs. Strain Is Dead
Prominent Member of Postal Clerks' Auxiliary, Noted Artist
Mrs. Laura Collins Strain, resident of Topeka 32 years, died at her home, 209 Roosevelt street, Wednesday morning. She was a member of the First Congregational church, an active worker of the W.C.T.U. and the ladies auxiliary of the postal clerks organization. She was an artist of unusual ability and she used a number of her paintings in beautifying the interior of her home.
She is survived by her husband, A.S. Strain; three sons, Camden, Blair and John Strain, Topeka; and three daughters, Mrs. Ollieve James, Pasadena, Calif., Miss Monrovia Strain, Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Clara Strain, of the home address.
Funeral services will be at the First Congregational church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Fair Lawn addition of Mount Hope cemetery. The family requests that no flowers be sent.
--submitted by Cheryl White
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Note: According to family records, the children’s names were Biard, Ollivieve and Monrova.
--C. Langvardt, #47150099
Family Members
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Frank Alonzo Collins
1859–1946
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Alice Cora Collins Wingfield
1861–1942
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Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Collins Harris
1866–1887
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Charles Jenkins "Jinks" Collins
1868–1908
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Joseph Lafayette Collins III
1870–1937
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Susan Julia Collins Rohrer
1872–1950
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Brice Monroe Collins Jr
1877–1937
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Laurence Edmund Collins
1880–1962
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Ada Isora Collins Langvardt
1883–1961
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John Warlick Collins
1886–1947
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