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Laura May Bovey Perrin

Birth	:	13 Sep 1862 Ogle County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	20 Nov 1927
Burial	:	Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7496986, -95.5796967
Plot	:	Blk 2, lot 18, grv 4
Description	:	Cherokee Chief: Nov. 28,1927: pg 3 Mrs. Laura May Perrin. Church and fraternity circles and the community in which we live has sustained a great loss in the passing of Mrs. Laura May Perrin, known to many of us as "Grandma Perrin." Her maiden name was Laura May Bovey, and her birthplace was Ogle county, Ill. Her birth took place, Sept. 13. 1862. Her age at death was 65 years two months and seven days. Mrs. Perrin came to Cherokee county in 1875, and was married to G.L. Perrin in November, 1880, and they lived on. a farm south... Read More	Cherokee Chief: Nov. 28,1927: pg 3 Mrs. Laura May Perrin. Church and fraternity circles and the community in which we live has sustained a great loss in the passing of Mrs. Laura May Perrin, known to many of us as "Grandma Perrin." Her maiden name was Laura May Bovey, and her birthplace was Ogle county, Ill. Her birth took place, Sept. 13. 1862. Her age at death was 65 years two months and seven days. Mrs. Perrin came to Cherokee county in 1875, and was married to G.L. Perrin in November, 1880, and they lived on. a farm south of Cherokee. The deceased has since been a continuous resident of Cherokee county except two years from 1901 to 1903 when she resided in Minnesota. Mrs. Perrin became the mother of five children, all of whom are living. They are Clarence of Cherokee, Daniel B. of Florence, Colo., Mrs. Pearl Graves, Appleton, Minn., Mrs. Hazel Anderson, and Harry of Cherokee, Mrs. Perrin has five sisters and one brother. They are Mrs. Emma Johnson of Cherokee, Mrs. D. C. Holley of Riverside, Calif., Mrs. J. B. Searle. of Albany, N. Y., Mrs. Margaret Gardner, Miss Mary Bovey and C. W. Bovey of Cherokee. These with sons and daughters and other relatives and friends, a great number, she leaves to mourn her loss as a devoted mother, sister and friend. Her husband, preceded her in death in 1904, since which event, her time and talent has been loyally devoted to her children, the church, her lodge, her neighbors and friends. Mrs. Perrin was a tireless worker. There was not a lazy bone in her body. She loved the church. She was among the prominent workers in the aid society whose place will be hard to fill. Her support of the church was according to her means and sometimes at the point of sacrifice. Mrs. Perrin was a faithful member of the Rebekah lodge, the Woman's Relief corps, the' G. A. R., and since 1896 a member of the Cherokee church of Christ in which faith she continued to the end of her life, and in which faith she died triumphantly. She was the first one to confess faith in Christ as a result of the Church of Christ program begun and carried on in Cherokee. Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ Tuesday at 2:30 p. m., Rev. B. H. Coonradt officiating, assisted by Rev. C. S. Kleckner, of Cleghorn. The Rebekah lodge, gave their burial service in the church. The church building was more than filled, and people were turned away who could not get in. Interment was in Oak Hill cemetery.

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Latitude: 42.7496986
Longitude: -95.5796967

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George Lewis Perrin

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