Elsie May Laswell

1894 - 1943  (49 years)

• Name	Elsie May Laswell
  Birth	16 Apr 1894	Crawford, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Nov 1943	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana
  Burial	Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana
  Person ID	I422	Yatesville History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Peter Edward Laswell,   b. 15 Jun 1874, Crawford, Indiana d. 5 Feb 1952, Vigo, Indiana (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sara Grace Scott,   b. 11 Jul 1874, Crawford, Indiana d. 26 Jul 1952, Wabash, Illinois (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1893	Crawford, Indiana
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Otto William Harris,   b. 18 Dec 1889, Indiana d. 11 Oct 1959, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1911	Knox, Indiana
  Children	1. Elzy Charles Harris,   b. 13 Jun 1912, Vigo, Indiana d. 5 Aug 1985, Vigo, Indiana (Age 73 years)   2. William Edward Harris, Sr.,   b. 16 Jun 1914, Indiana d. 20 Jul 1969, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana (Age 55 years)   3. Alberta Naomi Harris,   b. 20 Jan 1917, Indiana d. 17 Jul 1989, Vigo, Indiana (Age 72 years)   4. Alma May Harris,   b. 4 May 1920, Vigo, Indiana d. 5 Apr 2007, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana (Age 86 years)   5. Robert Paul Harris,   b. 29 May 1927, Vigo, Indiana d. 9 Jan 2007, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2023

  
  

• Headstones

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• Notes

  From the Terre Haute Tribune, Sunday, November 21, 1943: "Elsie May Harris, 49 years old, 2832 South Eighth street, died at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Union Hospital. She is survived by the husband, Otto; three sons, Elzy of the United States Army, William and Robert of Terre Haute; two daughters, Mr. Alberta Charters and Mrs. Alma Rankin, both of Terre Haute; one brother, Delbert Laswell of Dennison, Ill.; one half-brother, Sharon {Sharon) Lowe, of Mt. Carmel, Ill.; one half-sister, Mrs. Nadine Manion, of Mattoon, Ill.; the father, Peter Laswell, of Terre Haute, and the mother, Mrs. Grace Lowe, of Mt. Carmel. The body was removed to the Gillis Memory Chapel and will be returned to the residence at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Services will be held at the residence at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The place of burial will be announced later." The Tribune announced on Monday, November 22, 1943 that the burial was to take place in Grandview Cemetery.