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Submitted: 3/30/14 • Approved: 3/30/14 • Last Updated: 4/16/18 • R67050-G67050-S3
The Etter family plot
Family monument, south side:
LEWIS ETTER
DIED DEC. 4, 1895.
AGED 89 YRS. 3 MOS.
5 DAYS.
ETTER
Family monument, east side:
MARY
wife of
LEWIS ETTER
DIED JUNE 6, 1877.
AGED 73 YRS. 7 MOS.
26 DAYS.
Note: There are 8 lines of tiny inscription below Mary's information but too worn to read.
Headstone:
FATHER
Headstone:
OUR MOTHER
Note: The monument is placed on a raised bed enclosed by a concrete border with a step leading to the monument. The name L. ETTER is inscribed on the riser of the step. The headstones for the father and mother are outside the raised plot against the concrete border. There is another headstone inside the raised plot, but the inscription has worn away.
Section B
Contributed on 3/30/14 by pasteffen99
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