1936 :: Death of Eva May

On this date in our family history . . . the 7th day of October . . . in the year 1936 . . . Eva May Smith dies in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts . . . my Mom (born in 1932) knew this Eva as her Grammie Smith for four short years . . . Eva was my maternal great-grandma . . .

Biddeford Daily Journal, Thursday Evening, October 8, 1936. Mrs. Eva Smith Died in Lynn. Mrs. Eva M. Smith, widow of Thomas W. Smith, a former resident of this city, died Wednesday in Lynn, Mass. Her age was 62 years. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Dennett & Craig funeral home, 365 Main street, Saco [Maine].

Burial followed in the family plot at the Laurel Hill Cemetery . . .