Laura Wilmetta (Hanes) Wagner Atwater Obituaries

SEAMSTRESS HERE FOR MANY YEARS DIES IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Laura Wilmetta Atwater, 87, 313 East Washington Street, widow of Walter Atwater and a Goshen resident for the past 50 years, died at 3:10 a.m. today at Goshen General Hospital. She had been a patient at the hospital for one day and death followed an illness of six months.

Mrs. Atwater operated an alteration shop in the Shoots building a number of years ago.

She was born March 8, 1875, in Butler. Her first husband was Milton Wagner. She married Walter Atwater Sept. 26, 1936, and he preceded her in death July 3, 1958.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Virgil (Florence) Hardin, Lagrange; seven grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, and a sister Mrs. Clara McCague, Butler.

Friends will be received after 7 p.m. today at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home. Tentative funeral services have been set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the St. John's Catholic Church, of which Mrs. Atwater was a member. Burial will be in Violett Cemetery. Mrs. Atwater was also a member of the Rosary Society at the church.

[Obituary courtesy of Wellspages]

MRS. LAURA W. ATWATER, GOSHEN

Mrs. Laura Wilmetta Atwater, 87 of 303 E. Washington died in Goshen Hospital this morning. She had been ill six months.

Mrs. Atwater, widow of Walter Atwater, formerly operated an alterations shop in this community more than 50 years.

She was born at Butler March 8, 1975 and married Mr. Atwater Sept. 26, 1936. He died July 8, 1958.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Virgil Hardin, Lagrange, a sister, Mr. Clara McCague, Butler, seven grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Atwater was a member of St. John's Catholic Church here and of the Lagrange Catholic church Holy Name Society. Services are tentatively set for 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. John's Church. Burial will be in Violett Cemetery. Friends may call at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home after 7 this evening.

[Obituary courtesy of Wellspages]