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Carrie Lunetta Corll
b.23 Jul 1880 Rome, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
d.22 Dec 1976 Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States
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m. 17 Sep 1873
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m. 24 May 1900
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When she was in her late 80's and early 90's, she wrote her life story, which is very very interesting,humorous and accurate. She describes the train trip when her mother, an aunt, and children moved to Michigan from Ohio. She also describes the covered wagon move from Eastern Michigan to Western Michigan. On March 20, 1891, at age 10, she went to Ohio to live with, and care for, her Grandma Corll until her grandma died in 1895. When she was at the train station to leave Ohio her grandfather gave her a pocket watch. Her family was very poor. She wanted to be a nurse and someone offered to pay for her schooling, but it wasn't allowed because she would have to care for men. After her marriage, she worked with her husband establishing a small store in Coopersville. She raised five children. In 1930, she her husband and daughter sailed to Europe, due to the generosity of Ruth. During the depression, in 1934, she and her husband moved to Madoc, Ontario, Canada. They moved from Canada to Grand Rapids Michigan and then retired to St. Petersburg Florida. After her husband died, she lived with her daughter, Ruth, in Warrensburg, Missouri. Throughout her life, she made beautiful drawn work and crochet laces. Many family members have some of these pieces. In November 1968 The American Rose Society approved the name of a rose for her, the 'Carrie Corll' Rose. Obituaries MRS. G. LAUG DIES AT RESIDENCE Mrs. George (Carrie) Laug died Dec. 22 at her Warrensburg, Mo. residence. Interment was at the Coopersville Cemetery, Coopersville, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. George Laug came to Madoc in the early thirites and was interested in the opening of the Craig Gold Mine. They were members of the Madoc United Church and its choir. They left Madoc for St. Petersburg, Florida where Mr. George Laug died. Their daughter Ruth lives in Warrensburg, Mo. Their son Forrest C. Laug resides at Spring Lake Michigan, and in Mexico. Their youngest son resides at Fort Lauderdale. For 35 years, Bill Hawthorne Jr. Kept in touch with the grand family and remembers them as great ambassadors from the United States. They were an inspiration to everyone they met. Source: Madoc Ontario Canada paper MRS. CARRIE LUNETTA LAUG Mrs. Carrie Lunetta Laug, 96, 303 Goodrich Drive , died Dec. 22 at Johnson County Memorial Hospital. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, July 23, 1880, she was the daughter of Freeman Corll and Mary Ellen Strouse. She was married to George Laug May 24, 1900, and he preceded her in death Jan. 11, 1956. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Arthur J. TerKeurst, 303 Goodrich Drive and Mrs. Geneva Hosler, Caledonia, Mich., three sons, Forrest of Spring Lake, Mich., Gerald of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Louis of Grand Rapids, Mich. Also surviving are three sisters, nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday in Coopersville, Mich. Source: The Daily Star Journal, Warrensburg, MO, Wednesday December 22, 1976.
Source Grand Rapids Press, Thursday, December 23, 1976. pg 14B. Image Gallery
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